2010/3/19 durianblengin <doriano.bleng...@fastwebnet.it> > > > > --- In kicad-users@yahoogroups.com <kicad-users%40yahoogroups.com>, Danilo > Uccelli <dan...@...> > wrote: > > > > So why win32 app? ;) > > > > > > > You can port your Delphi code on Lazarus (free pascal) and it > become > > directly compilable on Windows, Linux and Mac_OS. > > > I use freepascal, and I know Lazarus. A 3-lines application takes 11 > megabytes. On my computer it takes forever to compile, while in win32 > you don't even notice there is a compilation in progress. And I > never seen a usable and functional debugger. > No, thank you. > > But, you can download the sources and compile it yourself. I bet it is a 5 > minutes work. After that, you can send me the binaries and I can put them > online... and, if you decide to do it, I am at your disposal for help (but > don't ask me to use lazarus). > > Regards, > Doriano > > > > You probably do not used a recent version of Lazarus. Now the debugger (GDB) is powerful and the compilation take a few seconds but I agree, a slightly longer than Delphi. Concerning the weight of the binary you can reduce it by ten by simply stripping the debugger information data contained in the binary, using the provided strip tool.
No, I think the only lack of freepascal/lazarus is the documentation which need a bigger endeavor from the user. But the invaluable advantage is the ability to produce "native" code for all the platform without the need of any runtime library. But OK, as soon I have a free few hours, I will try to compile it and I will inform you. Best regards. Danilo
