Does FPC have an equivalent site to http://www.getlazarus.org/? It's
very well presented.
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On 11/15/2024 7:36 AM, Hairy Pixels via fpc-pascal wrote:
On Nov 15, 2024 at 9:23:41 PM, Steve Litt via fpc-pascal
wrote:
First of all, Joanna on #fpc (and other fpc related IRC channels) has
blown off over 100 potential fpc users, including myself. I'm learning
Ada now, and liking it a lot.
On 10/21/2024 1:35 AM, Christo Crause via fpc-pascal wrote:
The official FPC documentation can be accessed from here:
https://www.freepascal.org/docs.html
These are obviously reference documentation, not getting started or
how-to tutorials.
The documentation is hosted here:
https://gitlab.com/
I have always found that the self-contained nature of Pascal/Delphi
executables is a big advantage over other language systems. Just copy
the file and run it, even on a system that has never seen a
Pascal/Delphi executable before. If we could do that with the
IDE/compiler it would be magic!
On Thu, 13 Apr 2023, Karoly Balogh via fpc-pascal wrote:
Hi,
On Thu, 13 Apr 2023, geneb via fpc-pascal wrote:
On Thu, 13 Apr 2023, Steve Litt via fpc-pascal wrote:
I bet this Joanna character is an active member of her Homeowners
Association.
If we can reach the server admin, force a
On Thu, 13 Apr 2023, Jacob Kroon via fpc-pascal wrote:
Hi,
Is there an offical IRC channel for asking questions about the FreePascal
compiler ?
I tried asking questions in #fpc on Libera Chat, but when I refused to upload
the Pascal source code I was working with to a public place (since it
On Thu, 13 Apr 2023, Steve Litt via fpc-pascal wrote:
I bet this Joanna character is an active member of her Homeowners
Association.
If we can reach the server admin, force a nick change to "Joanna "
*rofl*
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On Thu, 19 Jan 2023, Liam Proven via fpc-pascal wrote:
On Thu, 19 Jan 2023 at 15:01, geneb via fpc-pascal
wrote:
Liam, the things you write are pretty consise and clear
I think my editor would choke on his tea to read me called "concise"!
Hehe.
- the linked
article however..
On Thu, 19 Jan 2023, Liam Proven via fpc-pascal wrote:
On Thu, 19 Jan 2023 at 11:21, wkitty42--- via fpc-pascal
wrote:
thank you Liam for sharing it... also thank you for the FreeDOS interview shared
on The Register! :)
Oh, you are very welcome. I am glad some people enjoyed it.
Liam, th
On Thu, 29 Dec 2022, Anthony Youngman via fpc-pascal wrote:
On 29/12/2022 12:31, Anthony Walter via fpc-pascal wrote:
@youngman
"I'm a database guy with maybe 30 years experience, I'm new to SQL and
oh my god is it an over-complicated monster ..."
Wait, what? Something doesn't make sense wi
On Wed, 9 Nov 2022, DougC via fpc-pascal wrote:
Maintaining understandable and readable code is often more important
that runtime efficiency. Like others have said, there are likely many
additional places you can address overall efficiency before dealing with
these calculations.
THIS. Clari
On Thu, 2 Sep 2021, Peter via fpc-pascal wrote:
https://castle-engine.io/modern_pascal_introduction.html
You can also download it as a single PDF.
g.
Thanks Dennis. Very useful refresher!
You're welcome! (My name is Gene. :D )
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On Tue, 31 Aug 2021, Liam Proven via fpc-pascal wrote:
For those of us who don't, though, docs that focus on doing that
aren't much help.
Agreed!
I am only really interested in FPC for one thing -- targeting Ultibo,
a bare-metal runtime for the Raspberry Pi. I'm interested in trying to
emula
On Tue, 31 Aug 2021, Liam Proven via fpc-pascal wrote:
Plain old FreePascal is approachable. Object Pascal is deeply
intimidating, and I'm not sure it's worth the entry price.
Liam, I think you're mixing the language with the framework.
I'll be the first person to agree with you that doing a
On Mon, 30 Aug 2021, wkitty42--- via fpc-pascal wrote:
On 8/30/21 8:52 AM, geneb via fpc-pascal wrote:
[*] For those not aware of him, Jeff Duntemann was a huge figure "back in
the
day" in Turbo/Borland Pascal circles. His books are phenomenal.
i have and still use several of
Here's a book that's aimed squarely at the non-programmer, and it's
written for FreePascal
http://www.copperwood.com/pub/FreePascalFromSquareOne.pdf
It's written by Jeff Duntemann[*] and is a free download.
