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fpc-pascal · 2003-10

1. fpc 1.0 and 1.1 incompatibility

   The program below can be compiled with fpc 1.0.10, but not with this week's fpc 1.1. With fpc 1.0.10 it gives the following output, (which is as I would expect).…

   VMPVincent Snijders, Matt Emson, Peter Vreman10-30-2003 17:16 UTC
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2. Calling Procedures via pointers

   I've been away from Pascal for about 10 years now and have just started to get back into it. So, spank me hard and call me a newbie if you must... Anyhow, onto the…

   AAAndy Powell, Anton Tichawa10-30-2003 14:59 UTC
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3. Sending files over a Nullmodem cable

   Hello I play with the thought to write a socket program. This program should transfer large data files from my main computer to my notebook. For the connection, I want…

   KMKarim, Marco van de Voort10-27-2003 11:21 UTC
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4. gpm library compiled by default ?

   I noticed the other day that one of my FPC programs which does not in anyway shape or form use the gpm or any mouse libraries actually requires the gpm library to be…

   JLMJames Mills, Laurent Cocea, Marco van de Voort10-24-2003 10:23 UTC
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5. Re: Mac compiler

   Hello Thanks for asking, and sorry for late answer, but I haven't read the msg in this group for a while, sorry. As an answer to your and others questions, we have…

   OOlle Raab10-22-2003 10:39 UTC
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6. Trivial Graphics on Linux?

   Hello! I am interested in a demo which does really trivial graphics on LINUX, compiles fine with FPC 1.0.4, and does basically that what a normal TurboPascal for DOS can…

   RAURainer Hantsch, Anton Tichawa, Unknown author10-22-2003 03:58 UTC
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7. working with bitmaps

   Hi! I want to create a coloured overlay over a (geographical) map. I do have the map as a bitmap and I wrote a fpc program, creating informations for the map (ASCII file…

   RIJRudolf Harney, Ivan Montes, Jeff Pohlmeyer10-20-2003 15:44 UTC
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8. CRT Window Colors

   Is there any way to get a white background color for a console window? I use textbackground (white) from the CRT package, but the window is gray. Ed…

   KRKrall Ed-P27726, Ralf A. Quint10-17-2003 16:53 UTC
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9. Better Alternative to delay()

   I am using the delay function to pause for an amount of time which works but will not allow the user to stop the program from the console, using ctrl-C. If I could trap…

   GADGeorge Patterson, Arne Hanssen, Darek Mazur10-15-2003 16:09 UTC
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10. Error Trapping w/ ReadKey

    Just getting into the "planning" phase of a personal project I'm working on, and one of the things I'm trying to do is predict where there's going to need to be some…

    DMDarren Reynolds, Marco van de Voort10-14-2003 15:10 UTC
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11. GTK: Layout Container Example

    Hello Does anybody has an example of how to use the layout container ? An example in "c" would be fine too. Thank's for any help Pedro

    PPeter Huesser10-14-2003 13:24 UTC
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12. disable background bitmap in IDE?

    Is it possible to disable the background bitmap/splashscreen in the IDE on Win32, and set it to blue, as in the original TPC IDE? Thanks. -Laurent

    LFULaurent Cocea, Frank W McCormick, Unknown author10-12-2003 21:15 UTC
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13. IDE text resolution on Win32?

    Hi all- How can I chnage the IDE window area size (text resolution) on Win32? In Options|Environment|Preferences the only video mode available is 80x25 and I would like…

    LFLaurent Cocea, Florian Klaempfl10-12-2003 17:07 UTC
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14. GTK: multiline label

    Hello How ist possible to make initialize in fpc a multiline label. Something like Lbl := gtk_label_new('Line1 \n Line2'); I guess but with what do I have to replace the…

    PGJPeter Huesser, Gene Buckle, James Mills10-10-2003 05:53 UTC
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15. GTK2: GTKArrowType

    Hello Is the GTKArrowType not implemented yet in the GTK2 (Version 1.0.5). If not: is there a list what is allready implemented in GTK2 and what not ? Thank's Pedro

    PPeter Huesser10-9-2003 08:08 UTC
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16. AW: GTK: multiline label

    one possibility is: Lbl := gtk_label_new('Line1 '#10' Line2'); // for UNIX or Lbl := gtk_label_new('Line1 '#10#13' Line2'); // for DOS/Windows

