Re: [fpc-pascal] Windows on ARM, how fast it can be implemented?

2013-03-27 Thread Sven Barth
Am 27.03.2013 01:22, schrieb Noah Silva: Well windows has only about 1.5% of the tablet market, and its doubtful if that will grow - plus, as mentioned, it's closed by design. Then again, Apple's app store is restricted, and fpc supports that. This is not about Windows apps. Support for

Re: [fpc-pascal] Windows on ARM, how fast it can be implemented?

2013-03-27 Thread Michael Schnell
On 03/27/2013 09:20 AM, Sven Barth wrote: you need to jailbreak the Windows RT device to be able to run unsigned desktop applications. Never buy such a system ! I am not even sure if this is legal in Europe I.e. you are the owner of the hardware. -Michael

Re: [fpc-pascal] Windows on ARM, how fast it can be implemented?

2013-03-27 Thread Marco van de Voort
In our previous episode, Sven Barth said: Well windows has only about 1.5% of the tablet market, and its doubtful if that will grow - plus, as mentioned, it's closed by design. Then again, Apple's app store is restricted, and fpc supports that. This is not about Windows apps.

Re: [fpc-pascal] Windows on ARM, how fast it can be implemented?

2013-03-27 Thread Sven Barth
Am 27.03.2013 09:41, schrieb Marco van de Voort: In our previous episode, Sven Barth said: Well windows has only about 1.5% of the tablet market, and its doubtful if that will grow - plus, as mentioned, it's closed by design. Then again, Apple's app store is restricted, and fpc supports that.

Re: [fpc-pascal] Windows on ARM, how fast it can be implemented?

2013-03-27 Thread Michael Schnell
On 03/27/2013 10:00 AM, Sven Barth wrote: That's why a complete new OS port would be necessary to support WinRT... A new OS would be more appropriate :-P . -Michael ___ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org

Re: [fpc-pascal] Windows on ARM, how fast it can be implemented?

2013-03-27 Thread Marco van de Voort
In our previous episode, Sven Barth said: Does Metro btw make a difference between the visual, language and system libraries? (like GDI/MSVCRT/win32 in Win32/64) I've not looked at this in detail, but AFAIK you only have certain libraries and functions available and it will be checked by

Re: [fpc-pascal] Windows on ARM, how fast it can be implemented?

2013-03-27 Thread Sven Barth
Am 27.03.2013 10:07, schrieb Marco van de Voort: In our previous episode, Sven Barth said: Does Metro btw make a difference between the visual, language and system libraries? (like GDI/MSVCRT/win32 in Win32/64) I've not looked at this in detail, but AFAIK you only have certain libraries and

Re: [fpc-pascal] Windows on ARM, how fast it can be implemented?

2013-03-27 Thread Michael Schnell
On 03/27/2013 10:09 AM, Sven Barth wrote: I'm not a fan of Windows 8 either, ... Is Win 8 on normal PCs crippled in a similar manner or is only the ARM version affected ? -Michael ___ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org

Re: [fpc-pascal] Windows on ARM, how fast it can be implemented?

2013-03-27 Thread Sven Barth
Am 27.03.2013 10:15, schrieb Michael Schnell: On 03/27/2013 10:09 AM, Sven Barth wrote: I'm not a fan of Windows 8 either, ... Is Win 8 on normal PCs crippled in a similar manner or is only the ARM version affected ? Only the ARM version. Though I'd not want to use the PC version either :P

Re: [fpc-pascal] Windows on ARM, how fast it can be implemented?

2013-03-27 Thread Michael Schnell
On 03/27/2013 10:16 AM, Sven Barth wrote: Only the ARM version. Though I'd not want to use the PC version either :P I'm planning a (kind of) embedded device that need high performance (quad core, 64 Bit, 4 Gig RAM, SSD). I need to use Windows, because of the 3rd party software I need to

Re: [fpc-pascal] Windows on ARM, how fast it can be implemented?

2013-03-27 Thread Marco van de Voort
(reply-to set to fpc-other since this is getting off-topic) In our previous episode, Michael Schnell said: Only the ARM version. Though I'd not want to use the PC version either :P I'm planning a (kind of) embedded device that need high performance (quad core, 64 Bit, 4 Gig RAM, SSD).

Re: [fpc-pascal] Windows on ARM, how fast it can be implemented?

2013-03-27 Thread Michael Schnell
Thanks a lot for the answers to this very off-topic question. -Michael ___ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal

[fpc-pascal] TStream descendant to compress/decompress gzip data from another stream

2013-03-27 Thread Michalis Kamburelis
Hi, Like the subject says, I'm looking for a TStream implementation that takes another TStream and compresses/decompresses data in gzip format. I would like to read/write gzip data to a stream, any TStream (maybe TFileStream, maybe TMemoryStream, maybe a stream from the network like

Re: [fpc-pascal] TStream descendant to compress/decompress gzip data from another stream

2013-03-27 Thread José Mejuto
El 27/03/2013 19:22, Michalis Kamburelis escribió: Google found an old thread on lazarus mailing list about this (FPC, gzip and stream) but without any solution, everything mentioned there has either the limitations of TCompressionStream/TDecompressionStream (no gzip format) or TGZFileStream

Re: [fpc-pascal] TStream descendant to compress/decompress gzip data from another stream

2013-03-27 Thread Michalis Kamburelis
José Mejuto wrote: El 27/03/2013 19:22, Michalis Kamburelis escribió: Google found an old thread on lazarus mailing list about this (FPC, gzip and stream) but without any solution, everything mentioned there has either the limitations of TCompressionStream/TDecompressionStream (no gzip format)

RE: [fpc-pascal] TStream descendant to compress/decompress gzip data from another stream

2013-03-27 Thread Justin Smyth
I have converted the one from fpc to its own library to do streams , can email it to you later if you wish -Original Message- From: Michalis Kamburelis michalis.ka...@gmail.com Sent: ‎28/‎03/‎2013 6:13 AM To: FPC-Pascal users discussions fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org Subject: Re:

Re: [fpc-pascal] TStream descendant to compress/decompress gzip data from another stream

2013-03-27 Thread Michalis Kamburelis
Justin Smyth wrote: I have converted the one from fpc to its own library to do streams , can email it to you later if you wish Yes, that would be appreciated. As long as everything you send me is covered by the same license as FPC RTL (LGPL with static linking exception), so that I can use

Re: [fpc-pascal] TStream descendant to compress/decompress gzip datafrom another stream

2013-03-27 Thread Justin Smyth
I will send it later today. i have to find the code and its at work , but i think i have a copy here somewhere... dont need to worry about the license as its just a extraction of one of the units from FPC that needed a few small changes -Original Message- From: Michalis Kamburelis

Re: [fpc-pascal] TStream descendant to compress/decompress gzip data from another stream

2013-03-27 Thread Ewald
On 27 Mar 2013, at 19:54, José Mejuto wrote: El 27/03/2013 19:22, Michalis Kamburelis escribió: Google found an old thread on lazarus mailing list about this (FPC, gzip and stream) but without any solution, everything mentioned there has either the limitations of