Re: [fpc-pascal] libQT4Pas - Why it is needed?

2012-01-29 Thread waldo kitty
On 1/30/2012 01:55, zeljko wrote: On Monday 30 of January 2012 03:28:45 waldo kitty wrote: > On 1/29/2012 17:38, Lars wrote: > > Do other languages like python use the plain c interface, or C++? > > > > how about something like ruby, lua, objective C, php .. > : > :( i don't nderstand

Re: [fpc-pascal] libQT4Pas - Why it is needed?

2012-01-29 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
On 29 January 2012 16:31, Jonas Maebe wrote: > > GTK offers a plain C interface. QT only offers a C++ interface. FPC does not > (fully) support directly calling external C++ libraries. LibQT4Pas offers a > plain C interface to QT for use by FPC. > Can one statically bind the LibQt4Pas into a FP

Re: [fpc-pascal] libQT4Pas - Why it is needed?

2012-01-29 Thread Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho
On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 11:38 PM, Lars wrote: > Do other languages like python use the plain c interface, or C++? > > how about something like ruby, lua, objective C, php .. No idea, but Python, ruby, lua and php do not generate real programs but instead are just scripts which run in a interprete

Re: [fpc-pascal] libQT4Pas - Why it is needed?

2012-01-29 Thread zeljko
On Monday 30 of January 2012 03:28:45 waldo kitty wrote: > On 1/29/2012 17:38, Lars wrote: > > Do other languages like python use the plain c interface, or C++? > > > > how about something like ruby, lua, objective C, php .. > : > :( i don't nderstand why one would want to apply interpreted script

Re: [fpc-pascal] libQT4Pas - Why it is needed?

2012-01-29 Thread zeljko
On Sunday 29 of January 2012 22:16:45 Krzysztof wrote: > Just as I thought - it is object class thing. So if "FPC does not > (fully) support directly calling external C++ libraries" there are > plans to support it? This will be great Maybe it is possible (or will be possible) to use C++ class, but

Re: [fpc-pascal] I found FPC v0.2 source code :-)

2012-01-29 Thread waldo kitty
On 1/29/2012 17:41, Lars wrote: Anything that has Capacitors in it which use wet electrolytic, can dry out with age. Old stereos that crackle when you turn up the volume are an example. In motherboards though it seems it's more a problem that capacitors blow up and bulge out which is probably fr

Re: [fpc-pascal] libQT4Pas - Why it is needed?

2012-01-29 Thread waldo kitty
On 1/29/2012 17:38, Lars wrote: Do other languages like python use the plain c interface, or C++? how about something like ruby, lua, objective C, php .. :( i don't nderstand why one would want to apply interpreted script languages, al la BASIC, to today's tasks... sure, these are neat and "

Re: [fpc-pascal] I found FPC v0.2 source code :-)

2012-01-29 Thread waldo kitty
On 1/29/2012 16:57, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: On 29 January 2012 16:21, Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote: My experience is that both media and drives suffer with age, even if not being used. I can imagine that might be for the disk, but not the drive itself. I recently cleaned up my garage and found

Re: [fpc-pascal] I found FPC v0.2 source code :-)

2012-01-29 Thread waldo kitty
On 1/29/2012 09:21, Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote: Florian Klämpfl wrote: Am 29.01.2012 11:55, schrieb Bart: On 1/29/12, Florian Klämpfl wrote: I've still backups back to 0.1 on 5 1/4 floppies somewhere :) Though I've no idea if they still work :) ___ Bu

Re: [fpc-pascal] I found FPC v0.2 source code :-)

2012-01-29 Thread waldo kitty
On 1/29/2012 06:19, ik wrote: On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 13:15, Florian Klämpfl mailto:flor...@freepascal.org>> wrote: Am 29.01.2012 11:55, schrieb Bart: > On 1/29/12, Florian Klämpfl mailto:flor...@freepascal.org>> wrote: >> I've still backups back to 0.1 on 5 1/4 floppies somewhere

Re: [fpc-pascal] I found FPC v0.2 source code :-)

2012-01-29 Thread waldo kitty
On 1/29/2012 05:55, Bart wrote: On 1/29/12, Florian Klämpfl wrote: I've still backups back to 0.1 on 5 1/4 floppies somewhere :) Though I've no idea if they still work :) ___ But do you have a machine to read them? if florian doesn't, i do ;) i s

Re: [fpc-pascal] I found FPC v0.2 source code :-)

2012-01-29 Thread Lars
Anything that has Capacitors in it which use wet electrolytic, can dry out with age. Old stereos that crackle when you turn up the volume are an example. In motherboards though it seems it's more a problem that capacitors blow up and bulge out which is probably from usage rather than idle age. G

Re: [fpc-pascal] libQT4Pas - Why it is needed?

