I am new to this list and I would like to get advice on the capabilities of Lazarus. My background is 15 years of Delphi programming (almost all versions Delphi1 to BDS2006). For the upcoming project I want to keep using Pascal if possible rather than learn and get productive in Java....
So: 1) Can I work in Windows or Ubuntu on the same project? I.e. are there differences in the IDE/compiler between the two work environments? We use CVS to handle the sourcecode so checking in/out will handle the line ending differences between Windows and Unix. But are there other caveats? 2) Can I compile in either environment for a third runtime platform? I am especially looking for a GUI programming environment where the target system is Embedded Linux on ARM or Atom platform boards. 3) I need to access the serial communications channel from my programs, so what is the support available for RS232 communications in Lazarus/FPC? The target is an embedded board that is intended to communicate with a data acquisition system via RS232 (38400 baud, binary proprietary protocol). 4) The programs planned will also need to produce graphic rendering of the data retrieved from the acquisition system, so what is the graphic capabilities of Lazarus/FPC on the Linux platform? 5) Can data be stored on memory cards/hard disk on an embedded system? TIA BosseB -- _______________________________________________ Lazarus mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
