Re: [Lazarus] Proprietary vs Open Source mentality
On Sep 3, 2012, at 2:14 AM, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: > I don't know who Uwe is, I just got to his website by following various links > on the internet. Is Uwe an Embarcadero employee? No, just a community member. In addition to the project you linked to he maintains the open source version of Delphi's Subversion Integration (Version Insight) and he's one of the two maintainers for the JEDI VCS project, as well as developer for the JCL/JVCL. -- Craig Peterson Scooter Software -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] What is aarre?
On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 3:57 AM, Bernd wrote: > CLAN > (Comprehensive Lazarus Archive Network) That already means "Community Local Area Network" and many other things. Yet, I don't say it is a bad thing because most acronyms are "taken" and the context would reveal what it means. Juha -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
[Lazarus] Tabsheet font style
How can I set the tabsheet caption font style to bold for a single tab only? -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] File Managers compared
On Mon, Sep 3, 2012 at 11:12 PM, Kostas Michalopoulos wrote: > Yes, i used Norton Commander for many years (basically until early > 2000s) and i use Midnight Commander always in Linux. Compared to FAR > Manager, Midnight Commander is very limited in features. I'm not sure > it makes sense to go and list all the differences, you can just > download and install it in a Windows box and try it yourself. You'll > see how much more advanced FAR is. I agree. Far Manager is certainly the most advanced in its class by a wide margin. Pity it is not portable. -- Alexander S. Klenin -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
[Lazarus] TAChart tutorials not visible on Category:Tutorials page
As reported on forum: http://forum.lazarus.freepascal.org/index.php/topic,18068.0/topicseen.html tutorials do not appear on this page unless the user is logged in. Perhaps some caching issue? -- Alexander S. Klenin -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] What is aarre?
2012/9/4 Juha Manninen : > On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 1:46 AM, Martin wrote: >>> The name can be changed if people don't like it. >> >> Maybe an acronym? >> >> All Addons Rapid Repositry Environment, or short AARRE > > :-) > Hm CLAN (Comprehensive Lazarus Archive Network) -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] \1.1\lcl\intfgraphics.pas(634, 49) Error: Identifier not found "TTiffIDF"
On Mon, Sep 3, 2012 at 6:16 PM, Mattias Gaertner wrote: > On Mon, 3 Sep 2012 18:00:02 -0300 > Marcos Douglas wrote: > >> On Mon, Sep 3, 2012 at 5:18 PM, Marcos Douglas wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > I'm trying to compile my Lazarus, rev 38507, but I got: >> > \1.1\lcl\intfgraphics.pas(634,49) Error: Identifier not found "TTiffIDF" >> > >> > ENV: >> > Windows >> > FPC 2.6.1 (rev 22298) >> >> Registered in http://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=22785 > > A tiff feature was backported from fpc 2.7.1 to 2.6.1. > > I updated lazarus trunk and fixes. > > Mattias Worked very well, thank you. Marcos Douglas -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] What is aarre?
On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 1:46 AM, Martin wrote: >> The name can be changed if people don't like it. > > Maybe an acronym? > > All Addons Rapid Repositry Environment, or short AARRE :-) Hm Juha -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] What is aarre?
On 03/09/2012 23:39, Juha Manninen wrote: The name can be changed if people don't like it. Maybe an acronym? All Addons Rapid Repositry Environment, or short AARRE -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] What is aarre?
On Mon, Sep 3, 2012 at 11:54 PM, Vincent Snijders wrote: >> No idea, but google suggests it is finnish for treasure. > > So maybe Juha knows what Mattias is doing ;-) It is related to a new Lazarus package repository, enabling easy search and installation of packages from there. I feel it is an important feature. Many other languages / programming environments are popular because they have a comprehensive and easily accessible package repository, A unique name for such thing is difficult to find - using English language - and Mattias suggested using another language like Finnish. A word "aarrearkku" (treasure box) popped to mind and it was shortened to "aarre". This is the same tactics Ubuntu uses BTW, and I like it. I only wonder how people will pronounce it. Here 'R' pronounces like in Spanish (caRamba) and 'RR' is double as strong. The name can be changed if people don't like it. Juha P.S. Regards from Holland. I am happy I went! -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] Transparent Container/Panel in LCL?
