Re: [fpc-pascal] FPC docs wrong for TStream.WriteBuffer()

2012-02-06 Thread Jonas Maebe
On 06 Feb 2012, at 14:55, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: > On 6 February 2012 15:47, Jonas Maebe wrote: >> >> As I tried to explain in my previous message, copyright covers much more >> than verbatim copying and people who read the original text get tainted. >> > > Once again, I fully understand.

Re: [fpc-pascal] FPC docs wrong for TStream.WriteBuffer()

2012-02-06 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
On 6 February 2012 15:47, Jonas Maebe wrote: > > As I tried to explain in my previous message, copyright covers much more than > verbatim copying and people who read the original text get tainted. > Once again, I fully understand. Your suggestion will only work in an "ideal world" situation thou

Re: [fpc-pascal] FPC docs wrong for TStream.WriteBuffer()

2012-02-06 Thread Jonas Maebe
On 06 Feb 2012, at 14:39, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: > On 6 February 2012 15:02, Jonas Maebe wrote: >> >> In general: please do not copy/paste any text or code by > > So what's the difference between me posting the Kylix 3 / Delphi 7 > description here, or posting a link to Embarcadero's publicl

Re: [fpc-pascal] FPC docs wrong for TStream.WriteBuffer()

2012-02-06 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
On 6 February 2012 15:15, wrote: > > Correct. I've adapted the text. Rev 889. Thanks Michael. -- Regards,   - Graeme - ___ fpGUI - a cross-platform Free Pascal GUI toolkit http://fpgui.sourceforge.net __

Re: [fpc-pascal] FPC docs wrong for TStream.WriteBuffer()

2012-02-06 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
On 6 February 2012 15:02, Jonas Maebe wrote: > > In general: please do not copy/paste any text or code by So what's the difference between me posting the Kylix 3 / Delphi 7 description here, or posting a link to Embarcadero's publicly visible documentation on their website? The latter has been do

Re: [fpc-pascal] FPC docs wrong for TStream.WriteBuffer()

2012-02-06 Thread michael . vancanneyt
On Mon, 6 Feb 2012, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: ReadBuffer actually reads data from the stream to the buffer. Just like read. Sorry, I got my email all twisted - to many open windows at the same time. My issue is with the TStream.WriteBuffer's short description. It reads as follows... "Wri

Re: [fpc-pascal] FPC docs wrong for TStream.WriteBuffer()

2012-02-06 Thread Jonas Maebe
On 06 Feb 2012, at 13:54, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: > ...though the Kylix/Delphi short description is much better and clearer. :) And anyone who now read that description should be very careful to modify the current description in the FPC documentation, because if the result looks too much like

Re: [fpc-pascal] FPC docs wrong for TStream.WriteBuffer()

2012-02-06 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
> > ReadBuffer actually reads data from the stream to the buffer. Just like > read. Sorry, I got my email all twisted - to many open windows at the same time. My issue is with the TStream.WriteBuffer's short description. It reads as follows... "Writes data from the stream to the buffer" And

Re: [fpc-pascal] FPC docs wrong for TStream.WriteBuffer()

2012-02-06 Thread michael . vancanneyt
On Mon, 6 Feb 2012, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: Hi, I'm I just not reading/understanding this correctly, or is it indeed a documentation bug (in which case I'll file a bug report with a patch). http://www.freepascal.org/docs-html/rtl/classes/tstream.readbuffer.html The "short description", as

[fpc-pascal] FPC docs wrong for TStream.WriteBuffer()

2012-02-06 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
Hi, I'm I just not reading/understanding this correctly, or is it indeed a documentation bug (in which case I'll file a bug report with a patch). http://www.freepascal.org/docs-html/rtl/classes/tstream.readbuffer.html The "short description", as far as I'm concerned, is completely wrong for TSt