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  1. 3.1.1 documentation in html on the website?

    Can the 3.1.1 documentation be viewed as html on the website? where? The 3.0.0 version is easy to find... but I'd like to see the one under development Thanks! David.

    David Emerson, Graeme Geldenhuys, Michael Van Canneyt
    4
  2. server down?

    On the bug tracker login page http://mantis.freepascal.org/login_page.php?return=%2Fmy_view_page.php%3F I see this text: Do you already have a login at Free Pascal…

    Mattias Gaertner, Bart, Torsten Bonde Christiansen
    2
  3. Compiler option -gt (Trash local variables)

    How well does the -gt compiler option work? Is it worth enabling during debugging? Graeme

    Graeme Geldenhuys, Jonas Maebe, Marco van de Voort
    3
  4. teventobject.create fails with error 161

    Hi, Just wondering if anyone has any ideas. I am using FPC 3.0 by the way. Anyway, I am using a third party SFTP server lib and it creates a thread inherited from…

    Snorkl e, Jonas Maebe, José Mejuto
    15
  5. The Next Release

    What's the timetable for the next release? Can we assume that all of "trunk" will be in it or will it be more nuanced? Tony Whyman MWA

    Tony Whyman, Bart, code dz
    8
  6. Issue 24504

    I attached a trivial patch for issue #24504: Dos.FSearch wrong result using joker-signs (http://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=24504) in the bugtracker. Can some devel…

    Bart, Jonas Maebe
    2
  7. Smart Link definition ?

    Hello. Who can explain what is smart linking ? I can say that it tells the compiler to remove unneeded symbols but it is only my feeling. There are no explanation in…

    fredvs, denisgolovan, Graeme Geldenhuys
    16
  8. LowerCase vs. UnicodeLowerCase

    I have this simple program (on Windows): uses Classes, SysUtils; var US: UnicodeString; begin US := 'ÁÉÍ'; writeln(LowerCase(US)); // prints ÁÉÍ…

    LacaK, Graeme Geldenhuys, Marco van de Voort
    10
  9. Build script on Windows

    I’m doing some tests with SDL and I’d like to build the program to work on Windows. I’d like to to automate the build with a script but I can’t seem to figure…

    Ryan Joseph, Jonas Maebe, Sandro Cumerlato
    4
  10. Using for-loop index variable after loop

    I have always avoided using a for-loop index variable after the loop. I thought its value can be unpredictable in some situations when the compiler reuses its register…

    Juha Manninen, Jonas Maebe, Virgo Pärna
    4
  11. Re: Debian, Jessie, Linux64 failed to install FPC3.0 64bit

    this one of mirrors i used ftp://gd.tuwien.ac.at/languages/pascal/fpc/dist/3.0.0/x86_64-linux/ I am using last revision of Lazarus, FPC 3.0 on Windows8.1 Best Regards…

    Zaher Dirkey
    0
  12. string to widestring : what are the difficulties ?

    In http://www.freepascal.org/docs-html/ref/refsu14.html#x37-400003.2.8 , the stack sized used by a Shortstring is Declared length + 2 . Why not Declared length + 1 ? Is…

    Ched, Jonas Maebe, Michael Van Canneyt
    3
  13. CORBA interfaces: no IInterface and TInterfaceList support

    Why doesn't CORBA have the equivalent of IInterface? I have to resort to creating something like this. type IEmptyInterface = interface…

    Graeme Geldenhuys, Sven Barth
    1
  14. fcl-db + IPv6 + Firebird

    A couple of questions... 1. Does fcl-db code support connecting to databases (any DB servers) listening to IPv6 connections? 2. Does anybody know how to tell Firebird…

    Graeme Geldenhuys, Mark Morgan Lloyd, Tony Whyman
    4
  15. Free Pascal - Older Versions

    My name is Luiz and I'm a Masters is my first e-mail in this list. In my Masters research, I've acquired from the author some codes in Pascal, a language I've never…