    ZZINTEL Gerhard10-9-2003 08:00 UTC
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17. MySQL 4.0 Files

    Hi! Some months ago I developed a program using MySQL as backend database. This was MySQL 4.0 and therefore I used the MySQL 4.0 units. They have been stored in…

    JBFJohann Glaser, Bernhard Steffen, Florian Klaempfl10-8-2003 21:29 UTC
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18. Cross-Compiling Debian/Linux -> FreeBSD

    Is there an easy way of cross-compiling other than what I"m currently doing (using a shell account), to cross-compile from Debian/Linux to FreeBSD ? If there is, I will…

    JLJJames Mills, Lee, John10-8-2003 15:08 UTC
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19. Pascal and ghostscript.

    Please can anyone tell me whether it is possible to "pipe" or "filter" the output of Free Pascal through ghostscript in order to plot graphs on a laserjet printer ? I…

    GMMGeoff Bagley, Marco van de Voort, Michael Van Canneyt10-7-2003 19:01 UTC
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20. General Question on code optimization...

    Hello! I wrote a unit for using MySQL a long time ago. It is basically the mysql unit, but with some modified/added functions to make life easier. But it is still…

    RMPRainer Hantsch, Marco van de Voort, Peter Vreman10-7-2003 18:49 UTC
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21. Hidding private fields in a class

    Is there a way to hide the private class fields from the rest of this unit? Something like a compiler directive? Or is there some plan to do it? I'm a newbie and there's…

    AAdam Victor Brandizzi10-6-2003 18:21 UTC
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22. GTK problem

    Hello I am just learning gtk and try to translate the examples in the "GTK+2.0 Tutorial" from Tony Gale and Ian Main to fpc. In chapter 7 there is a simple button…

    PMMPeter Huesser, Marco van de Voort, Michael Van Canneyt10-6-2003 12:01 UTC
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23. TCP client required... List still active??

    Sorry about the noise but is this list active?? I am trying to write a simple tcp/ip client but can not find anything in the 'net (using Google anyway). I did find a…

    GLMGeorge Patterson, Lukas Gebauer, Michael Van Canneyt10-6-2003 11:22 UTC
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24. .ppu and .o files

    Upon compiling the freepascal compiler from cvs, I noticed a lot of .o and .ppu files generated in addition to the final executable. What is the difference between .o…

    AAIAndy Sy, Alan Mead, Ivan Montes10-3-2003 20:08 UTC
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25. range-checking observations and questions

    Apparently, activating -Cr is needed to enable enforcement of compile time constant range checking as well. The ff. program: program blah; var E: array[2..4] of Integer;…

    APAndy Sy, Peter Vreman10-3-2003 07:50 UTC
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26. switch suboption usage

    fpc accepts -glc, but will it work? Or does one need to do -gl -gc? For the help screen, what does the <x> after the switch invocation actually mean? You have multiple…

    AAndy Sy10-2-2003 22:08 UTC
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27. Fast answers in the mailing list

    Woah... those answers sure are coming in fast! Am I on IRC? :-)

    AJMAndy Sy, James Mills, Marco van de Voort10-2-2003 21:57 UTC
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28. RE: No runtime range checking?

    Did you turn it on when you compiled... default is off. J FPC doesn't even complain about range exceeded whether during compilation or runtime... isn't this an egregious…

    LALLee, John, Andy Sy, Lee10-2-2003 11:45 UTC
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29. Re: An 'all debug options enabled' command line switch

    -CRriot works

    PAMPeter Vreman, Andy Sy, Michael Van Canneyt10-2-2003 11:33 UTC
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30. Getting the size of an array

    In Delphi (the later versions I suppose), it is possible to get the size of an array, and not just the size of a String, using Length() Is this not available yet in…

    APAndy Sy, Peter Vreman10-2-2003 11:00 UTC
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31. /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lgd errorr

    I've noticed that in many of the example programs that come with FreePascal, trying to compile them results in an link error where ld claims it cannot find a particular…

    AGMAndy Sy, Georgi Georgiev, Marco van de Voort10-1-2003 09:30 UTC
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