From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 30 16:29:26 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 966EF106566B for ; Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:29:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mx02.qsc.de (mx02.qsc.de [213.148.130.14]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 581C18FC1D for ; Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:29:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from r55.edvax.de (port-92-195-26-31.dynamic.qsc.de [92.195.26.31]) by mx02.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 00DF01DAB7; Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:29:24 +0100 (CET) Received: from r55.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r55.edvax.de (8.14.2/8.14.2) with SMTP id nBUGTN09001806; Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:29:24 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:29:23 +0100 From: Polytropon To: Ian Smith Message-Id: <20091230172923.4965cc90.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20091230004339.Y81420@sola.nimnet.asn.au> References: <20091230004339.Y81420@sola.nimnet.asn.au> Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.4.7 (GTK+ 2.12.1; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: fpc on FreeBSD? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Polytropon List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:29:26 -0000 On Wed, 30 Dec 2009 01:35:05 +1100 (EST), Ian Smith wrote: > Is fpc's IDE usable, like good ol' TP6 and 7, never mind Delphi? Maybe you're interested in xwpe (X window programming environment) which delivers quite a good look & feel of TP7 (DOS). There's xwpe for X, and wpe for text mode. But I haven't used it for many many years, so I can't say something about its current state and development. If I raise my head, I can see the "Borland TurboPascal 7" box and manuals on the shelf above my CRT. The day I got it as a present was the day I didn't code TP anymore, and switched to C as my primary language. I hope nobody will give me a C box as a present. :-) But it's okay, I deserved it, because my TP coding was completely awful - obfuscation in its finest form, completely unintended. :-) init;bk(0);setpicardcolor(x0+x1+xk+ax(rs(r,10,12),qq[x])+q,f[q[ni],kk[i+1]); -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...