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fpc-pascal · 2002-09

1. Linking with C

   Hi all. I was trying to link with a C library, and everything went well till one function popped up that didn't wan't to work. Till I investigated the source library…

   JHIJohn Coppens, Holger Peters, Ivan Montes10-2-2002 17:47 UTC
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2. Unit Graph in Linux

   Hi: I can't compile a program using GRAPH unit on Linux. The message is : lfs1:/mnt/d/pascal#fpc relevami.pas Free Pascal Compiler version 1.0.4 [2001/08/31] for i386…

   IOSInpromptu, Olaf Leidinger, Sebastian Günther9-30-2002 16:32 UTC
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3. IDE

   Ummm, with the ide, it won't compile anything. Keeps saying missing SYSLINUX or SYSBSD etc. fpc will compile normally outside of the ide, I just downloaded the ide and…

   JJPJames Mills, Jonas Maebe, Pierre Muller9-30-2002 11:58 UTC
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4. FPC for QNX

   I just wanted to ask if someone already tried to run FPC in QNX 6.2. Few monthes before I run it in QNX4 without bigger problems, but when I run it in QNX 6.2 it stops…

   KCUKanzelsberger Pavel, Carl Eric Codere, Unknown author9-30-2002 07:55 UTC
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5. OO in Pascal

   In java you can do this... public class A { public void start { //... } } public class B extends A { public void start { Super.start(); //... } } Can this be done in FPC…

   JJJJames Mills, John Coppens, Jonas Maebe9-29-2002 13:51 UTC
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6. OO problem

   sdebug.pas(41,12) Error: methods can be only in other methods called direct with type identifier of the class sdebug.pas(41,12) Error: Illegal expression…

   JYJames Mills, Yet Another Geek9-29-2002 11:02 UTC
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7. The inexplicable overflow.

   The game I am working on is actually nearing completion. My enemy ruleset is virtually complete and they can always find the player, though not quite by the shortest path

   UALUnknown author, A.J. Venter, Lee9-27-2002 16:52 UTC
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8. daemon

   How do you fork your app into a daemon ? I've done this once before but forgotten... thanks for the help James

   JMMJames Mills, Marco van de Voort, Mirek Novak9-27-2002 06:40 UTC
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9. newbie questions

   A couple of completely newbie questions (blush): Windows?) 1.5 and received a fatal error for not finding unit WINTYPES -- I wasn't able to find it in the source tree of…

   BCBoryeu Mao, Carl Eric Codere9-26-2002 17:18 UTC
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10. GTK

    When compiling some of the GTK examples I get... /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lXi What needs to be done? I have the X libraries installed, however fpc doesn't seem to have…

    JFMJames Mills, Fernando Lozano, Michael Van Canneyt9-25-2002 17:41 UTC
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11. Svga

    Concerning Svga, and the graph unit and anything really to do with graphics... It seems the only way to run such programs wether compiled with fpc or not, is to run them…

    JAMJames Mills, Andreas K. Foerster, Martyn Ranyard9-24-2002 14:34 UTC
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12. mySQL

    I'm trying to use mySQL as the database system for my program, however... Linking testdb /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lmysqlclient testdb.pp(84) Warning: Error while linking

    JFHJames Mills, Fernando Lozano, Hélio Cavichiolo Jr9-24-2002 13:19 UTC
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13. mySQL unit

    Is there any documentation for the mySQL unit? I'd like to check what errors I get from using mySQL, ie: check for the existance of a table, do appropiate action, etc...…

    JFMJames Mills, Fernando Lozano, Michael Van Canneyt9-23-2002 13:06 UTC
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14. Re: How to get the Home Directory of the user?

    this is how you can get some info's from a logged User: unit pwdlibc; {--------------------------------------------------------------------------- CncWare (c) Copyright…

    SHMStefan Becker, Hélio Cavichiolo Jr, Michael Van Canneyt9-23-2002 11:21 UTC
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15. Btrieve

    I try to port a BP7.0-program (DOS-Realmode) that uses the TUR5BTRV.PAS as interface to Btrieve (exactly the pervasive sql 2000 used as btrieve engine). When I compile…

    MKMMichael Borschel, Kassai István, Marco van de Voort9-22-2002 21:08 UTC
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16. FPC & FreeBSD

    till now I have been using FPC with Linux (Slack distro) and I it works really fine; now I am thinking to move definitely all my job to FreeBSD. What are the problems I…

    JMSJilani Khaldi, Marco van de Voort, Stephen Hurd9-21-2002 22:25 UTC
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17. How to define a string const with content of a file?

