On 10/08/18 20:45, leledumbo via Lazarus wrote:
I find myself wondering whether > they could be given a more friendly frontend by
wrapping them in a > Lazarus app, with an on-screen keyboard similar to what's found
on a > tablet etc.
Sounds like my non-web hobby projects with Lazarus.
Is it possible to link a C or possibly C++ program into a Lazarus one by >
simply calling its main() function? Has anybody actually done this?
I don't do that, though. Even if technically possible, there are hiddenstuffs
you have to be aware of. main() is only a specification in Cstandard, where the
user code starts. However, long before that, there's astartup mechanism
specific to each implementation. In GCC, this is _start,absolutely
non-portable. That's why the IMO better way is to communicateover pipes via
TProcess.
Thanks for that. The program I'm thinking about is actually pretty
simple and ancient- written by Ken Thompson- so I might be in with a chance.
What I'd /really/ like to do is port it- complete with UI helper- to
Android. However at that point I have to add my voice to Bo's plea of a
couple of weeks ago: what's the current situation and future plans of
Lazarus as far as Android is concerned? I see mention of Laz4Android in
e.g. http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Android_tutorial : is that
mainstream or is there some other preferred solution?
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Mark Morgan Lloyd
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