Re: [fpc-pascal] Userfriendly editor

2011-06-07 Thread Gene Buckle
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Re: [fpc-pascal] com port using prolific driver

2011-03-12 Thread Gene Buckle
On Sat, 12 Mar 2011, John Lee wrote: I'm trying to get data from a device via a serial (com) port, 9600 baud, connected via the prolific cable (serial to usb). This allows one to connect a serial device via a usb port (many new PCs do not have a real serial port. I've loaded the prolific driver

Re: [fpc-pascal] Re: Name of the programming language used in/with FPC

2011-02-17 Thread Gene Buckle
On Thu, 17 Feb 2011, Cees Binkhorst wrote: That was the time the professional managers took over. Fuller was his name if my memory is correct. They allowed Anders Hejlsberg to be bought by MS (signing bonus), while 'the managers' took hefty bonuses and shares (which Anders did not get, while he

Re: [fpc-pascal] Re: Name of the programming language used in/with FPC

2011-02-17 Thread Gene Buckle
On Thu, 17 Feb 2011, Cees Binkhorst wrote: Philippe Kahn did more for Pascal then Dijkstra. He expanded it and made it soo cheaply available that it was an instant winner. ...and Borland/Inprise squandered the lead. g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of

Re: [fpc-pascal] Re: html scrapping library

2011-02-15 Thread Gene Buckle
On Tue, 15 Feb 2011, Ben wrote: What does a "html scrapping library" do? The person may mean "scraping" (to scrape). g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.simpits.org/geneb - The Me-109F/X Project ScarletDME - The red hot Data Manage

Re: [fpc-pascal] Re: [Lazarus] complex ini like syntax parser

2011-01-06 Thread Gene Buckle
On Thu, 6 Jan 2011, Howard Page-Clark wrote: On 06/1/11 2:49, Gene Buckle wrote: On Wed, 5 Jan 2011, leledumbo wrote: If you want something fast, pyacc and plex distributed with fpc can be an option. But I suggest writing your own since that way you'll have a full control of its fea

Re: [fpc-pascal] Re: [Lazarus] complex ini like syntax parser

2011-01-06 Thread Gene Buckle
On Wed, 5 Jan 2011, leledumbo wrote: If you want something fast, pyacc and plex distributed with fpc can be an option. But I suggest writing your own since that way you'll have a full control of its features. Is there an fpc version of TIniFile? g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www

Re: [fpc-pascal] Translate C to Pascal

2008-07-30 Thread Gene Buckle
How to translate this: struct a; er... Closest would be: type record = foo bar : integer; end; var a : foo; I _think_. g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. ___ fpc-pascal mail

Re: [fpc-pascal] Empty string

2008-03-06 Thread Gene Buckle
I thought string should be accessed from 1 not 0 for compatibility. And it is what I am doing. for i := 1 to length(s) do ... so I am not sure that using s[0] is safe If memory serves, the [0] element was originally used to hold a byte that was equivalent to the string length. This was in t

Re: [fpc-pascal] Question on programming serial communication.

2008-02-25 Thread Gene Buckle
I guess you totally mis-understood my question, or I explained wrongly what I want. 1. I do NOT want to run a BBS. I want to port the control software of my central heating (I developed, programmed and built the whole control- and regulation system (hardware and software) by myself in 1998. I

Re: [fpc-pascal] Question on programming serial communication.

2008-02-25 Thread Gene Buckle
Actually, this X00 driver was written for BBS systems with analog modems around 1970-1980, namely for MAXIMUS and OPUS. This BBS programs were the best ones at their time as far as I can remember, of course, at that time there was no real Internet available to the public. ;-) FOSSIL didn't appea

Re: [fpc-pascal]Variable argument counts...

2004-09-19 Thread Gene Buckle
> > Yes, it's safe to ignore. It's a bug that that this warning is shown > when you declare the routine as external, it's only relevant if you > program the routine itself in Pascal (since then you can't use "for i > := low(args) to high(args) do ...", like you can for Pascal > array-of-const param

Re: [fpc-pascal]Variable argument counts...

2004-09-19 Thread Gene Buckle
> > You have to be in delphi or objfpc mode for this to work apparently. > Sorry I didn't look that up earlier. > > That did the trick, thanks! It does kick a warning though: Warning: cdecl'ared functions have no high parameter I wasn't able to find this in the documentation or the online forum

Re: [fpc-pascal]Variable argument counts...

