Re: [fpc-pascal] What to do to get new users

2024-10-16 Thread Tim Coates via fpc-pascal
And here is my 2c worth ... Firstly, I will say that I do not know much about the group that manages FPC and related tools. I am also relatively new to FPC but a long time user of Delphi. Here is a newbies view of the world: 1. while the content on the website may be correct, it looks dated (firs

Re: [fpc-pascal] What to do to get new users

2024-11-15 Thread Tim Coates via fpc-pascal
Consistency also helps... A web site, wiki and documentation in html, all with different appearances does not help the end user. but it is hard and a thankless task as well. That there is information available is a boon. On Sat, Nov 16, 2024 at 10:25 AM DougC via fpc-pascal < fpc-pascal@lists.fr

Re: [fpc-pascal] What to do to get new users

2024-11-15 Thread Tim Coates via fpc-pascal
I am a little on the fence regarding the comment re neither fish or fowl... each developer does their own thing in the language - whether that is writing something for platform X or working on database Y etc. Resources for learning are few and far between if you can find them. If you wanted to lea

Re: [fpc-pascal] What to do to get new users

2024-11-16 Thread Tim Coates via fpc-pascal
Users will judge a website within seconds. And unfortunately that is the nature of the game today. On Sat, 16 Nov 2024, 9:28 pm Hairy Pixels via fpc-pascal, < fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org> wrote: > On Nov 16, 2024 at 3:13:26 PM, Nikolay Nikolov via fpc-pascal < > fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.or

[fpc-pascal] Question about the Wiki Documentation

2025-05-15 Thread Tim Coates via fpc-pascal
Hi Everyone, Is there a problem with https://wiki.freepascal.org/ as in the last days I am getting an "Unable to Connect" error message? I have been wanting to create an account so that I could assist with updating documentation etc. Regards, Tim Coates (Silver Pascal Coder on YouTube) __

Re: [fpc-pascal] Question about the Wiki Documentation

2025-05-15 Thread Tim Coates via fpc-pascal
My IP address is: 121.222.90.99 Tim On Thu, May 15, 2025 at 6:19 PM Michael Van Canneyt via fpc-pascal < fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org> wrote: > > > On Thu, 15 May 2025, Tim Coates via fpc-pascal wrote: > > > Hi Everyone, > > > > Is there a problem with ht

Re: [fpc-pascal] Question about the Wiki Documentation

2025-05-15 Thread Tim Coates via fpc-pascal
cal@lists.freepascal.org> wrote: > On 15/05/2025 11:04, Tim Coates via fpc-pascal wrote: > > My IP address is: > > > > 121.222.90.99 > > Should be okay now. I've also added an extra instruction to the captcha > to avoid triggerin