2012-01-29 Thread Lars
Do other languages like python use the plain c interface, or C++? how about something like ruby, lua, objective C, php .. Krzysztof wrote: > Just as I thought - it is object class thing. So if "FPC does not > (fully) support directly calling external C++ libraries" there are > plans to support

Re: [fpc-pascal] I found FPC v0.2 source code :-)

2012-01-29 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
On 29 January 2012 16:21, Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote: > > My experience is that both media and drives suffer with age, even if not > being used. I can imagine that might be for the disk, but not the drive itself. I recently cleaned up my garage and found a crate full of old hardware (boxes and boxes

Re: [fpc-pascal] Options -WG -WC -WF -WT

2012-01-29 Thread Tomas Hajny
On 29 Jan 12, at 20:51, Mattias Gaertner wrote: > On Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:13:36 +0100 > Sven Barth wrote: > > >[...] > > >> -WF = {$apptype fs}: Fullscreen application on EMX and OS/2 > > > > > > For 2.7.1 too? > > > The option is missing in the ppcx64 -h help. > > > > I took this knowledge from

Re: [fpc-pascal] libQT4Pas - Why it is needed?

2012-01-29 Thread Krzysztof
Just as I thought - it is object class thing. So if "FPC does not (fully) support directly calling external C++ libraries" there are plans to support it? This will be great 2012/1/29 Michael Van Canneyt : > > > On Sun, 29 Jan 2012, Krzysztof wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I am wondering. If I build applica

Re: [fpc-pascal] libQT4Pas - Why it is needed?

2012-01-29 Thread Michael Van Canneyt
On Sun, 29 Jan 2012, Krzysztof wrote: Hi, I am wondering. If I build application for linux using gtk2 widgetset for GNOME (or XFCE etc.) and send this program to my friend, then he can run it without any external librarys (of course if he have gnome too), this same thing on windows. But why w

Re: [fpc-pascal] Options -WG -WC -WF -WT

2012-01-29 Thread Mattias Gaertner
On Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:13:36 +0100 Sven Barth wrote: >[...] > >> -WF = {$apptype fs}: Fullscreen application on EMX and OS/2 > > > > For 2.7.1 too? > > The option is missing in the ppcx64 -h help. > > I took this knowledge from the compiler's source directly, so yes. > >[...] > > The "obscure l

Re: [fpc-pascal] Options -WG -WC -WF -WT

2012-01-29 Thread Sven Barth
On 29.01.2012 18:31, Mattias Gaertner wrote: On Sun, 29 Jan 2012 18:03:56 +0100 Sven Barth wrote: On 29.01.2012 17:04, Mattias Gaertner wrote: Hi, According to fpc -h (2.7.1): Option -WG creates graphic type application (EMX, OS/2, Windows). Option -WC creates console type application (EMX,

Re: [fpc-pascal] Options -WG -WC -WF -WT

2012-01-29 Thread Mattias Gaertner
On Sun, 29 Jan 2012 18:03:56 +0100 Sven Barth wrote: > On 29.01.2012 17:04, Mattias Gaertner wrote: > > Hi, > > > > According to fpc -h (2.7.1): > > > > Option -WG creates graphic type application (EMX, OS/2, Windows). > > Option -WC creates console type application (EMX, OS/2, Windows). > > > >

Re: [fpc-pascal] Options -WG -WC -WF -WT

2012-01-29 Thread Sven Barth
On 29.01.2012 17:04, Mattias Gaertner wrote: Hi, According to fpc -h (2.7.1): Option -WG creates graphic type application (EMX, OS/2, Windows). Option -WC creates console type application (EMX, OS/2, Windows). fpc -h (2.6.1) knows also: Option -WF creates full screen type application (EMX, OS/

