Re: [fpc-pascal] Help getting started with FPC

2007-12-01 Thread Edward Kearns
My problem was simply forgetting some of the syntax to use in a Pascal program! After I saw that, it was easy to run. Ed On Dec 1, 2007, at 5:13 AM, Ingemar Ragnemalm wrote: Edward Kearns wrote: Because of all the help I got, especially from Jonas Maebe, I successfully opened and ran suc

Re: [fpc-pascal] Help getting started with FPC

2007-12-01 Thread Edward Kearns
>> I did try LWP, and when I opened New Skel, and Compiled, and Ran, all I got were error message. Then I must guess that you either have problems with the paths (strange characters that mess up the command lines) or something is not installed properly. What does the "about" box look

Re: [fpc-pascal] Help getting started with FPC

2007-12-01 Thread Jonas Maebe
Ingemar Ragnemalm wrote on za, 01 dec 2007: That's great! What was the problem? File extensions? I'd like to know so I can make the error messages better. When I tried it at first, I neglected to add a "Program HelloWorld;" header and also got the "No main program found. Can not build." erro

Re: [fpc-pascal] Help getting started with FPC

2007-12-01 Thread Ingemar Ragnemalm
Edward Kearns wrote: Because of all the help I got, especially from Jonas Maebe, I successfully opened and ran successfully in LIghtweight IDE the Pascal program I had developed over several years in Think Pascal. NOW I can modify it, as I had desired. That's great! What was the proble

Re: [fpc-pascal] Help getting started with FPC

2007-11-30 Thread Ingemar Ragnemalm
Jonas Maebe wrote: If you want something more akin to Think Pascal, you may want to try LWP, which is available here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/lightweight-ide Thanks, Jonas! I think that is what Edward needs. BTW, the latest version is at http://www.ragnemalm.se/lightweight It i

Re: [fpc-pascal] Help getting started with FPC

2007-11-30 Thread Edward Kearns
Because of all the help I got, especially from Jonas Maebe, I successfully opened and ran successfully in LIghtweight IDE the Pascal program I had developed over several years in Think Pascal. NOW I can modify it, as I had desired. Ed ___ fpc-pasc

Re: [fpc-pascal] Help getting started with FPC

2007-11-30 Thread Edward Kearns
>> Note that the above is not a valid Pascal program. This is the correct version: Program HelloWorld; begin writeln('hello'); end.>> Thank you, thank you! I had a case of the dumbs, mixing languages. I was about ready to give up and redo my Think Pascal program in Basic, since I tho

Re: [fpc-pascal] Help getting started with FPC

2007-11-30 Thread Jonas Maebe
On 30 Nov 2007, at 23:20, Edward Kearns wrote: Program HelloWorld; begin print "hello" end. Note that the above is not a valid Pascal program. This is the correct version: Program HelloWorld; begin writeln('hello'); end. and I'm told No main program found. Can not build. What ex

Re: [fpc-pascal] Help getting started with FPC

2007-11-30 Thread Edward Kearns
>> Where do I go to create my main file in LWP? Anywhere you want. Just make sure it starts with a program header (such as "program helloworld;"). Jonas>> Here's what I wrote: Program HelloWorld; begin print "hello" end. and I'm told No main program found. Can not build. What ex

Re: [fpc-pascal] Help getting started with FPC

2007-11-30 Thread Jonas Maebe
On 30 Nov 2007, at 22:46, Edward Kearns wrote: If you want something more akin to Think Pascal, you may want to try LWP, which is available here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/lightweight-ide I did try LWP, and when I opened New Skel, and Compiled, and Ran, all I got were error message

Re: [fpc-pascal] Help getting started with FPC

2007-11-30 Thread Edward Kearns
>> If you want something more akin to Think Pascal, you may want to try LWP, which is available here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/lightweight-ide Jonas>> I did try LWP, and when I opened New Skel, and Compiled, and Ran, all I got were error message. Where do I go to create my main fil

Re: [fpc-pascal] Help getting started with FPC

2007-11-30 Thread Jonas Maebe
On 30 Nov 2007, at 19:49, Edward Kearns wrote: I am new to FPC, and can't get started. I have used Think Pascal, and I seem to have quite a hurdle here. Someone else told me that I need to start XCode first. I did that, then I chose a template (FPC Carbon Application 2.2.0). Then I didn't

Re: [fpc-pascal] Help getting started with FPC

2007-11-30 Thread Chris Kirkpatrick
I suggest you look at the FPC/Lazarus Wiki http://wiki.freepascal.org/ for ideas to get you started. It may be easier to start programmng using either the FPC IDE which comes with the FPC package, or the Lazarus IDE which can be used either to produce Windowed GUI applications or simple Pascal

[fpc-pascal] Help getting started with FPC

2007-11-30 Thread Edward Kearns
I am new to FPC, and can't get started. I have used Think Pascal, and I seem to have quite a hurdle here. Someone else told me that I need to start XCode first. I did that, then I chose a template (FPC Carbon Application 2.2.0). Then I didn't know how to enter code, so I opened start.pas,