On 03/09/12 18:45, Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho wrote: The code works in Windows and in Qt in Mac OS X. OK thanks. Good news there is some transparency support in LCL now. Bad news there is one more inconsistency in LCL too. I'll add this to Mantis. Regards, - Graeme - -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] Writing application that sends things into facebook
On Mon, Sep 3, 2012 at 5:53 PM, Ludo Brands wrote: >> Start from here: http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/api/ >> The authentication uses OAuth 2.0 which I'm not aware any >> implementation of. BigChimp and ludob created an OAuth 1.0a >> implementation in fpctwit, maybe you could take that as a >> base (though I'm not sure about the effort since I have no >> idea about the differences between 1.0a and 2.0). >> > I have also written an Oauth2 implementation for the Google API (implemented > most of the Google Calendar api). Oauth2 is designed to be easier than > Oauth1 and supported by many more companies that all wanted their own thing > in the standard. The result is a standard that is lacking portability and > every Oauth2 implementation is different and needs coding from almost > scratch. Very little in Oauth1 can be re-used in Oauth2. If interested I can > sent you the Oauth2 implementation for Google using Synapse for the HTTP > layer. Where can I find your OAuth2 unit ? > > Ludo > > > -- > ___ > Lazarus mailing list > Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org > http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] \1.1\lcl\intfgraphics.pas(634, 49) Error: Identifier not found "TTiffIDF"
On Mon, 3 Sep 2012 18:00:02 -0300 Marcos Douglas wrote: > On Mon, Sep 3, 2012 at 5:18 PM, Marcos Douglas wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm trying to compile my Lazarus, rev 38507, but I got: > > \1.1\lcl\intfgraphics.pas(634,49) Error: Identifier not found "TTiffIDF" > > > > ENV: > > Windows > > FPC 2.6.1 (rev 22298) > > Registered in http://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=22785 A tiff feature was backported from fpc 2.7.1 to 2.6.1. I updated lazarus trunk and fixes. Mattias -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] \1.1\lcl\intfgraphics.pas(634, 49) Error: Identifier not found "TTiffIDF"
On Mon, Sep 3, 2012 at 5:18 PM, Marcos Douglas wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to compile my Lazarus, rev 38507, but I got: > \1.1\lcl\intfgraphics.pas(634,49) Error: Identifier not found "TTiffIDF" > > ENV: > Windows > FPC 2.6.1 (rev 22298) Registered in http://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=22785 Marcos Douglas -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] What is aarre?
On Mon, 3 Sep 2012 16:03:26 +0200 Vincent Snijders wrote: > Hi, > > I looked at recent svn commits and wondered, what is aarre? "Aarre" is finnish for "treasure". Maybe the name will change. > BTW: there is a typo in aarreupdatelist.lpr: > Application.Title:='Aaree update list'; Thanks for the hint. Fixed. The tool is barely started. The goal is to scan a directory and gather information about all lpk files. Mattias -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] What is aarre?
2012/9/3 Bart : > On 9/3/12, Vincent Snijders wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I looked at recent svn commits and wondered, what is aarre? >> >> BTW: there is a typo in aarreupdatelist.lpr: >> Application.Title:='Aaree update list'; >> > > No idea, but google suggests it is finnish for treasure. So maybe Juha knows what Mattias is doing ;-) > > Where is this "aarreupdatelist.lpr" b.t.w.? /trunk/components/aarre/tools/aarreupdatelist.lpr Vincent -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] \1.1\lcl\intfgraphics.pas(634, 49) Error: Identifier not found "TTiffIDF"
On Mon, Sep 3, 2012 at 5:28 PM, Bart wrote: > On 9/3/12, Marcos Douglas wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I'm trying to compile my Lazarus, rev 38507, but I got: >> \1.1\lcl\intfgraphics.pas(634,49) Error: Identifier not found "TTiffIDF" >> > > The definition of TTiffIDF is in FPTiffCmn.pas (fpc). > Looks like a configuration problem on your side. No. The definition _should be_ in the fptiffcmn.pas but the TTiffIDF type doesn't exist any more. Marcos Douglas -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] \1.1\lcl\intfgraphics.pas(634, 49) Error: Identifier not found "TTiffIDF"
On 9/3/12, Marcos Douglas wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to compile my Lazarus, rev 38507, but I got: > \1.1\lcl\intfgraphics.pas(634,49) Error: Identifier not found "TTiffIDF" > The definition of TTiffIDF is in FPTiffCmn.pas (fpc). Looks like a configuration problem on your side. Bart -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
[Lazarus] \1.1\lcl\intfgraphics.pas(634, 49) Error: Identifier not found "TTiffIDF"
Hi, I'm trying to compile my Lazarus, rev 38507, but I got: \1.1\lcl\intfgraphics.pas(634,49) Error: Identifier not found "TTiffIDF" ENV: Windows FPC 2.6.1 (rev 22298) Marcos Douglas -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] What is aarre?
