Re: [fpc-pascal] Re: how to compile (PWU) project from command line

2007-06-18 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
On 19/06/07, L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Anyway, give it some time, ask us questions on the mailing list and we will repair any issues you are experiencing :-) As I mentioned earlier. I don't give up that easy! Where's the fun in that? :-) You should use pwumain rather than dynpwu to start

Re: [fpc-pascal] a book about freepascal [off-topic]

2007-06-18 Thread Flávio Etrusco
There are many Portuguese speakers in the list that certainly will be glad to help too ;-) Best regards, Flávio (from Brazil) On 6/18/07, Francisco Reyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Daniël Mantione writes: > I placed an order at their European distributor http://www.infobooks.pt; > this seems

Re: [fpc-pascal] a book about freepascal [off-topic]

2007-06-18 Thread Francisco Reyes
Daniël Mantione writes: I placed an order at their European distributor http://www.infobooks.pt; this seems the cheapest option until now. I got an an e-mail back in Portugese for my full address information. I'm currently crafting a reply with help of Systran's translator software. Let's see

[fpc-pascal] Re: how to compile (PWU) project from command line

2007-06-18 Thread L
> Just trying to compile the 'hiliter' example, I have found 3 problems > and the last one is a show stopper, so can't continue. And this is > with the release version of PWU 1.6.0.2 downloaded from SourceForge. > > * Tokenizer couldn't compile under Linux. It had syntax errors. > * PCharUtils unit

Re: [fpc-pascal] Metaware

2007-06-18 Thread Darius Blaszijk
Tom Walsh wrote: Daniël Mantione wrote: Wow... I doubt I would recognize that code as Pascal if I wasn't told it was. Free Pascal implements the UCSD-Pascal derived dialects of the language (Turbo Pascal, Delphi, Metrowerks Pascal). Daniël == begin export (li

Re: [fpc-pascal] Metaware

2007-06-18 Thread Tom Walsh
Daniël Mantione wrote: Wow... I doubt I would recognize that code as Pascal if I wasn't told it was. Free Pascal implements the UCSD-Pascal derived dialects of the language (Turbo Pascal, Delphi, Metrowerks Pascal). Daniël == begin export (libdos4); { Include

Re: [fpc-pascal] Metaware

2007-06-18 Thread Tom Verhoeff
On Mon, Jun 18, 2007 at 10:26:06AM -0400, Tom Walsh wrote: > Heh, if you are reading this then you may know what Metaware is? Unfortunately for you, I have no such experience; never heard of it. > Another "interesting feature" is a #define statement which is very much > like a C macro: > #define

Re: [fpc-pascal] a book about freepascal [off-topic]

2007-06-18 Thread Daniël Mantione
Op Wed, 13 Jun 2007, schreef Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho: > I took a quick look at the website and they do ship world wide. > > The only challenge would be understanding the portuguese on their > website. There doesn't seam to be an english version of the site. I placed an order at their Europe

[fpc-pascal] Problem with array [Boolean]

2007-06-18 Thread Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho
Hi, Using fpc 2.1.5 on Mac Intel, I am getting a wierd error on this line: Buffers[CurrentBuffer].DrawTo(MainForm.Canvas.Handle, 0,0); With the following declarations: public { Public declarations } CurrentBuffer : Boolean; Buffers: array [Boolean] of TBitmap32; This exception

Re: [fpc-pascal] Metaware

2007-06-18 Thread Daniël Mantione
Op Mon, 18 Jun 2007, schreef Tom Walsh: > Heh, if you are reading this then you may know what Metaware is? > > I've a large(!) body of code written over the years under the Metaware > Professional Pascal compiler. This code is to be translated to run on the fpc > compiler. > > I wonder if anyo

[fpc-pascal] CheckSynchronize

2007-06-18 Thread Vincent Snijders
Hi, I was investigating the lazarus bug report http://www.freepascal.org/mantis/view.php?id=9068. It is caused by the following sequence of events (... eventually calls): Synchronize(@MyMessage) In the MainThread: ProcessMessages CheckSynchronize ... MyMessage ... AForm.ShowModal ... ProcessMes

[fpc-pascal] Lazarus/FreePascal Books & Tutorials?

