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fpc-devel · 2008-02

1. Cross compile win32 to linux

   I'm searching for the crossutils win32-linux-ld.exe etc. Are these cross tools not available for win32 to linux?

   MMVMarius, Marius Ellen, Vincent Snijders6-21-2008 13:03 UTC
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2. Unicode resourcestrings

   Is there a way in current FPC to have unicode or wide resourcestrings? Martin

   MACMartin Schreiber, Anton Kavalenka, Christian Iversen3-3-2008 11:49 UTC
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3. Patch, font rendering on Arm-Linux devices.

   the attached patch avoids misaligned data access (bus errors), during font rendering (with the graph unit) on Arm-Linux devices. Regards, Bernd.

   BCDBernd Mueller, Christian Iversen, Daniël Mantione3-3-2008 10:07 UTC
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4. Lazarus: A new widgest set

   I know this is not the Lazarus developers list but I also know that the experts are here, so I ask here and maybe I just need a hint to get going. For a special purpose…

   MGJMichael Schnell, Graeme Geldenhuys, Jeff Duntemann2-29-2008 13:34 UTC
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5. Freepascal in microcontrollers

   Can freepascal be used on small processors that are 8 or 16 bits or does it expect that there are at least 32 bits for most things? I've been tempted lately to start…

   ACDAndrew Haines, Christian Iversen, Daniël Mantione2-28-2008 12:54 UTC
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6. Unexpected behaviour for With ... Do construct

   I've hit a subtle issue whilst using the With ... Do construct in a program I am working on. I have isolated the behaviour to the following trivial unit: Unit…

   UIUnknown author, ik2-26-2008 11:52 UTC
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7. An incomplete prototype of my ebook FREE PASCAL FROM SQUARE ONE

   Hi guys-- At the encouragement of Anthony Henry, I've been working on converting my 1993 book *Borland Pascal 7 From Square One* to focus on FreePascal. The book will…

   JADJeff Duntemann, Ales Katona, Daniël Mantione2-25-2008 09:30 UTC
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8. Improve error message for #0005942: fpc gives Illegal unit name for 8 character unit name conflict

   Hi See this bug report: [http://bugs.freepascal.org/bug_view_page.php?bug_id=5942], with resolution "no change required". The result is the same still in FPC 2.3.1. I…

   MMichalis Kamburelis2-25-2008 00:04 UTC
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9. Convert C++ Array[1] to FPC

   Please help I am unsure how to port from C++ to fpc this code. The function this must be passed to says that the structure pointer or size is invalid. ----C++----…

   SBISooky Boo, Bram Kuijvenhoven, ik2-24-2008 18:47 UTC
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10. membar instruction

    Hi is there in FPC a membar instruction, like #StoreLoad macro or smp_mb(); and second need instruction is NOOP Darek

    DMDariusz Mazur, Micha Nelissen2-23-2008 20:53 UTC
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11. New download location for the ebook--sorry for the messup!

    Well, I have no idea why the downloads went so badly, but it doesn't matter where the file comes from, really. Try this URL instead; it's my own FTP site:…

    JGVJeff Duntemann, Graeme Geldenhuys, Vinzent Hoefler2-21-2008 06:54 UTC
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12. Re: Lazarus: A new widgest set - Aside - SVN

    Just confirming there is no inherent reason why you can't use TortoiseSVN though a proxy cache. I am using it though a squid proxy cache with no problems. I can't…

    JMJohn, Michael Schnell2-20-2008 08:54 UTC
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13. fpdoc inherited entries

    In the LCL there is documentation for TControl.Caption which is useful for all descendant classes like TButton.Caption too. It would be nice if fpdoc shows the content…

    MFGMattias Gaertner, Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho, Graeme Geldenhuys2-18-2008 15:17 UTC
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14. fpdoc links

    fpdoc allows links of the form: #packagename.unitname.identifier.identifier... Are the packagename and/or unitname case insensitive? Or is it recommended to lower case…

