Re: [fpc-pascal] HTML browser for help under Lazarus
On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:05:34 +0100 David W Noon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Whenever I try to browse the help under Lazarus, the browser used is > always Konqueror, even when I am using GNOME or Xfce as my desktop. > How can I configure Lazarus to use the desktop's default browser or > explicitly to use Evolution? 1. This is a mailing list about fpc, not lazarus 2. Main menu / Help / Configure Help Mattias ___ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
[fpc-pascal] HTML browser for help under Lazarus
Whenever I try to browse the help under Lazarus, the browser used is always Konqueror, even when I am using GNOME or Xfce as my desktop. How can I configure Lazarus to use the desktop's default browser or explicitly to use Evolution? Regards Dave [RLU#314465] == [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David W Noon) == ___ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
Re: [fpc-pascal] Printing of Pointer Type
Mattias Gaertner wrote: On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:45:22 +0200 "Vinzent Höfler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: leledumbo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Jonas Maebe-2 wrote: Because there are easy ways around it (as you mention) and the work to implement and maintain this would probably outweigh the usefulness. Yes, it's easy but uncomfortable and needs more typing. Well, sure, but printing pointer values in most cases is a pure debugging aid and nothing really useful. Well. Since the biggest time of programming is spent on debugging I guess, there is more need for a PtrToStr than for FloatToStr. My mistake. As I spend most of my time designing the things first, so that debugging (especially at such a level) is reduced to a minimum, I might not have noticed yet that printing pointer values actually adds value to a delivered application. Honestly, in the rare cases where I really need to do such things, the amount of typing work to add the typecast is negligible. Vinzent. ___ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
Re: [fpc-pascal] Printing of Pointer Type
Hi!
Am Donnerstag, den 17.07.2008, 21:52 +0200 schrieb Mattias Gaertner:
> On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:45:22 +0200
> "Vinzent Höfler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > leledumbo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >
> > > Jonas Maebe-2 wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Because there are easy ways around it (as you mention) and the
> > > > work to implement and maintain this would probably outweigh the
> > > > usefulness.
> > > >
> > > Yes, it's easy but uncomfortable and needs more typing.
> >
> > Well, sure, but printing pointer values in most cases is a pure
> > debugging aid and nothing really useful.
>
> Well. Since the biggest time of programming is spent on debugging I
> guess, there is more need for a PtrToStr than for FloatToStr.
I suggest to extend Write and WriteLn, that for Pointer typed parameters
those are printed in hex, e.g.
Var Edit : TEdit;
Begin
Edit := TEdit.Create;
WriteLn('Edit = ',Pointer(Edit));
End
then prints to the screen
Edit = $B0283958
Would be very handy for debugging, similar like C++'s
cout << "Edit = " << (void*)Edit << endl;
(okok, streams are ugly syntax at least, but the overloaded operator for
untyped (void) pointers comes in handy instead of FreePascal's
IntToHex(PtrUInt(Edit),8)
Bye
Hansi
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Re: [fpc-pascal] Printing of Pointer Type
On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:45:22 +0200 "Vinzent Höfler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > leledumbo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Jonas Maebe-2 wrote: > > > > > > Because there are easy ways around it (as you mention) and the > > > work to implement and maintain this would probably outweigh the > > > usefulness. > > > > > Yes, it's easy but uncomfortable and needs more typing. > > Well, sure, but printing pointer values in most cases is a pure > debugging aid and nothing really useful. Well. Since the biggest time of programming is spent on debugging I guess, there is more need for a PtrToStr than for FloatToStr. lcl users can simply use dbgs(). Mattias ___ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
Re: [fpc-pascal] {$R file} support on non-Windows targets
On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 2:18 PM, Florian Klaempfl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Just in case, it is mirrored at http://svn2.freepascal.org/svn/fpgui Thanks Florian! :) As for the website, I think I must mirror it on SourceForge as well. Regards, - Graeme - ___ fpGUI - a cross-platform Free Pascal GUI toolkit http://opensoft.homeip.net/fpgui/ ___ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
Re: [fpc-pascal] {$R file} support on non-Windows targets
Graeme Geldenhuys schrieb: On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 2:23 AM, Luiz Americo Pereira Camara > I still can not access the website or the news server Sorry Luiz and Paul for the inconvenience... Our new building is plagued with issues, plus the electritian we have really sucks!!! He can't seem to get things done in one go, so he seems to work in the evenings when we close (17:00), and does little bits at a time. :-( And according to our time zone differences (looking at your emails), that's your guys day time or something. :-( Hopefully our electricity issues will be resolved by the end of the week. But as I mentioned before, fpGUI code is available on SourceForge, so is not affected by our office outages. To get the latest code: svn co https://fpgui.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/fpgui/trunk fpgui Just in case, it is mirrored at http://svn2.freepascal.org/svn/fpgui ___ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
Re: [fpc-pascal] Printing of Pointer Type
>> Because there are easy ways around it (as you mention) and the work to >> implement and maintain this would probably outweigh the usefulness. >> > Yes, it's easy but uncomfortable and needs more typing. You can use hexstr() to convert the pointer to a hexadeciaml number: var p: pointer; begin p:[EMAIL PROTECTED]; writeln(hexstr(p)); end. ___ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
Re: [fpc-pascal] Printing of Pointer Type
leledumbo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Jonas Maebe-2 wrote: > > > > Because there are easy ways around it (as you mention) and the work to > > implement and maintain this would probably outweigh the usefulness. > > > Yes, it's easy but uncomfortable and needs more typing. Well, sure, but printing pointer values in most cases is a pure debugging aid and nothing really useful. Vinzent. -- Pt! Schon vom neuen GMX MultiMessenger gehört? Der kann`s mit allen: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/multimessenger ___ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
Re: [fpc-pascal] Printing of Pointer Type
Jonas Maebe-2 wrote: > > Because there are easy ways around it (as you mention) and the work to > implement and maintain this would probably outweigh the usefulness. > Yes, it's easy but uncomfortable and needs more typing. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Printing-of-Pointer-Type-tp18501912p18503748.html Sent from the Free Pascal - General mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
Re: [fpc-pascal] Printing of Pointer Type
On 17 Jul 2008, at 07:38, leledumbo wrote: Currently, the only way to print Pointer is to use SysUtils.Format or by typecasting it to PtrUInt first. Why not let it possible to print it directly? Any good reason for not allowing users to do it? Because there are easy ways around it (as you mention) and the work to implement and maintain this would probably outweigh the usefulness. Jonas ___ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