Give it a look, while "unfinished" it will get you the knowledge you want.
g.
[*] Fo
On Sat, 28 Aug 2021, Dennis Lee Bieber via fpc-pascal wrote:
On Fri, 27 Aug 2021 16:01:38 -0400, joseph turco via fpc-pascal
declaimed
the following:
question is, id like to use the free pascal IDE, and learn the more
modern(?) form of pascal, but i cannot find a resource for beginners that
On Sun, 15 Mar 2020, Ryan Joseph via fpc-pascal wrote:
It's 2020 and the mail list is starting to really show its age. I don't
get first messages from gmail and my personal web host is whitelisted,
messages bounce when I use the wrong account by accident, hard to search
the archives, can't pos
On Wed, 11 Mar 2020, Marco van de Voort wrote:
Op 2020-03-11 om 16:04 schreef geneb:
Op 2020-03-11 om 15:52 schreef geneb:
Will v3.2 support inline variable declarations?
No.
Thanks for the quick reply Marco!
Is that "No" as in "never" or just "maybe > 3.2
On Wed, 11 Mar 2020, Marco van de Voort wrote:
Op 2020-03-11 om 15:52 schreef geneb:
Will v3.2 support inline variable declarations?
No.
Thanks for the quick reply Marco!
Is that "No" as in "never" or just "maybe > 3.2"?
tnx.
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Will v3.2 support inline variable declarations?
tnx.
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On Thu, 26 Sep 2019, Ryan Joseph wrote:
In C I can do:
//
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4842424/list-of-ansi-color-escape-sequences
printf("\033[31;1;4mHello\033[0m");
and get red text in the terminal (MacOS). When I do the same thing with
writeln and FPC it prints the literal charact
On Sat, 20 Jul 2019, wkitt...@windstream.net wrote:
On 7/19/19 1:58 PM, geneb wrote:
On Fri, 19 Jul 2019, James Richters wrote:
what OS? some OSes do not have hidden attribute like DOS and
winwhatever...
for example, on most *nix, they use dot files which are
Both MS-DOS and Windows have
On Fri, 19 Jul 2019, James Richters wrote:
what OS? some OSes do not have hidden attribute like DOS and
winwhatever... for example, on most *nix, they use dot files which are
Both MS-DOS and Windows have hidden file attribute bits.
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On Tue, 16 Apr 2019, Martin Frb wrote:
On 16/04/2019 22:03, Ralf Quint wrote:
Schwachfug. (Bollocks for the Anglophiles around here)
And for those with American English: B*S*
But I really dont see where to put 2nd, let alone a 3rd 50 inch screen.
;) ;) ;)
... not (unfortunately)
https:
On Tue, 16 Apr 2019, Rainer Stratmann wrote:
Are there plans to merge some windows?
Like here (best solution):
https://cdn.portableapps.com/GeanyPortable.png
Rainer, there's an add-on that's included with Lazarus that will "dock"
all the windows to give a more "modern" Delphi UI vs the stan
On Mon, 6 Aug 2018, Jim Lee wrote:
On 08/06/2018 09:27 AM, geneb wrote:
One of the most "bang for your buck" methods of improving compling
speed would be to go to an SSD from a regular hard disk. A 240GB SSD
can be had for less than $60 USD these days.
g.
I've gone th
One of the most "bang for your buck" methods of improving compling speed
would be to go to an SSD from a regular hard disk. A 240GB SSD can be had
for less than $60 USD these days.
g.
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On Wed, 3 Jan 2018, Marco van de Voort wrote:
In our previous episode, geneb said:
> Many thanks! That's great. The completeness of FPC units and packages is
really
> astonishing.
>
Is there a complete list of packages available somewhere?
There is some info(1) in the wik
On Wed, 3 Jan 2018, Tobias Giesen wrote:
Many thanks! That's great. The completeness of FPC units and packages is really
astonishing.
Is there a complete list of packages available somewhere?
tnx.
g.
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On Thu, 26 Jan 2017, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote:
It seems like it is trying to interpret the field data value like a
C/C++ escape sequence. eg: \n meaning NewLine
I such escape sequence processing a JSON standard?
Does it work if you try "d:\\data"?
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On Tue, 3 Jan 2017, Snorkl e wrote:
They might with a change of ownership, who knows these days, but the fact
they did use it in the past would not look good for any litigation from
some bottom feeder.
It's called "estoppel".