    MMMattias Gärtner, Michael Van Canneyt2-18-2008 13:56 UTC
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15. exit screen bug

    The attached jpg is a screen shot that shows what has become of this screen after replacing FPC 2.0.2 with FPC 2.2.0 on my WIN32 XP SP2 computer. Other than this, I…

    LTLeonard Robbins, Tiziano De Togni2-15-2008 08:46 UTC
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16. Free Pascal problem

    My old Code Warrior pascal is no longer compatible with MAC OS 10.5 :- (. I have installed free pascal, but it failed :-(. Here is the code:…

    CJChris Handley, Jonas Maebe2-13-2008 08:42 UTC
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17. QEMU for 64-bit FPC testing?

    Hi I don't own a 64bit pc. With the wonderful world of emulators and virtual pc products like VirtualBox, VMWare and Virtual PC 2007 I thought, why can't my 32bit Intel…

    GIJGraeme Geldenhuys, ik, Jonas Maebe2-12-2008 10:09 UTC
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18. fpfork

    As I intend to port FP to a non MMU architecture at some point in the future I came across this issue: In the RTL there are some functions that do a fork. The RTL…

    MJJMichael Schnell, Jonas Maebe, Joost van der Sluis2-11-2008 16:37 UTC
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19. Compilation failure on wince

    I am trying to build the latest fixes wince cross-compiler (2.2.1) using FPC 2.2.0 as a starting compiler. It fails when I try to build packages, particularly fcl-process

    FYFelipe Monteiro de Carvalho, Yury Sidorov2-11-2008 13:32 UTC
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20. Any ideas when 2.2.2 comes?

    I don't want to hurry anyone, but we kind of need that before the next lazarus because of wince and unicode related fixes which are show-stoppers. Felipe Monteiro de…

    FJFelipe Monteiro de Carvalho, Jonas Maebe2-9-2008 10:05 UTC
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21. Error: Undefied symbol: ....

    Hello, FPC developers' list. I have this error "Error: Undefined symbol: LDOCKCTRL_TCUSTOMLAZDOCKINGMANAGER_$_CREATELAYOUT$crcCC309762_FINDNEARESTCONTROLNODE$$TLAZDOCKCO…

    PPaul Ishenin2-8-2008 09:38 UTC
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22. Patch to fix packages compilation under BeOS

    Here is a patch to fix packages compilation under BeOS after recent changes. Olivier

    OOlivier Coursière2-6-2008 21:20 UTC
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23. misleading error msg in fpc 2.2.0

    While porting Delphi CLX library to fpc/Lazarus, I mixed up things, and I tried to override an ancestor method which is static in CLX, because I remembered it to be…

    GPGiuliano Colla, Peter Vreman2-5-2008 00:38 UTC
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24. Linux gid_t uid_t

    I noticed that somewhere since baseunix times Linux/glibc updated all basic types that were still 16-bit to 32-bit. FPC didn't notice it, since the x86 stat record is a…

    MIMarco van de Voort, ik2-2-2008 16:20 UTC
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25. more descriptive parameter names for C translated headers

    I use the xlib.pp unit a lot. As far as I understand it and many others like it was created with a automated tool. As I use the functions, I thought I could start…

    GFMGraeme Geldenhuys, Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho, Mattias Gaertner2-2-2008 11:39 UTC
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26. the libc unit on 64-bit systems

    I know the 'libc' unit is for linux-x86 only. Does that also exclude 64-bit Linux? If so, how can I IFDEF code that needs to run on Linux (32 & 64 bit) and FreeBSD (32…

    GDMGraeme Geldenhuys, Daniël Mantione, Marco van de Voort2-1-2008 20:44 UTC
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27. ppcrossarm build fails to compile rtl and packages

    I'm trying to build an arm/wince cross-compiler from a Windows XP host from 2.2.1 SVN (rev 10079). I can build a working ppcrossarm.exe from the fpc source folder by:…

    UYUnknown author, Yury Sidorov2-1-2008 19:37 UTC
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