Re: [fpc-pascal]New to the list/question

2003-07-09 Thread James Mills
On Wed, Jul 09, 2003 at 03:22:47PM -0500, Kevin Monceaux wrote: > Alan, > > Text based - something that would run on a Linux text console, old dumb > terminal, DOS in the days before Windows, etc. I would suggest using nCurses, there is a pascal unit available for this in the FCL I believe. chee

Re: [fpc-pascal]New to the list/question

2003-07-09 Thread Kevin Monceaux
Alan, I'm looking for something with some form of form management capabilities. Something that would let one define a form, add some "widgets" to the form, then call a function to handle user input, navigating between "widgets", and the like. Kevin On Wed, 9 Jul 2003, Alan Mead wrote: > Well t

Re: [fpc-pascal]New to the list/question

2003-07-09 Thread Alan Mead
Well then let me rephrase the question: What functionality are you looking for? All your programs will, by default, be console applications that use write/writeln and read/readln. There is also a few flavors of the CRT unit containing more advanced console-based primitives like ReadKey() and W

Re: [fpc-pascal]New to the list/question

2003-07-09 Thread Michael . VanCanneyt
On Wed, 9 Jul 2003, Kevin Monceaux wrote: > Pascal enthusiasts, > > I'm new to the list and just wanted to introduce myself. I got my first > tast of Pascal in college on a VAX 11/750 under the VMS operating system. > Nowdays Linux is my preferred platform. I was thrilled to discover Free > Pa

Re: [fpc-pascal]New to the list/question

2003-07-09 Thread Kevin Monceaux
Alan, Text based - something that would run on a Linux text console, old dumb terminal, DOS in the days before Windows, etc. Kevin On Wed, 9 Jul 2003, Alan Mead wrote: > Kevin, > > Welcome! What do you mean by a "text-based interface"? > > -Alan > > --- Kevin Monceaux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrot

Re: [fpc-pascal]New to the list/question

2003-07-09 Thread Alan Mead
Kevin, Welcome! What do you mean by a "text-based interface"? -Alan --- Kevin Monceaux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Pascal enthusiasts, > > I'm new to the list and just wanted to introduce myself. I got my > first > tast of Pascal in college on a VAX 11/750 under the VMS operating > system.

[fpc-pascal]New to the list/question

2003-07-09 Thread Kevin Monceaux
Pascal enthusiasts, I'm new to the list and just wanted to introduce myself. I got my first tast of Pascal in college on a VAX 11/750 under the VMS operating system. Nowdays Linux is my preferred platform. I was thrilled to discover Free Pascal. It's like becoming reacquanted with an old friend