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fpc-pascal · 2020-11

1. Initialization of constant record member of pointer type

   is there a way how to initialize record member of pointer type (other than PChar) in the following example: type   TMyRec=record     a: PByte; // if I change PByte…

   LLLLacaK, Ladislav Karrach, Luca Olivetti12-20-2020 12:37 UTC
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2. New User

   I have just discover FreePascal and compiled FPC from source. I must say it look very good. I did a software engineering course in the UK Open University, in the 1980s,…

   DMUDerek Stewart, Marcos Douglas B. Santos, Unknown author11-30-2020 14:20 UTC
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3. Daily docs

   I finally decided to tackle something which was on my TODO list for many years. They are accessible from this page: https://www.freepascal.org/daily/daily.html This is…

   MGMichael Van Canneyt, Graeme Geldenhuys11-29-2020 17:04 UTC
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4. Compilation speed on Apple M1

   first and foremost, many thanks to the creators and contributors of FPC and Lazarus, who enabled me to release my product natively for Apple Silicon only one day after…

   TFJTobias Giesen, Florian Klämpfl, Jonas Maebe11-27-2020 16:30 UTC
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5. I'm working on automated Help Output for console apps

   I'm working on a automated help output writer(s) for console apps. Thus no more tedious and ugly output when you do: myapp -h My aims: * I write a lot of console apps,…

   GABGraeme Geldenhuys, Amir, Bart11-23-2020 21:56 UTC
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6. fpmmap problem 64 bit linux

   A 32 bit freepascal program on a 32 bit Linux Debian system is working properly. It uses fpmmap for getting the adress of a kms framebuffer. The same 32 bit program on a…

   RARainer Stratmann, Alexander Grotewohl11-22-2020 16:53 UTC
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7. Graphing library

   I am looking for a simple to use non-visual graphing library to produce x-y plots in a raster file format (similar to how pyplot works). Rather than developing…

   DBGDarius Blaszyk, Bernd Oppolzer, Graeme Geldenhuys11-19-2020 22:45 UTC
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8. PTC Graph - Custom window sizes

   I've been using PTCGraph from PTCPas and so far I can only use windows sizes that there happens to be a display driver for, even if they are in a window.. so I can make…

   JNJames Richters, Nikolay Nikolov11-19-2020 22:40 UTC
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9. link.res search dirs when cross compiling

   where do the SEARCH_DIRs in link.res come from? My build has started failing, after trying it on a new computer with…

   BJMBenito van der Zander, Jonas Maebe, Marco van de Voort11-18-2020 20:02 UTC
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10. Access Violation on second compile with FPC Text IDE

    I'm suddenly getting an access violation when compiling after a file changed with the FPC text IDE: Recompiling because of I:\Programming\Gcode\Mill\pastep.pas…

    JCVJames Richters, C Western, Vojtěch Čihák11-13-2020 19:03 UTC
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11. fppdf textwidth

    This has probably been asked before but I can't find the answer. How to get the text width of a string? I see code for the standard pdf fonts, but all these functions are

    MMMattias Gaertner, Michael Van Canneyt11-9-2020 21:13 UTC
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12. CRT unit and bug #32558

    I have some difficulties using the crt unit. For what I can see, https://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=32558 could well be the answer, specialy a call like…

    CTChed, Tomas Hajny11-6-2020 23:27 UTC
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13. Generics in Objective Pascal?

    I'd like to have a generic objcclass that would add some extra functionality for multiple base types.  I don't have a lot of experience with generics, but this compiles:

    ZRZoë Peterson, Ryan Joseph11-2-2020 21:37 UTC
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14. FPC 3.2fixes UTF8Decode strange place

    rtl/inc/ustrings.inc as well as the two existing branches will result in the same Yes, it was my point B. @/José Mejuto, can you pls simplify this place, ie remove "if…

    AJAlexeyT, José Mejuto11-2-2020 08:16 UTC
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