On Sat, 25 Sep 2010, Bo Berglund wrote:
On Sat, 25 Sep 2010 11:43:35 +0200 (CEST), Michael Van Canneyt
<[email protected]> wrote:
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?
No. Linking is slightly slower on windows.
What I really wanted to know is if it is possible to work in Windows and still
make the program run in both Windows and Linux. If that is not possible then
the next way would be to develop in one side, check in the code, open the
other side and update the code and finally load and compile on that other side.
So for this to work there must be no differences between the code on Windows
and on Linux...
If you don't use windows-isms, the code should compile as-is on all platforms.
Just stick to the provided cross-platform units and all should work out of the
box.
If you do have code that is low level and os-dependent, put it in a single
unit, for easy porting.
2) Can I compile in either environment for a third runtime platform?
Yes, but not easily.
Where is it easier to compile for an embedded board? On Ubuntu maybe because
there
one is already in Linux???
Ubuntu because in my opinion it will be easier to set up a cross-compiling
environment.
(all needed libraries for the embedded system must be present)
I am especially looking for a GUI programming environment where the target
system
is Embedded Linux on ARM or Atom platform boards.
I recommend Lazarus on Ubuntu, cross-compile to arm. There is a FAQ available.
Almost answers the previous question!
3) I need to access the serial communications channel from my programs, so what
is
the support available for RS232 communications in Lazarus/FPC?
There is the serial unit.
Is it the same on Linux and Windows?
The interface is the same.
Michael.
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