Re: [fpc-pascal] Object Pascal Handbook

2015-08-07 Thread Sven Barth
Am 07.08.2015 14:45 schrieb "Gour" : > > Graeme Geldenhuys > writes: > > > I'm pretty confident that much of the language content will be > > applicable even when using FPC. > > Good. > > Is it reasonable to assume that if there are some current ’Delphi-only’ > features described in the book they

Re: [fpc-pascal] Object Pascal Handbook

2015-08-07 Thread Gour
Gabor Boros writes: > The official documentation is not a good start point? Well, it’s pretty comperhensive, but “Reference Guide” is reference, while, atm, I’m looking for something like manual/tutorial. Of course, I’m sure that official docs will be indispensable later. ;) Sincerely, Gour

Re: [fpc-pascal] Object Pascal Handbook

2015-08-07 Thread Gour
Graeme Geldenhuys writes: > I'm pretty confident that much of the language content will be > applicable even when using FPC. Good. Is it reasonable to assume that if there are some current ’Delphi-only’ features described in the book they are going to arrive in FPS sooner or later? > The best

Re: [fpc-pascal] Object Pascal Handbook

2015-08-07 Thread Michael Van Canneyt
On Fri, 7 Aug 2015, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: On 2015-08-07 13:07, Gabor Boros wrote: The official documentation is not a good start point? Indeed, Michael's work is of very high quality, and the PDF documents look fantastic (thank you LaTeX). @Michael van Canneyt: Any chance of generating

Re: [fpc-pascal] Object Pascal Handbook

2015-08-07 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
On 2015-08-07 13:07, Gabor Boros wrote: > The official documentation is not a good start point? Indeed, Michael's work is of very high quality, and the PDF documents look fantastic (thank you LaTeX). @Michael van Canneyt: Any chance of generating a A5 version of the Language Guide or would that

Re: [fpc-pascal] Object Pascal Handbook

2015-08-07 Thread Germano Rossi
2015-08-07 14:05 GMT+02:00 Graeme Geldenhuys : > Incidently, I came across a "Start programming using Object Pascal" book > on my hard drive last night. It uses Free Pascal specifically. It was > also at https://archive.org/details/StartProgrammingUsingObjectPascal -- == Germa

Re: [fpc-pascal] Object Pascal Handbook

2015-08-07 Thread Gabor Boros
2015.08.07. 13:13 keltezéssel, Gour írta: I wonder, being FPC noob, how suitable it can be for learning FPC? Hi, The official documentation is not a good start point? http://www.freepascal.org/docs.var http://wiki.freepascal.org/FPC_documentation Gabor __

Re: [fpc-pascal] Object Pascal Handbook

2015-08-07 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
On 2015-08-07 12:13, Gour wrote: > > I’ve just noticed that Object Pascal Handbook > (http://www.marcocantu.com/objectpascalhandbook/) is released Thanks for mentioning that. I'm pretty confident that much of the language content will be applicable even when using FPC. The best solution would pro

[fpc-pascal] Object Pascal Handbook

2015-08-07 Thread Gour
Hello, I’ve just noticed that Object Pascal Handbook (http://www.marcocantu.com/objectpascalhandbook/) is released (avaialable @Amazon) and considering that on the back cover it says: “The Object Pascal Handbook is the complete guide to the programming language of Delphi and AppMethod, by Embarcad