    Luiz Gonzaga de Oliveira Neto, Jonas Maebe, Sven Barth
    3
  16. test plz ignore

    plz ignore Dimitrios Chr Ioannidis

    Unknown author
    0
  17. Checking the validity of Format and friends at compile-time

    I'm wondering if there is a tool that checks the correctness of calls to Format and friends (like Exception.CreateFmt) in your code. Or does someone plan to write one,…

    Michalis Kamburelis, Maciej Izak, Marco van de Voort
    6
  18. Enabling IPv6 for freepascal.org domain

    This image of Arnie (Arnold Schwarzenegger) describes it best. :-) https://cdn.meme.am/instances/59911439.jpg Could the powers that be, please enable IPv6 support for the

    Graeme Geldenhuys, Michael Van Canneyt
    1
  19. Socket pair

    I've seen that "accept" functions with socket pairs are deprecated. And fpsocketpair returns always -1. How do you get the in and out streams when a server accepts a new

    Santiago A., Mark Morgan Lloyd, Michael Van Canneyt
    6
  20. SetString and result CodePage

    Am I right, when I say, that SetString(S, P, L) sets S code page do declared code page of S ? (So that SetString does not expect, that buffer pointed by P contains…

    LacaK
    0
  21. corba interfaces - is/as not working properly

    I'm testing out CORBA interfaces before changing all my code to use them (I would prefer not to have managed types for interfaces). However I am running into a glitch.…

    David Emerson, Graeme Geldenhuys, Lars
    21
  22. Socket error when shutting down fpHttpServer

    here is the code (FPC 3.0.0): var Server: TMyServer; procedure HandleSig(sig : cint); cdecl; begin writeln('SIGTERM received'); if (Assigned(Server)) then begin…

    Reimar Grabowski
    0
  23. NSTextStorage.paragraphs

    https://developer.apple.com/reference/appkit/nstextstorage/1525943-paragraphs?language=objc It seams to be a simple NSArray, or isn't it? But is a property. I guess that…

    Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho, Ryan Joseph
    1
  24. Breaking change in fcl-pdf

    A small warning: There is a small breaking change in the fcl-pdf package: the color parameter in the AddFont() call has been removed. It was ignored anyway and didn't…

    Michael Van Canneyt
    0
  25. ERESTAPI: TBuckets: unsupported array element type : <looks like empty string>

    I'm testing google cloud storage API with the following simple console program, just to list the buckets: {$mode objfpc}{$H+} uses fphttpwebclient; type TAuthHelper =…

    leledumbo, Michael Van Canneyt
    2
  26. polYdev release 1.0 with fpc as superstar.

    Hello. polYdev release 1.0 is ready to download. polYdev is a multiarch FreeBSD 10.3 operating system. Thanks to his emulators, polYdev is able to compile and run…

    fredvs, Michael Schnell
    4
  27. with no if assigned() there are bugs

    Hi all, I am wondering what your thoughts are on this idea: add the ability to do if assigned() on all objects to prevent bugs, maybe as a compiler feature. Before you…

    Lars, Graeme Geldenhuys, Jonas Maebe
    14
  28. Does FCL Image support transparency?

    I want to put watermarks on images in a command line application. This doesn't do the trick: ScaledImage:=TFPCompactImgRGBA8Bit.Create(Width, Height);…

    Reimar Grabowski, Mattias Gaertner, Michael Van Canneyt
    7
  29. Does MACRO work in this case?

    Looking an alternative to solve the problem I've talked at this topic <http://lists.freepascal.org/pipermail/fpc-pascal/2016-August/048635.html>, I've tried to solve it…

    silvioprog, David Emerson
    2
  30. Asci85

    Hello: I'm trying to use ascii85 packages to decode/encode strings. But I get this weird results: -------------- Original Plain: 123456 Correct Encoded: <~0etOA2)Y~>…

    Santiago A., José Mejuto
    3

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