    I currently have the following line in a number of related programs: const TASK = '...'; { name of task } where ... is replaced by the name of the task. To simplify my…

    TUTom Verhoeff, Unknown author9-21-2002 21:34 UTC
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18. FindFirst/FindNext question

    Hi: When I look for directories using FindFirst(mypath,Directory,mySearchRec) from the dos unit, I can't see a difference between a real Directory and a link (on liunux…

    IUInpromptu, Unknown author9-21-2002 18:31 UTC
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19. Multiplexing I/O (Sockets)

    How do you set sockets to non-blocking? I'm using the unit, Sockets... thanks James

    JGSJames Mills, Georgi Georgiev, Sebastian Günther9-21-2002 14:53 UTC
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20. RegisterIntegerConsts problem

    Hi all I'm trying to use persistence with a type like "cursor" of Delphi or Kylix, wich are a "integer" and have some constants to common values.... I write a one file…

    JJudison9-21-2002 03:05 UTC
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21. test

    test

    JJames Mills9-20-2002 02:36 UTC
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22. Re: Creating JPEG images on the fly with FPC

    Afaik yes. There is a library pasjpeg somewhere, which is a direct translation of the free software lib libjpeg.

    MUMarco van de Voort, Unknown author9-19-2002 21:56 UTC
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23. Menu with ncurses

    -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 may be I'm to dumb to understand, but can anybody send me, or show me a SMALL example with menus and ncurses. The…

    MMichael Weinert9-19-2002 18:42 UTC
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24. Sablopas and FPC

    Based on previous posts to the list I dowload Sablopas but could not compile using FPC 1.0.6 on Windows 95: Any hint? []s, Fernando Lozano Free Pascal Compiler version…

    FFMFernando Lozano, Florian Klaempfl, Michael Van Canneyt9-19-2002 14:27 UTC
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25. IRC

    As some of you might know, we're to meet at irc too. Because the DALNet servers are overloaded the last months and it's very hard to get the channel wasn't used very much

    FPFlorian Klaempfl, Peter Vreman9-18-2002 05:24 UTC
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26. GPF

    I am currently working on a loderunner clone using FPC and SDL. The game uses high-resolution graphics and a lot of code. Right now it is over 1000 lines of code (and I…

    UAJUnknown author, A.J. Venter, Jonas Maebe9-17-2002 13:10 UTC
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27. Please try again

    Nnealo9-16-2002 22:14 UTC
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28. Loading/Unloading pascal libs at runtime

    I want to load/unload object pascal libs into object pascal tried the following: - created a base lib with the registration system (with ppumove) - created a program,…

    MMattias Gaertner9-16-2002 11:38 UTC
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29. POpen problem

    Hello trying run this code on FreeBSD program sendm; uses linux; var F : text; i : longint; BEGIN POpen( F, '/usr/sbin/sendmail -t', 'W'); writeln( linuxerror); writeln(…

    MMichael Kochiashvili9-16-2002 08:31 UTC
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30. Editor under Linux (not using XWindows)

    what editor do you use to write FPC code under Linux? I have been using Joe for long time because it's similar to TP editor but it's a lot unsatbale. Pico is limited.…

    JAAJilani Khaldi, Andreas K. Foerster, Arne Hanssen9-16-2002 03:37 UTC
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31. packages, libs

    AFAIK fpc supports libs (c -> pascal, pascal -> c, object pascal -> object pascal, dynamic, static, smart). But what about packages? What are the plans of the fpc-team…

    MFMattias Gaertner, Florian Klaempfl9-15-2002 16:12 UTC
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32. How to unsubscribe from this mailing list?