On 9/3/12, Vincent Snijders wrote: > Hi, > > I looked at recent svn commits and wondered, what is aarre? > > BTW: there is a typo in aarreupdatelist.lpr: > Application.Title:='Aaree update list'; > No idea, but google suggests it is finnish for treasure. Where is this "aarreupdatelist.lpr" b.t.w.? Bart -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] Transparent Container/Panel in LCL?
On Mon, Sep 3, 2012 at 5:55 PM, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: > On 03/09/12 15:19, Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho wrote: > >> Transparency is supported, just use TWinControl.SetShape(Region) or >> SetShape(Bitmap); >> > > It seems some people have different definitions of "transparency". Will > that make the TTransparentContainer clear like glass? Will I see through it > and see the main form's tiled canvas? > > Anyway, I'm not 100% sure how to your the TRegion, so tried the following. > Still no luck. The TTransparentContainer doesn't look "visually" > transparent / see-thru. > > > procedure TForm1.FormCreate(Sender: TObject); > var > r: TRegion; > begin > Width := 400; > > r := TRegion.Create; > FMyContainer := TTransparentContainer.Create(**self); > FMyContainer.Parent := self; > with FMyContainer do > begin > Left := 50; > Top := 50; > Width := 300; > Height := 200; > r.AddRectangle(0, 0, FMyContainer.Width, FMyContainer.Height); > SetShape(r); > end; > > ... > end; > > > See attached image for the results. > > That if you want to use a real "window" in the OS as transparent; The idea i need a container transparent to see behind it, and ignore any mouse actions, in another way, this container only can container a child controls, but do nothing, so it is not a real window, i mean it have no handle. In fact, it is TControl bypass any mouse/keys action bypass any drawing to the window handler, it is easy to make it, but not easy, we cant put control inside it, and if we use TCustomControl it become a real window and have handle from the OS. Uhm any one understand me :) Best Regards Zaher Dirkey -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] Transparent Container/Panel in LCL?
The code works in Windows and in Qt in Mac OS X. Gtk2 has a problem that it does not allow setting the region of a control before the expose event. So basically setting the region in the event OnCreate will not do anything. I had this problem in my application and I think that the only thing that worked for me was using a timer with interval 1. It sucks, but well, that's Gtk2 =) -- Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] Transparent Container/Panel in LCL?
On 03/09/12 16:11, Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho wrote: The code works as expected. Translucency is not supported, only full transparent or full opaque. I want "full transparent" or "100% see-thru". Like I said... there seems to be a 101 definitions of "transparent" in this mailing list. I got the same confusing answers back in 2009. If you set a region that includes the entire control, by definition nothing will change. You need to include in your region what you want to include. In this case the text+button. OK, so as a sample, I included a 5x5 region to be opaque, and by your definition, everything else should be "full transparent/see-thru". So I did this.. r := TRegion.Create; FMyContainer := TTransparentContainer.Create(self); FMyContainer.Parent := self; with FMyContainer do begin Left := 50; Top := 50; Width := 300; Height := 200; r.AddRectangle(0, 0, 10, 10); SetShape(r); end; Now as you can see the container is much larger than 10x10, so I should see a grey 10x10 block, and the rest should be the background logo of the main form. Yet, nothing changed. The output at runtime looks exactly like the image I attached in my previous message. The whole container is painted grey, even though I this time defined a smaller region. It seems my initial assumption is still correct. Transparency in LCL-GTK2 at least is not supported. I say LCL-GTK2, because that is currently the only widgetset I have tested. If you still disagree with my assumption, could you possibly take my test code (attached) and see if you can get a working fully 100% transparent (looking like clear glass) see-thru container? Something where the main forms tiled background will show through. Ignoring the Label and Button for now. I would very much appreciate your help with this. I simply can't get it to work. Regards, - Graeme - tile_background.tar.gz Description: GNU Zip compressed data -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] Transparent Container/Panel in LCL?