[fpc-pascal] Options -WG -WC -WF -WT

2012-01-29 Thread Mattias Gaertner
Hi, According to fpc -h (2.7.1): Option -WG creates graphic type application (EMX, OS/2, Windows). Option -WC creates console type application (EMX, OS/2, Windows). fpc -h (2.6.1) knows also: Option -WF creates full screen type application (EMX, OS/2) And the "user" documentation knows one more

Re: [fpc-pascal] I found FPC v0.2 source code :-)

2012-01-29 Thread Sven Barth
On 29.01.2012 15:21, Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote: Florian Klämpfl wrote: Am 29.01.2012 11:55, schrieb Bart: On 1/29/12, Florian Klämpfl wrote: I've still backups back to 0.1 on 5 1/4 floppies somewhere :) Though I've no idea if they still work :) ___ B

Re: [fpc-pascal] libQT4Pas - Why it is needed?

2012-01-29 Thread Jonas Maebe
On 29 Jan 2012, at 15:29, Krzysztof wrote: > But why when I build application on > KDE interface I need some external libQT4Pas to run it and my friend > need it too (he have KDE so all QT librarys too)? There is no > libGTK4Pas so why exists layer libQT4Pas? What is difference between > GTK and

[fpc-pascal] libQT4Pas - Why it is needed?

2012-01-29 Thread Krzysztof
Hi, I am wondering. If I build application for linux using gtk2 widgetset for GNOME (or XFCE etc.) and send this program to my friend, then he can run it without any external librarys (of course if he have gnome too), this same thing on windows. But why when I build application on KDE interface I

Re: [fpc-pascal] I found FPC v0.2 source code :-)

2012-01-29 Thread Mark Morgan Lloyd
Florian Klämpfl wrote: Am 29.01.2012 11:55, schrieb Bart: On 1/29/12, Florian Klämpfl wrote: I've still backups back to 0.1 on 5 1/4 floppies somewhere :) Though I've no idea if they still work :) ___ But do you have a machine to read them? I've s

Re: [fpc-pascal] I found FPC v0.2 source code :-)

2012-01-29 Thread Kornel Kisielewicz
On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 12:19 PM, ik wrote: > On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 13:15, Florian Klämpfl > wrote: >> >> Am 29.01.2012 11:55, schrieb Bart: >> > On 1/29/12, Florian Klämpfl wrote: >> >> I've still backups back to 0.1 on 5 1/4 floppies somewhere :) Though >> >> I've no idea if they still work

Re: [fpc-pascal] I found FPC v0.2 source code :-)

2012-01-29 Thread ik
On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 13:15, Florian Klämpfl wrote: > Am 29.01.2012 11:55, schrieb Bart: > > On 1/29/12, Florian Klämpfl wrote: > >> I've still backups back to 0.1 on 5 1/4 floppies somewhere :) Though > >> I've no idea if they still work :) > >> ___

Re: [fpc-pascal] I found FPC v0.2 source code :-)

2012-01-29 Thread Florian Klämpfl
Am 29.01.2012 11:55, schrieb Bart: > On 1/29/12, Florian Klämpfl wrote: >> I've still backups back to 0.1 on 5 1/4 floppies somewhere :) Though >> I've no idea if they still work :) >> ___ > > But do you have a machine to read them? I've still a 5 1/4

Re: [fpc-pascal] I found FPC v0.2 source code :-)

2012-01-29 Thread Bart
On 1/29/12, Florian Klämpfl wrote: > I've still backups back to 0.1 on 5 1/4 floppies somewhere :) Though > I've no idea if they still work :) > ___ But do you have a machine to read them? Bart ___ fpc-pascal

Re: [fpc-pascal] I found FPC v0.2 source code :-)

2012-01-29 Thread Florian Klämpfl
Am 27.01.2012 10:14, schrieb Graeme Geldenhuys: > Hi, > > I stumbled upon the following. No idea where this FTP server lives, > but the link came from the Free Pascal documentation downloads page. > > Anyway, while browsing there, I came across FPK (what is now known as > FPC) v0.2 source code re