[fpc-pascal] Posting to the list via GMAIL

I have successfully contacted the maintainer of the GMANE news server in order to fix a problem with the Lazarus mail list mirror at gmane.comp.ide.lazarus.general When posting via the news server the posts did not appear in the mail list and therefore not on the news server either. Turned out

[fpc-pascal] Writing a screensaver with fpc for Kubuntu

I wanted to develop an XScreenSaver with FPC. My first idea was to write a GTK+ app, but according to the XScreenSaver specs you have to paint directly on the X root window. So I translated some of the example C-code to Pascal, but the resulting application did not work. In the Attachment you

[fpc-pascal] Writing a screensaver with fpc for Kubuntu ( sorry, forgot the attechment )

I wanted to develop an XScreenSaver with FPC. My first idea was to write a GTK+ app, but according to the XScreenSaver specs you have to paint directly on the X root window. So I translated some of the example C-code to Pascal, but the resulting application did not work. In the Attachment you