Re: [fpc-pascal] *.rst vs *.rsj

2019-03-06 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
On 06/03/2019 22:30, Florian Klämpfl wrote: > You had the same discussion years ago with Jonas, conclusion: > http://lists.freepascal.org/pipermail/fpc-pascal/2016-July/048264.html Awesome! Glad my point of view hasn't changed over time. ;-) Many of my projects stayed on FPC 2.6.4, and I thought

Re: [fpc-pascal] *.rst vs *.rsj

2019-03-06 Thread Florian Klämpfl
Am 06.03.19 um 22:09 schrieb Graeme Geldenhuys: Hi, Somewhere after FPC 2.6.4 the FPC compiler changed to generating JSON based *.rsj files for resource strings. 1. What was the benefit of doing that? After all, FPC always prides itself in not breaking backward compatibility (Florian and other

Re: [fpc-pascal] *.rst vs *.rsj

2019-03-06 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
On 06/03/2019 22:09, Mattias Gaertner via fpc-pascal wrote: > AFAIR multilines: > http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/pipermail/lazarus/2016-February/097298.html Umm. Strange that I managed to support multi-line resource strings for years. Oh well, seeing as FPC 3.0.4 doesn't support *.rst any mo

Re: [fpc-pascal] *.rst vs *.rsj

2019-03-06 Thread Mattias Gaertner via fpc-pascal
On Wed, 6 Mar 2019 21:09:26 + Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: > Hi, > > Somewhere after FPC 2.6.4 the FPC compiler changed to generating JSON > based *.rsj files for resource strings. > > 1. What was the benefit of doing that? AFAIR multilines: http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/pipermail/lazar

Re: [fpc-pascal] *.rst vs *.rsj

2019-03-06 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
On 06/03/2019 21:09, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: > 1. What was the benefit of doing that? Interestingly, there is not a single mention of the *.rsj change in the FPC release notes. I checked all the following URL's. http://wiki.freepascal.org/FPC_New_Features_3.0 http://wiki.freepascal.org/User_Ch

Re: [fpc-pascal] Need Advice: Teaching a Child Programming

2019-03-06 Thread Anthony Walter
Thank you all for your feedback. I will be following up with a stand alone demo program very soon based on what we've discussed. I will also be setting up a page or website for the community to continue with this project. If anyone would like to discussion this idea here further please feel free to

Re: [fpc-pascal] Need Advice: Teaching a Child Programming

2019-03-06 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
On 06/03/2019 21:27, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: > I did not explore remote control support, so unsure if it can do > that, but wouldn't be suprised if it could. A quick look and it has a "shared document" option, where everybody involved in the chat can see the same editor and make changes. Not an I

Re: [fpc-pascal] Need Advice: Teaching a Child Programming

2019-03-06 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
On 06/03/2019 16:06, Anthony Walter wrote: > I could simply use Skype and > set him up to allow me to occasionally take control remotely, but I am > wondering if there might be a better way? For VOIP, I have been been using Jitsi [https://jitsi.org] for quite some time and talk across continents

[fpc-pascal] *.rst vs *.rsj

2019-03-06 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
Hi, Somewhere after FPC 2.6.4 the FPC compiler changed to generating JSON based *.rsj files for resource strings. 1. What was the benefit of doing that? After all, FPC always prides itself in not breaking backward compatibility (Florian and others have said that many times), yet now FPC has done

Re: [fpc-pascal] Need Advice: Teaching a Child Programming

2019-03-06 Thread Martin Frb
I cc / reply-to the Lazarus list, since this is not an fpc topic. On 06/03/2019 20:49, Anthony Walter wrote: I agree that the hardest part would be detecting project changes. That is files opened, new files added, packages added or removed and so on. I think if I could or someone could write so

Re: [fpc-pascal] Need Advice: Teaching a Child Programming

2019-03-06 Thread Anthony Walter
I agree that the hardest part would be detecting project changes. That is files opened, new files added, packages added or removed and so on. I think if I could or someone could write something to synchronize two instances of Lazarus on different computers / platforms, then rest of everything would

Re: [fpc-pascal] Need Advice: Teaching a Child Programming

2019-03-06 Thread Martin Frb
On 06/03/2019 20:26, Martin Frb wrote: On 06/03/2019 20:04, Anthony Walter wrote: How does this sound to you guys? Like a good deal of work. - Adding a menu, and a form in a new package are trivial. - Storing your settings - Make an encrypted connection - The main bit of work: SourceEditorIn

Re: [fpc-pascal] Need Advice: Teaching a Child Programming

2019-03-06 Thread Martin Frb
On 06/03/2019 20:04, Anthony Walter wrote: How does this sound to you guys? Like a good deal of work. - Adding a menu, and a form in a new package are trivial. - Storing your settings - Make an encrypted connection - The main bit of work: SourceEditorInteface allows you to be notified of chan

Re: [fpc-pascal] Need Advice: Teaching a Child Programming

2019-03-06 Thread Anthony Walter
Thanks for the feedback guys. I have enough experience with IDE extensions that I know I could write something fit the needs I outline except for the VOIP part. Here is an outline of what I could create, and I'd like to get feedback from you guys to add to or alter this plan before I get started:

Re: [fpc-pascal] Need Advice: Teaching a Child Programming

2019-03-06 Thread Paul Breneman
On 3/6/2019 12:01 PM, Michael Van Canneyt wrote: On Wed, 6 Mar 2019, Anthony Walter wrote: I need some advice from you guys. I might soon be teaching a child about computer programming and am considering using Free Pascal as the first language. The problem is the child is a distance away fro

Re: [fpc-pascal] Need Advice: Teaching a Child Programming

2019-03-06 Thread Ralf Quint
On 3/6/2019 8:06 AM, Anthony Walter wrote: I need some advice from you guys. I might soon be teaching a child about computer programming and am considering using Free Pascal as the first language. The problem is the child is a distance away from me and I want a way to see his code as he types

Re: [fpc-pascal] Need Advice: Teaching a Child Programming

2019-03-06 Thread Michael Van Canneyt
On Wed, 6 Mar 2019, Anthony Walter wrote: I need some advice from you guys. I might soon be teaching a child about computer programming and am considering using Free Pascal as the first language. The problem is the child is a distance away from me and I want a way to see his code as he types

[fpc-pascal] Need Advice: Teaching a Child Programming

2019-03-06 Thread Anthony Walter
I need some advice from you guys. I might soon be teaching a child about computer programming and am considering using Free Pascal as the first language. The problem is the child is a distance away from me and I want a way to see his code as he types and help him along by moving his cursor and sen