    Actually I check my mail not very often, so I usually hav over 100 messages in my box. is there any way to recieve messages grouped weekly? if not how can I unsubscribe…

    YJMYaroslav Yanovsky, Jonas Maebe, Martyn Ranyard9-13-2002 12:24 UTC
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33. Re: using crypt() in freepascal (Martyn Ranyard)

    realloc: Assertion Try adding the cmem unit to your uses clause. It will make you program use the external c-style memory manager instead of the native pascal model.…

    YMMYet Another Geek, Martyn Ranyard, Michael Van Canneyt9-13-2002 10:10 UTC
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34. gettext

    is there a way to translate const strings manual, like gettext or dgettext in C? Example: Error(gettext('One ') + s1 + gettext(' Two ') + s2 + gettext(' Three'));…

    SSStefan Ziegenbalg, Sebastian Günther9-12-2002 18:56 UTC
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35. uncgi Update

    -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 i just had the problem, that I couldn't get the requestet url in the uncgi-unit. So I searched, and found it ;-) So anybody…

    MUMichael Weinert, Unknown author9-12-2002 18:14 UTC
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36. using crypt() in freepascal

    No doubt some of you were expecting this email after the discussions on user detail, but... I tried to compile an application that uses the crypt() function, and found…

    MMartyn Ranyard9-12-2002 13:43 UTC
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37. How to write GUI programs?

    Hello, all! Until now, I kept away from GUI programming because it always appeared to me very complicated. But I see the time coming close and closer, where I will have…

    RACRainer Hantsch, amorel, Christophe9-12-2002 09:32 UTC
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38. autodoc generation

    I've been browsing the net looking for an autodoc generator for FPC. I found PasDoc (pasdoc.sourceforge.net) but I don't know if it will fit my needs. I read something…

    ICFIvan Montes, Carl Eric Codere, Florian Klaempfl9-10-2002 16:12 UTC
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39. SDL Based Graph Unit - Was Contributing to FPC

    maintainer of the Linux Oops, this was meant to go to Michael, my mail client replied to the group instead -aarch. True, but as I said I wasn't trying to mail the list.…

    UUnknown author9-10-2002 12:53 UTC
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40. Contributing to FPC.

    Hello. According to the freepascal website, you are the maintainer of the Linux port, hence this mail. I have been programming in Pascal for around 13 years now (I…

    UAAUnknown author, Aitor Santamaría, amorel9-10-2002 09:15 UTC
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41. Can't compile testinet.pp on Windows!

    As subject. The error is: cannot find -lc What am I missing or it only run on Linux? jilani ps. It compiles and run fine on Linux.

    JJilani Khaldi9-9-2002 15:06 UTC
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42. graph app.

    actually, I had this idea; but I didn't found any kind of documentation. So, I have no idea how to cotrol options like event.buttons or event.x, etc. in the winmouse…

    MMr. Ivan Baev9-9-2002 13:59 UTC
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43. C to Pascal

    Can someone translate the anexed file into Pascal? Thanks. Salutacions. Jordi. http://perso.wanadoo.es/can_jordi

    Jjordi9-8-2002 20:06 UTC
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44. CD-Rom handling

    I am currently creating a simple simulation game that is highly dependant on my abillity to know which frame is currently being played on an audio cd-rom. I am using the…

    UUnknown author9-8-2002 16:46 UTC
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45. FPC and web applications

    I have prototyped a large web application using Ruby and InterBase but the performance seems to be not good enough to code it in Ruby or any other scripting language.…

    JUJilani Khaldi, Unknown author9-8-2002 15:46 UTC
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46. RE: CST83882333ID - Better support of floating point types

    Thank you for your e-mail message to MSN webmaster. We would like to assist you with your question and request you go to the appropriate link below for the product you…

    MMSN Customer Support9-8-2002 15:42 UTC
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47. Graph window and mouse;

    Hello; actually I have to tell, that I am a beginner; so I have the following problem: I want to get the mouseevent in an graphic window; I know how to do this in an…

    MMMr. Ivan Baev, Marco van de Voort9-8-2002 15:34 UTC
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48. Re: How to get the Home Directory of the user? (using pchar correctly)

    just by quickly looking at the example you gave I would say that you pass pointers to the memory areas where the results should be returned, but never declare the accual…

    SStefan Becker9-8-2002 00:05 UTC
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49. FPC and GTK+ on Windows: need help

    I am playing for a long time with GTK+ development using Free Pascal on Windows. It needs to work on Windows, my interest is on getting the same sources and just compile…

    FFernando Lozano9-5-2002 14:39 UTC
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50. Problems linking to TclTk

    I am attempting to construct an application with an embedded scripting language on Win32. Tcl seemed like a good candidate because you get the graphics for free. I…

    DUDavid Eidelman, Unknown author9-5-2002 08:35 UTC
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