Hello Michael, On Sun, Jan 25, 2026 at 3:49 AM Michael Van Canneyt <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > On Sat, 24 Jan 2026, Aruna Hewapathirane via fpc-devel wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > I’m fairly new to working with the Free Pascal IDE sources and I’d like > to > > build *fp* by itself for learning and testing purposes. > > > > I’m using *Linux (Debian)*, and while looking through the installed FPC > > source tree I found this file: > > > > /usr/share/fpcsrc/3.2.2/packages/ide/fp.pas > > > > Is this the correct main source file for the *fp text-mode IDE*, or am I > > looking in the wrong place? > > That is the correct main source file. > Thank you. > > > > As a beginner, I’m mainly trying to understand: > > > > - > > > > where the fp text-mode IDE “starts”, > > - > > It uses Free Vision, and runs a message loop, which is 'hidden' in > IDEApp.Run; > I found a Freevison Tutorial <https://github.com/sechshelme/Lazarus-FreeVision-Tutorial>but it is all in German. What would be the most painless way to translate this to English please? > > > how it is normally built, and > > - > > > > whether there is a simple or *recommended way to build fp* on its own > > for experimentation and learning. > > It's not really standalone, because the IDE contains the compiler. > Your best bet is still simply to use 'make all' in the toplevel or packages > directory of the sources. > > Michael. Thank you again Michael. I will try building from toplevel using 'make all'.
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