The code works as expected. Translucency is not supported, only full transparent or full opaque. But you can set irregular regions as 100% transparent. The region that you set will be 100% opaque. Anything outside that region will be 100% transparent. If you set a region that includes the entire control, by definition nothing will change. You need to include in your region what you want to include. In this case the text+button. The down side is that TRegion doesn't support text shapes, only geometric figures (ellipses, rectangles and any combination of them using various operators). You can work around this by using SetShape(bitmap) instead, but I don't think it will work in all platforms. -- Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] Writing application that sends things into facebook
On Mon, Sep 3, 2012 at 11:53 AM, Ludo Brands wrote: > > > Start from here: http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/api/ > > The authentication uses OAuth 2.0 which I'm not aware any > > implementation of. BigChimp and ludob created an OAuth 1.0a > > implementation in fpctwit, maybe you could take that as a > > base (though I'm not sure about the effort since I have no > > idea about the differences between 1.0a and 2.0). > > > I have also written an Oauth2 implementation for the Google API > (implemented > most of the Google Calendar api). Oauth2 is designed to be easier than > Oauth1 and supported by many more companies that all wanted their own > thing > in the standard. The result is a standard that is lacking portability and > every Oauth2 implementation is different and needs coding from almost > scratch. Very little in Oauth1 can be re-used in Oauth2. If interested I > can > sent you the Oauth2 implementation for Google using Synapse for the HTTP > layer. Would be better to create a git repo to this project. Marcos Douglas -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] Transparent Container/Panel in LCL?
On 03/09/12 15:19, Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho wrote: Transparency is supported, just use TWinControl.SetShape(Region) or SetShape(Bitmap); It seems some people have different definitions of "transparency". Will that make the TTransparentContainer clear like glass? Will I see through it and see the main form's tiled canvas? Anyway, I'm not 100% sure how to your the TRegion, so tried the following. Still no luck. The TTransparentContainer doesn't look "visually" transparent / see-thru. procedure TForm1.FormCreate(Sender: TObject); var r: TRegion; begin Width := 400; r := TRegion.Create; FMyContainer := TTransparentContainer.Create(self); FMyContainer.Parent := self; with FMyContainer do begin Left := 50; Top := 50; Width := 300; Height := 200; r.AddRectangle(0, 0, FMyContainer.Width, FMyContainer.Height); SetShape(r); end; ... end; See attached image for the results. Regards, - Graeme - <>-- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] Writing application that sends things into facebook
> Start from here: http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/api/ > The authentication uses OAuth 2.0 which I'm not aware any > implementation of. BigChimp and ludob created an OAuth 1.0a > implementation in fpctwit, maybe you could take that as a > base (though I'm not sure about the effort since I have no > idea about the differences between 1.0a and 2.0). > I have also written an Oauth2 implementation for the Google API (implemented most of the Google Calendar api). Oauth2 is designed to be easier than Oauth1 and supported by many more companies that all wanted their own thing in the standard. The result is a standard that is lacking portability and every Oauth2 implementation is different and needs coding from almost scratch. Very little in Oauth1 can be re-used in Oauth2. If interested I can sent you the Oauth2 implementation for Google using Synapse for the HTTP layer. Ludo -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] Writing application that sends things into facebook
Start from here: http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/api/ The authentication uses OAuth 2.0 which I'm not aware any implementation of. BigChimp and ludob created an OAuth 1.0a implementation in fpctwit, maybe you could take that as a base (though I'm not sure about the effort since I have no idea about the differences between 1.0a and 2.0). -- View this message in context: http://free-pascal-lazarus.989080.n3.nabble.com/Lazarus-Writing-application-that-sends-things-into-facebook-tp4026222p4026229.html Sent from the Free Pascal - Lazarus mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] Transparent Container/Panel in LCL?
Transparency is supported, just use TWinControl.SetShape(Region) or SetShape(Bitmap); It will be tricky if you want to have a very irregular region of transparency, such as for having text. In this case SetShape(Bitmap) is the best option. -- Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] Delphi post-XE3 roadmap
Seems like those bankers finally realized their mistake: https://forums.embarcadero.com/thread.jspa?threadID=76285&tstart=0 The restriction now applies only to dbExpress. -- View this message in context: http://free-pascal-lazarus.989080.n3.nabble.com/Lazarus-Delphi-post-XE3-roadmap-tp4025806p4026227.html Sent from the Free Pascal - Lazarus mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] Transparent Container/Panel in LCL?
