On Tue, 10 Nov 2015 10:12:49 +0100, Martin Schreiber <mse00...@gmail.com> wrote:
>On Tuesday 10 November 2015 09:48:23 Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote: > >> > >> > Yes. And I recommend to use cross compiling and debugging from a X86 >> > Linux PC: >> > http://www.mail-archive.com/lazarus%40lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/msg504 >> >06.html >> >> On that we'll have to disagree. The RPi, particularly the 2, is an >> entirely adequate computer in its own right. > >Sure but the accustomed development environment (tools, documentation, version >control, useful links, mail and mailinglists...) must first be installed and >maintained separately. >I find it much more convenient to use a single "every day" development >environment for all tasks. I had to leave the RPi pascal/Lazarus stuff for a while, but now I am checking the messages on the list again... I agree on the tools side after trying to work on the RPi via TinyVNC for a while... - Version control We use CVS at our company since 14-15 years, so I installed cvsnt on the RPi in order to use that against our company server. I had done this on a Linux Mint 13 virtual machine earlier. Problem: With the Pi I did not manage to set up the VPN connection to the company so I would be able to use it. This is a showstopper. - Copy/Paste When asking about things here I wanted to copy code off the Pi and paste it on my PC. But TinyVNC and Lazarus do not work well together so if I Copy in Lazarus I have to first paste inside the VNC window into a text editor, only then is it possible to also paste in the PC. Inconvenient. With a VMWare virtual machine it is possible to: 1) Share the host's VPN channel to the company so CVS works. 2) Copy/Paste in both directions 3) Drag-Drop files between the systems So I think I will re-visit the Linux on x86 with cross-compilation again. This I think was my path when I asked here first... But I thought the cross-compile looked difficult to set up. Maybe not now any longer. If one goes Linux Mint, what version is the one I should choose to get FPC/Lazarus working in the easiest way with cross compilation for ARMHF? I don't want to be on an unstable/unsupported distribution. -- Bo Berglund Developer in Sweden _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
