Re: [fpc-pascal] pas2js mailing list

2018-01-16 Thread AB
I still can not enter anything there that is accepted. For example: Writeln('def'+'@abc.com'); gives an error. No matter what I enter there it just gives an error "Anti-abuse result is wrong.". Small letters, capital letters, semicolon, simple letters, all variations of the above, does not matte

Re: [fpc-pascal] AppImage

2018-01-16 Thread Sven Barth via fpc-pascal
Am 16.01.2018 22:58 schrieb "Rainer Stratmann" : Am Dienstag, 16. Januar 2018, 22:41:34 schrieb Sven Barth via fpc-pascal: > This won't work in the more diverse > Linux world where users are more free to decide. But if you take a closer look at this (diverse) that is some kind of pseudo free and

Re: [fpc-pascal] AppImage

2018-01-16 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
On 2018-01-16 22:00, Rainer Stratmann wrote: Instead of they are fighting against each other who has the better window manager. And that is what I love, and why we have such great Linux desktop environments. Competition drives innovation. Just compare it to the cr*p Windows 10 interface or M

Re: [fpc-pascal] AppImage

2018-01-16 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
On 2018-01-16 21:41, Sven Barth via fpc-pascal wrote: Because here Apple simply enforced it. This won't work in the more diverse Linux world where users are more free to decide. I fully agree. And explains why all previous attempts and such "app bundles" have not succeeded in the Linux space.

Re: [fpc-pascal] AppImage

2018-01-16 Thread Rainer Stratmann
Am Dienstag, 16. Januar 2018, 22:41:34 schrieb Sven Barth via fpc-pascal: > This won't work in the more diverse > Linux world where users are more free to decide. But if you take a closer look at this (diverse) that is some kind of pseudo free and decide. It would be technical no such problem to

Re: [fpc-pascal] AppImage

2018-01-16 Thread Sven Barth via fpc-pascal
Am 16.01.2018 20:41 schrieb "Graeme Geldenhuys" < mailingli...@geldenhuys.co.uk>: On 2018-01-16 06:51, Sven Barth via fpc-pascal wrote: > So, yeah, I'm definitely skeptical about such approaches. > All valid points. But if it was such a big concern, then why was Apple happy to go with it. Maybe

Re: [fpc-pascal] pas2js mailing list

2018-01-16 Thread James Richters
Technically the anti-abuse field would produce the output of: Fatal Syntax error, ";" expected but "identifier WRITELN" found because there is no semicolon following the sample code. :DI guess maybe it's after an if statement and before an else so it doesn't need a semicolon? Silliness as

Re: [fpc-pascal] AppImage

2018-01-16 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
On 2018-01-16 20:08, Rainer Stratmann wrote: And the key is to try to generate as less dependencies as possible. Yup! Welcome to my world [see fpGUI Toolkit]. ;-) Regards, Graeme -- fpGUI Toolkit - a cross-platform GUI toolkit using Free Pascal http://fpgui.sourceforge.net/ My public

Re: [fpc-pascal] AppImage

2018-01-16 Thread Rainer Stratmann
Am Dienstag, 16. Januar 2018, 19:41:38 schrieb Graeme Geldenhuys: > On 2018-01-16 06:51, Sven Barth via fpc-pascal wrote: > > So, yeah, I'm definitely skeptical about such approaches. > > All valid points. But if it was such a big concern, then why was Apple > happy to go with it. Maybe the concer

Re: [fpc-pascal] AppImage

2018-01-16 Thread Michael Van Canneyt
On Tue, 16 Jan 2018, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: On 2018-01-16 06:51, Sven Barth via fpc-pascal wrote: So, yeah, I'm definitely skeptical about such approaches. All valid points. But if it was such a big concern, then why was Apple happy to go with it. I think because Apple's base system is

Re: [fpc-pascal] AppImage

2018-01-16 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
On 2018-01-16 06:51, Sven Barth via fpc-pascal wrote: So, yeah, I'm definitely skeptical about such approaches. All valid points. But if it was such a big concern, then why was Apple happy to go with it. Maybe the concern is not so bad. As for bigger apps (due to bundled dependencies) Tha

Re: [fpc-pascal] pas2js mailing list

2018-01-16 Thread AB
OK, WTH am I supposed to enter into the anti-abuse field? I tried a few dozen variations of everything and nothing is accepted. I might be too old and senile :) can we get some small explanation there? AB PS: BTW, Great work guys on pas2js On 01/15/2018 07:42 AM, Mattias Gaertner wrote: Hi,

[fpc-pascal] Poll on website forum

2018-01-16 Thread Michael Van Canneyt
Hi, I posted a poll on the forum site, regarding missing language features in pas2js. http://forum.lazarus.freepascal.org/index.php/topic,39694.0.html Please, let us know what you think. Michael. ___ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepasc

Re: [fpc-pascal] AppImage

2018-01-16 Thread Rainer Stratmann
Am Dienstag, 16. Januar 2018, 07:51:27 schrieb Sven Barth via fpc-pascal: > Maybe because each app will have its own dependencies, thus duplicating > code. > Also if you have different versions of dependencies they might access > shared global configuration in incompatible ways. > Not to mention th