On 03/09/12 14:56, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: How do I create a transparent container/panel in LCL? I tried the following code, and as you can see, csOpaque is not defined in the ControlStyle property. Don't worry, searching the mailing list archives I found my answer back in December 2009. It's not possible in LCL. csOpaque has nothing to do with "visual behaviour" but simply with "mouse click / clipping behaviour". Sorry for the noise. Graeme. -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
[Lazarus] What is aarre?
Hi, I looked at recent svn commits and wondered, what is aarre? BTW: there is a typo in aarreupdatelist.lpr: Application.Title:='Aaree update list'; Vincent -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
[Lazarus] Transparent Container/Panel in LCL?
Hi, How do I create a transparent container/panel in LCL? I tried the following code, and as you can see, csOpaque is not defined in the ControlStyle property. --- type TTransparentContainer = class(TCustomControl) public constructor Create(AOwner: TComponent); override; end; constructor TTransparentContainer.Create(AOwner: TComponent); begin inherited Create(AOwner); // Do not include [csOpaque] because we want a transparent widget. ControlStyle := [csAcceptsControls, csNoFocus]; end; --- Please see attached the result at runtime. The grey box in the middle of the form (which contains a TLabel and TButton) is not "transparent" container. Not very transparent because the form's tiled background is not showing through. Maybe I misunderstood the [csOpaque] option, though I though it seems self explanatory. I'm using Lazarus v1.0 GTK2 under Linux with FPC 2.6.0 on 64-bit OpenSUSE 12.1 Any tips? Regards, - Graeme - <>-- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] File Managers compared
> I have no idea how you get to that statement. I have used MC for years and > it is rock solid and stable under Linux and FreeBSD. In terms of > features do you even know of all the shortcuts in MC, and the ability to > extend MC via the User Menu (F2 shortcut key)? My MC has lots and lots of > features added via F2 menu. Yes, i used Norton Commander for many years (basically until early 2000s) and i use Midnight Commander always in Linux. Compared to FAR Manager, Midnight Commander is very limited in features. I'm not sure it makes sense to go and list all the differences, you can just download and install it in a Windows box and try it yourself. You'll see how much more advanced FAR is. Kostas -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
[Lazarus] Writing application that sends things into facebook
Hello, I have this hobby project: https://github.com/ik5/display-quotes And I wish to add it the ability to send random quote to facebook as well. I never wrote an application for facebook, and I can only find information about web based application that works both ways. Does anyone here know of a good and up to date tutorial on how to do it, or an open source application that I can learn from ? Thanks, Ido -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
[Lazarus] RAD tools for Solaris
I've just had this pointed out to me which I think is worth quoting: -8<- Secondly I find it incredibly hard to start developing things on the operating system. I may be irrelevant here, but there are rapid application development tools in modern computing world. One of them could be packaged for OpenIndiana. I am talking about Lazarus - a RAD environment for Free Pascal compiler. Having Lazarus for OpenIndiana would provide an easy-to-follow path for Windows developers who want to develop for UNIX. See http://lazarus.freepascal.org/ and http://wiki.freepascal.org/Lazarus_on_Solaris . ->8- http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.os.openindiana.general/9206 I could do with revisiting the Wiki page now that we're at 2.6.0 + 1.0, but at the moment time does not permit that. -- Mark Morgan Lloyd markMLl .AT. telemetry.co .DOT. uk [Opinions above are the author's, not those of his employers or colleagues] -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] File Managers compared
Yes, very off-topic now moved to lazarus-other mailing list. So please only reply to the lazarus-other list. On 03/09/12 10:23, Kostas Michalopoulos wrote: FAR blows MC away by a wide margin in terms of features, stability, UI, etc. I have no idea how you get to that statement. I have used MC for years and it is rock solid and stable under Linux and FreeBSD. In terms of features do you even know of all the shortcuts in MC, and the ability to extend MC via the User Menu (F2 shortcut key)? My MC has lots and lots of features added via F2 menu. Regards, - Graeme - -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] Proprietary vs Open Source mentality
Please create a bug report for the favorites bug and move this topic to lazarus-other. Mattias -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] Proprietary vs Open Source mentality
On 03/09/12 09:45, Michael Schnell wrote: But Total Commander and FreeCommander are a lot more versatile (e.g. they do filtering, very handy searching, ftp and digging into archives). I'm not sure if this was comparing to Dolphin or Midnight Commander. If you meant the latter, then I can easily say that MC can do everything you mentioned, plus lots more... see my reply to Felipe. Graeme. -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] Proprietary vs Open Source mentality
On 03/09/12 09:48, Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho wrote: I use Double Commander in Linux and Windows: it is easier to use cross-platform apps then changing my apps for each operating system. I use Total Commander under Windows, Midnight Commander under Linux and FreeBSD. I can even SSH from a Windows box to any of the *nix systems I admin, and can still use MC. I also have lots of custom functions added to MC's F2 user menu, launching things like Beyond Compare 3 after tagging two items to compare, auto creating a *.desktop file for the currently selected item, etc etc. There are some cases were console apps just trump GUI apps in flexibility. Though I must add, under Windows, you don't get better than Total Commander (though Midnight Commander for Windows does exist, but I have never tried it). There are 100's of Windows clones of Total Commander, but the original Total Commander just beats them all. Graeme. PS: Double Commander has improved a lot in recent times, so it is a good contender too. -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] Proprietary vs Open Source mentality
On Mon, Sep 3, 2012 at 10:45 AM, Michael Schnell wrote: > On 09/03/2012 10:31 AM, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: >> >> >> Simply use Midnight Commander > > > (Sorry, very off-topic): > > That is exactly what I do (when not using KDE's "dolphin". But Total > Commander and FreeCommander are a lot more versatile (e.g. they do > filtering, very handy searching, ftp and digging into archives). Dolphin > seems to be catching up. While Midnight Commander is nice, i'd like to see a port of FAR Manager 2 (which is now open source). FAR blows MC away by a wide margin in terms of features, stability, UI, etc. Kostas -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] Proprietary vs Open Source mentality
Hans-Peter Diettrich wrote: Apart from licensing issues, which may require to keep the source closed, why should somebody ever open up his own source code? Before all, everybody has to earn his living. Only then it's possible at all to contribute to community projects for free. As somebody else has pointed out, a number of people make a living by supporting/enhancing their open-source codebase for specialist applications and users. Unfortunately, many more people have tried this business model and failed dismally. However, I think two things follow on from this: i) The ideal of open source would be if code was good enough that it didn't need the skill of the original developer to maintain it (and shipping source in obfuscated form is really /not/ playing fair). ii) There's nothing to stop a developer abstracting ideas from feedback to his open source program, and using those to enrich the next release that might be shipped to paying customers first. I've certainly come across free (as in beer) programs that have died with their developer, since he has made no provision for the source to be released despite having no obvious monetary value to his estate. -- Mark Morgan Lloyd markMLl .AT. telemetry.co .DOT. uk [Opinions above are the author's, not those of his employers or colleagues] -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] Proprietary vs Open Source mentality
I use Double Commander in Linux and Windows: it is easier to use cross-platform apps then changing my apps for each operating system. -- Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] Proprietary vs Open Source mentality
On 09/03/2012 10:31 AM, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: Simply use Midnight Commander (Sorry, very off-topic): That is exactly what I do (when not using KDE's "dolphin". But Total Commander and FreeCommander are a lot more versatile (e.g. they do filtering, very handy searching, ftp and digging into archives). Dolphin seems to be catching up. -Michael -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] Proprietary vs Open Source mentality
On 03/09/12 08:55, Michael Schnell wrote: Since many Years I use (a legal payed for copy of) TotalCommander (called WinCommander before), which is a program done with Delphi. I now would love to use it in Linux, Total Commander is "paid for" software, so I have no problem with it being a closed source application. Don't get me wrong... I never suggested that ALL software must be open source. If that is what you thought I meant, you understood me wrong. PS: Total Commander works perfectly under Linux with WINE. Still the best GUI file manager out there by far. Regards, Graeme. -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] Proprietary vs Open Source mentality
On 03/09/12 09:06, michael.vancann...@wisa.be wrote: You can try "double commander". It is written in Lazarus. There is another one, but I cannot remember the name of it. Wow, I got a bit lost there... the topic changing from coder mentality to file managers. I see the URL is quote does have a very similar name though. :) I seem to be missing Michael Schnell's email too. Weird. @Michael Schnell Simply use Midnight Commander - a console based file manager that even works via SSH. All distros have 'mc' in their repositories. It rocks! Graeme. -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] Alternatives to WinCE (Windows Mobile)
