On 21 August 2012 08:27, Michael Schnell <mschn...@lumino.de> wrote: > > I doubt that it will be possible to just compile it (e.g. for Linux) but > with optimum compatibility of the compiler, porting the source code should > be rather easy.
You're in for a surprise... With a statement that reads "It provides direct access to serial ports, TAPI, and the Microsoft Speech API." it should start sounding alarm bells for Linux developers. TAPI and MS Speech API doesn't exist under Linux, so requires completely new implementations from the ground up. Direct serial port access is probably very different under Linux too. I have ported (or fixed previous port attempts) of Turbo Power products to work x-platform. Turbo Power loved to use Windows API calls etc, and that makes porting a non-trivial task. But with lots of effort, anything is obviously possible. Not to mention that sometimes things are just easier when you start an implementation from scratch in a x-platform manner. Anyway, I don't know how this relates to the current message thread, so I'll stop here. -- Regards, - Graeme - _______________________________________________ fpGUI - a cross-platform Free Pascal GUI toolkit http://fpgui.sourceforge.net _______________________________________________ fpc-devel maillist - fpc-devel@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-devel