2004-09-19 Thread Gene Buckle
> Sorry, it should be > > > procedure QMCall(SubrName : PChar; ArgCount : shortint; const Args : > array of > const); cdecl; external 'QMClient'; > > (i.e., another "const" in front of "Args"). > > Ok, I made the change: procedure QMCall(SubrName : PChar; ArgCount : shortint; const Args : array of

Re: [fpc-pascal]Variable argument counts...

2004-09-19 Thread Gene Buckle
> procedure QMCall(subrname: pchar; argc: shortint; rest: array of > const); cdecl; external; > > You can then call it using > > QMCall('test',1,['para1','para2',5,null]); > My declaration reads like this: procedure QMCall(SubrName : PChar; ArgCount : shortint; Args : array of const); cdecl; ex

Re: [fpc-pascal]Variable argument counts...

2004-09-19 Thread Gene Buckle
> procedure QMCall(subrname: pchar; argc: shortint; rest: array of > const); cdecl; external; > > You can then call it using > > QMCall('test',1,['para1','para2',5,null]); > > (I know you said it only needed strings, but it's just to show that you > can pass anything that way, just like with "...")

[fpc-pascal]Variable argument counts...

2004-09-19 Thread Gene Buckle
I'm working on wrapping a C library that has a function that can handle a variable number of parameters. What mechanism can I use in FPC to call this correctly? The C prototype for the function looks like this: void QMCall(char * subrname, short int argc, ...); The function can handle up to 20

Re: [fpc-pascal]Fw: RE: Toolkit

2004-05-25 Thread Gene Buckle
> Alan Mead wrote: > > Jonas made already TTT patches to throw out all asm iirc. But be > patient, he's out of office this week :) If he doesn't read this email, > email him personally. > > I propose that we put the sources in the fpc contrib source tree. That would be fantastic! g. __

Re: [fpc-pascal]Technojock...

2004-04-16 Thread Gene Buckle
> On 16 apr 2004, at 07:50, Florian Klaempfl wrote: > > >> Before I spend any time on the port - has anyone ported the Turbo > >> Technojock Toolkit v5.10 to FPC? I saw some mention of it on a four > >> year > >> old UseNet posting, but nothing after that. > > > > IIRC, Jonas Maebe (jonas at freep

Re: [fpc-pascal]Technojock...

2004-04-16 Thread Gene Buckle
Thanks Florian, I'll do that. g. On Fri, 16 Apr 2004, Florian Klaempfl wrote: > Gene Buckle wrote: > > > Before I spend any time on the port - has anyone ported the Turbo > > Technojock Toolkit v5.10 to FPC? I saw some mention of it on a four year > > old UseN

[fpc-pascal]Technojock...

2004-04-14 Thread Gene Buckle
Before I spend any time on the port - has anyone ported the Turbo Technojock Toolkit v5.10 to FPC? I saw some mention of it on a four year old UseNet posting, but nothing after that. tnx. g. ___ fpc-pascal maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists

[fpc-pascal]Problem with ScreenWidth & ScreenHeight...

2004-04-14 Thread Gene Buckle
The CRT docs indicate that ScreenWidth and ScreenHeight are defined as 80 and 25 respectively. However, they seem to be undefined in the Win32 version of 1.9.2. I haven't checked any other versions. Here's the example I tested: program test; uses Dos, Crt; begin if CheckSnow then writ

Re: [fpc-pascal]GTK: multiline label

2003-10-09 Thread Gene Buckle
> Hello > > How ist possible to make initialize in fpc a multiline label. Something like > > Lbl := gtk_label_new('Line1 \n Line2'); > > I guess but with what do I have to replace the "\n" ? > > Thank's for any help > Would gtk_label_new('Line1' + #13 + 'Line2'); work? g. ___

Re: [fpc-pascal]MySQL code...

2003-02-10 Thread Gene Buckle
Thanks - I've got that installed already. g. On Tue, 11 Feb 2003, Anton Tichawa wrote: > On Monday 10 February 2003 19:47, you wrote: > > Can someone point me to some example code that shows access to MySQL via > > http://www.freepascal.org/contrib/db.php3?category=Database > > -- > > -

Re: [fpc-pascal]MySQL code...

2003-02-10 Thread Gene Buckle
On Mon, 10 Feb 2003, Preben Mikael Bohn wrote: > Hi Gene, have a look at http://www.freepascal.org/packages/mysql.html > > It should be included in your FPC, I think... > > Best regards Preben > That's a great example of reading, now I need a snippet that shows a write operation. Ideas? tnx.

[fpc-pascal]MySQL code...

2003-02-10 Thread Gene Buckle
Can someone point me to some example code that shows access to MySQL via FPC? tnx. g. ___ fpc-pascal maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal