[fpc-pascal] FPC IDE on Windows: Configuring colours
Hi If this is the wrong list for asking about the IDE, I would be glad if you could point me at the right list. I use FreePascal for occasional programming. However, lately I find the colours in the IDE difficult to read - especially integer constants which appear dark blue-grey on a dark blue background. Maybe it's because I'm using an LCD. Yes, that must be it. (Getting old? me? :-> ) The user guide says there should be an option under Options|Environment to change colours, like the one in BP7. But there is no such option on my setup here. My questions are: How do I change the IDE colours? Is there some configuration I need to change to enable the dialogue? I am using Windows XP. The version (from Help|About) is: FreePascal IDE for Win32 for i386 Target CPU: i386 Version 1.0.10 2008/08/03 (Compiler Version 2.2.2) (Debugger GDB 6.2.1) which I think should be the latest version of everything. I downloaded and installed FPC and the IDE (fpc-2.2.2.i386-win32.exe) yesterday, thinking the Colours option must have been added more recently than the version I was using before that. I do not recall what version I had installed before yesterday; I uninstalled it before installing the latest version, and I did not keep a copy of the installation file. Thanks Frank ___ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
Re: [fpc-pascal] FPC IDE on Windows: Configuring colours
In our previous episode, Frank Peelo said: > > My questions are: > >How do I change the IDE colours? Is there some configuration I need to >change to enable the dialogue? Afaik the trouble is that the colorselection widget was not available in the "Free Vision" (based on free code), while in the pre 2000 (Turbo Vision) it was available. The IDE still has support for it, albeit under (disabled) ifdef. So what is needed is a colorsel unit. Maybe if you are really able, you could try to use/port TP's unit, but better would be to start making an own. The IDE is currently only maintained, and new development hasn't happened in several years. There are currently 70 mantis (bugtracker) tickets open for the IDE. (though many are not real bugs but "features"). Some help from interested individuals would be very welcome. ___ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
Re: [fpc-pascal] FPC IDE on Windows: Configuring colours
Marco van de Voort wrote: In our previous episode, Frank Peelo said: My questions are: How do I change the IDE colours? Is there some configuration I need to change to enable the dialogue? Hi Marco, hope you're keeping well! Afaik the trouble is that the colorselection widget was not available in the "Free Vision" (based on free code), while in the pre 2000 (Turbo Vision) it was available. The IDE still has support for it, albeit under (disabled) ifdef. Ah. So it's the user guide that is not up to date. I had seen a message that the widget was not free, but thought the problem had been solved since when I saw it in the current user guide. Fair enough. So what is needed is a colorsel unit. Maybe if you are really able, you could try to use/port TP's unit, but better would be to start making an own. Once upon a time I thought I had a clue about Pascal. Today I had to look up the syntax of the Case statement... and I don't even get to watch Television these days, never mind Turbovision! So I'll have to pass on that, sorry. Frank ___ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
Re: [fpc-pascal] Debugging a darwin cross-compiler
Brad Campbell wrote: G'day all, Still on the trail of the serial unit issue. Think I have it working (it's working perfectly on OSX PPC and all my variants of Linux) but I can't seem to generate valid OSX Intel binaries. I've got a working cross compile setup where I can generate fully functional linux/win32/OSX-PPC binaries and they all work beautifully, but while all the open darwin tools tell me my OSX-Intel binaries are ok, when I actually put them on an Intel Mac and try to run them all I get is : -bash: ./hello: cannot execute binary file Just a headsup. This looks like a linker problem. I managed to hack up a linker that works from an iPhone SDK toolkit I found floating around and I can now cross-compile OSX i386 binaries from my Linux box. Many many thanks for the pointers! Regards, Brad -- Dolphins are so intelligent that within a few weeks they can train Americans to stand at the edge of the pool and throw them fish. ___ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