On 03/09/12 08:38, Michael Schnell wrote: Unfortunately the "Linux Devices" site died (i.e. was sold and put to sleep by the new owner Or use "The Internet Archive" website and still view the old pages. I love that website, and I use it quite often. Graeme. -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] Proprietary vs Open Source mentality
On 09/03/2012 10:06 AM, michael.vancann...@wisa.be wrote: You can try "double commander". It is written in Lazarus. There is another one, but I cannot remember the name of it. I did evaluate double commander. But (last time I checked) it's much less grown up than free commander. In a perfect open source world the multiple free "Commander" communities would unite to a single projects (maybe with variants managed by git trees). -Michael -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] Proprietary vs Open Source mentality
On 09/03/2012 08:26 AM, Marc Santhoff wrote: Am Sonntag, den 02.09.2012, 23:48 -0400 schrieb Rolf Grunsky: Open Source != free of charge Yeah ! There is a growing consulting business doing payed jobs producing or enhancing open source projects. OTOH "License enforcement by obfuscation" IMHO is not a good idea at all. -Michael -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] Proprietary vs Open Source mentality
On Mon, 3 Sep 2012, Michael Schnell wrote: On 09/03/2012 12:35 AM, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: So if I get hit by a bus tomorrow, tough sh*t to all of you, my work will be lost forever. What weird mentality. I just got hit by a very bad (for me) example for this: "FreeCommander". Since many Years I use (a legal payed for copy of) TotalCommander (called WinCommander before), which is a program done with Delphi. I now would love to use it in Linux, as I moved most of my activities there. In fact there is a free clone of TotalCommander called FreeCommander ( http://www.freecommander.com/index.htm ). AFAIK, same also is done in Delphi and so it would be rather easy to use Lazarus to port it to Linux. But seemingly they don't provide the source code :-( . You can try "double commander". It is written in Lazarus. There is another one, but I cannot remember the name of it. Michael. -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] Proprietary vs Open Source mentality
On 09/03/2012 12:35 AM, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: So if I get hit by a bus tomorrow, tough sh*t to all of you, my work will be lost forever. What weird mentality. I just got hit by a very bad (for me) example for this: "FreeCommander". Since many Years I use (a legal payed for copy of) TotalCommander (called WinCommander before), which is a program done with Delphi. I now would love to use it in Linux, as I moved most of my activities there. In fact there is a free clone of TotalCommander called FreeCommander ( http://www.freecommander.com/index.htm ). AFAIK, same also is done in Delphi and so it would be rather easy to use Lazarus to port it to Linux. But seemingly they don't provide the source code :-( . -Michael -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] Alternatives to WinCE (Windows Mobile)
On 09/02/2012 09:18 AM, Tommi Prami wrote: But all are old... Unfortunately the "Linux Devices" site died (i.e. was sold and put to sleep by the new owner world> ) some months ago. But You might take this a a starting point for research for newer models. -Michael -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] Proprietary vs Open Source mentality
Thanks Chavoux. You understood my post perfectly. Your idea of "testing the water" could very well explain why many keep some utility apps or small products closed source... with the hopes of later selling a "delux" version [I haven't seen that word used in software in years :) ]. Thanks for your input. Regards, - Graeme - -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] Proprietary vs Open Source mentality
Hi Craig, Thanks for your informative answer... What you said could explain the reason for him keeping his work closed source. I don't know who Uwe is, I just got to his website by following various links on the internet. Is Uwe an Embarcadero employee? Regards, Graeme. -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] Proprietary vs Open Source mentality
On 03/09/12 03:15, Hans-Peter Diettrich wrote: First of all, this topic should go into Lazarus-other. Sorry, I forgot that list existed. Apart from licensing issues, which may require to keep the source closed, why should somebody ever open up his own source code? That's the whole point. He is giving his IDE add-ons away for FREE. He is *not* making money off it. If he was selling the IDE add-ons, then obviously I would understand. What he is doing is similar to GExperts. I believe it was a GExperts developer asking if his work could be merged, and he said no. I just don't see [in such a case] what the benefit is to the developer to keep his work closed sourced. ...while earning your living otherwise :-] You're missing my point. Graeme. -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