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On Mon, 2 Jan 2017, Mr Bee wrote:
Hi all,
There's someone accusing that Free Pascal (and some parts of Lazarus) is just a
reverse engineering of Delphi. Even he said some codes of FPC/Laz are taken
from Delphi (and Kylix). This is a serious allegation.
I know that isn't true. Or is it? ;)
Can
On Sun, 27 Nov 2016, Adriaan van Os wrote:
I wonder what the recommended way is to readln a password from console, as a
standard Readln echoes the password.
Readln is wholly unsuited to the task. You're better off writing a
routine that gets input one character at a time.
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On Tue, 23 Aug 2016, Jonas Maebe wrote:
On 23/08/16 19:14, Ralf Quint wrote:
As a very rough summary, you can't use the Starter Edition if you are
making more than $1000 a year from the software created with it...
And you can't use any edition to "develop an application that is directly
comp
On Sun, 24 Jul 2016, wkitt...@windstream.net wrote:
On 07/24/2016 10:15 AM, geneb wrote:
I don't know if you've looked at SWAG yet, but there's a couple of 32 bit
CRC routines there.
hey gene! fancy seeing you here instead of the flightgear areas ;) ;) ;)
i do have all of SW
I don't know if you've looked at SWAG yet, but there's a couple of 32 bit
CRC routines there.
See here: http://swag.delphidabbler.com/
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On Tue, 2 Feb 2016, Sven Barth wrote:
Yes, you can, because mails towards the list can be set to be moderated
based on different criteria and I bet that the thread ID is one of them.
Jonas (as list admin) probably did just that.
Mailman (at least version 2.1.20, which is what I run) doesn't wor
On Tue, 2 Feb 2016, Dmitry Boyarintsev wrote:
On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 4:40 PM, geneb wrote:
So it's not solving a /problem/ it's lessening an inconvienence(sp!).
I would've gone with IIf(). :)
Just keep in mind that the thread (about preferences) is closed.
You can't
On Tue, 2 Feb 2016, Dmitry Boyarintsev wrote:
On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 4:07 PM, geneb wrote:
I probably missed it, but what problem is "IfThen()" actually solving?
It's a sugar syntax, for
if cond then
x:= a
else
x:=b;
Just follow this thread:
http://lists.freepascal.or
On Tue, 2 Feb 2016, Sven Barth wrote:
On 02.02.2016 20:22, John Lee wrote:
So (Sven) to clarify, assume that your original ifthen [patch is now in
latest svn compiler although more work will needed to do x:=if a then b
else c;? j
The IfThen() is in trunk though it will at least be renamed.
Th
On Sat, 8 Aug 2015, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote:
On 2015-08-08 10:13, Jonas Maebe wrote:
The problem with this is that if you don't specify a license, the
default in copyright law is that no one is allowed to do anything
with your work without explicit permission from you
Correct, and which actu
On Sat, 16 Feb 2013, Michael Van Canneyt wrote:
I tried something like this before and I was suprised at the dearth of
Lazarus and FreePascal bloggers. Getting Lazarus and FPC developers,
(let alone users) to blog about their experiences is like pulling
teeth.I think a law should be passed requi
On Mon, 31 Dec 2012, Gabor Boros wrote:
2012.12.31. 0:18 keltezéssel, Ralf A. Quint írta:
At 03:01 PM 12/30/2012, leledumbo wrote:
Ok, still 33h to go 'til the end of December 2012 in this part of the
world, let's see if something is going to happen (or not...)
Ralf
https://forums.embarcade
On Tue, 30 Oct 2012, ik wrote:
On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 4:26 PM, ik wrote:
Hello,
I have the following function:
function OneToTwoComplement(AValue: QWord): QWord;
begin
Result := (AValue xor $) + 1;
end;
What am I missing here that makes the compiler complain about "Range
On Thu, 25 Oct 2012, Ralf A. Quint wrote:
At 11:54 PM 10/23/2012, stdreamer wrote:
B-tree filer isn't worth the bytes on the disk for storage only as a piece
of museum software on how things was in early 90's.
Little does he know...
Guess you weren't programming back in the early '90s or you
On Tue, 23 Oct 2012, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote:
Hi,
Yeah, a catchy title! ;-)
I want to know if anybody here has ever used FlashFiler in Delphi. Was
it a good product, and do you think it would be worth the effort porting
it to Free Pascal? Or is FlashFiler simply too old and outdated.
I main
On Tue, 28 Aug 2012, Zaher Dirkey wrote:
On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 6:22 PM, Graeme Geldenhuys
wrote:
Ah, but you are missing the point. We are programmers. We do NOT forget!
:-)
I forgot that!
No, you mis-remembered it. :)
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