2007-06-18 Thread Catalin Zamfir Alexandru
Well, I know my Turbo Pascal and when I first started using FreePascal I was like: "WOW, this shit rocks!". Enough fun already, I'm interested in learning more about : - FreePascal - Lazarus [I've been reading a 3042 page Delphi compilation just to understand how to work with Lazarus a

[fpc-pascal] Metaware

2007-06-18 Thread Tom Walsh
Heh, if you are reading this then you may know what Metaware is? I've a large(!) body of code written over the years under the Metaware Professional Pascal compiler. This code is to be translated to run on the fpc compiler. I wonder if anyone out there has attempted such an endeavor and migh

Re: [fpc-pascal] how to compile (PWU) project from command line

2007-06-18 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
On 18/06/07, Marc Pertron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > All should work under Linux. I remember i had to correct 2-3 typo. If it didn't compile at all, i can mail you the 1.6.0.1 that i use (I only use Linux) I'll download 1.6.0.1 from SourceForge and see if I have any better luck. Thanks. Grae

Re: [fpc-pascal] how to compile (PWU) project from command line

2007-06-18 Thread Marc Pertron
Graeme Geldenhuys a écrit : Do you know if there are any unit tests or something I can run to see what actually works under Linux? As I mentioned earlier, I had a few units that doesn't even compile in the release version. All should work under Linux. I remember i had to correct 2-3 typo. If i

Re: [fpc-pascal] how to compile (PWU) project from command line

2007-06-18 Thread Marc Pertron
Graeme Geldenhuys a écrit : Do you know if there are any unit tests or something I can run to see what actually works under Linux? As I mentioned earlier, I had a few units that doesn't even compile in the release version. All should work under Linux. I remember i had to correct 2-3 typo. If i

Re: [fpc-pascal] how to compile (PWU) project from command line

2007-06-18 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
On 18/06/07, Marc Pertron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I asked some questions on https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pascal-webdev-users Lars answers quite fast. Thanks, didn't know about that mailing list. After looking a little, the project code is quite good, even if there is no do

Re: [fpc-pascal] how to compile (PWU) project from command line

2007-06-18 Thread Marc Pertron
Graeme Geldenhuys a écrit : Do you know what email address I can use to report problems? L505 (Lars) uses a few email addresses in the mailing list so not user which one is a real one to use. I asked some questions on https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pascal-webdev-users Lars answe

Re: [fpc-pascal] how to compile (PWU) project from command line

2007-06-18 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
On 18/06/07, Marc Pertron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Some of the sample were bogus. It seems they use Win32 to develop, so sometime there is a few change to apply to make the example working. Do you know what email address I can use to report problems? L505 (Lars) uses a few email addresses

Re: [fpc-pascal] how to compile (PWU) project from command line

2007-06-18 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
Hi Marc, I used the -vt parameter to see where FPC is looking. Then after reading the User's Guide (which I should have done in the first place) I found my problem. FPC used the local fpc.cfg file and then ignores my global fpc.cfg file in my home directory. Using the following solves the probl

Re: [fpc-pascal] how to compile (PWU) project from command line

2007-06-18 Thread Marc Pertron
Graeme Geldenhuys a écrit : Hi, I feel quite embarrassed asking this. :) I am clearly a victim of relying on programming tools to much (Lazarus) and forgot how to use the compiler directly from the command line. I downloaded PWU 1.6 and want to try some of the extra examples. Lets take the co

[fpc-pascal] how to compile (PWU) project from command line

2007-06-18 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
Hi, I feel quite embarrassed asking this. :) I am clearly a victim of relying on programming tools to much (Lazarus) and forgot how to use the compiler directly from the command line. I downloaded PWU 1.6 and want to try some of the extra examples. Lets take the code highligher example (pas to