Re: [fpc-pascal] xterm -e program-compiled-with-fpc2.4.0 doesn't work
Hi Max, I haven't used Shell(), and I am sure others can help you there. However, I can think of at least two alternatives: 1. Use pexec() directly 2. Use TProcess or TUTF8Process. Thank you, Noah Silva 2012/2/28 max m.e...@planet.nl With the advent of Debian6 fpc 2.4.0-2 has become the only available version. Before that, it may have been 1.0 ? A simple program of mine compiled in 2008 with the old fpc , when started with xterm -e program still runs fine today. Now. the new compiler warns about SHELL function being deprecated and link.res containing output sections but finishes. Though the produced binary runs as expexted when run in an xterm, using the method of xterm -e program does not [ this is the method of starting the program through the X11 twm-menu, which should come up with a new xterm-window] : I only see a short flicker of an xterm-window then disapearing; there's no error message. Would anyone have an idea what's wrong? -- View this message in context: http://free-pascal-general.1045716.n5.nabble.com/xterm-e-program-compiled-with-fpc2-4-0-doesn-t-work-tp5519778p5519778.html Sent from the Free Pascal - General mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal ___ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
[fpc-pascal] xterm -e program-compiled-with-fpc2.4.0 doesn't work
With the advent of Debian6 fpc 2.4.0-2 has become the only available version. Before that, it may have been 1.0 ? A simple program of mine compiled in 2008 with the old fpc , when started with xterm -e program still runs fine today. Now. the new compiler warns about SHELL function being deprecated and link.res containing output sections but finishes. Though the produced binary runs as expexted when run in an xterm, using the method of xterm -e program does not [ this is the method of starting the program through the X11 twm-menu, which should come up with a new xterm-window] : I only see a short flicker of an xterm-window then disapearing; there's no error message. Would anyone have an idea what's wrong? -- View this message in context: http://free-pascal-general.1045716.n5.nabble.com/xterm-e-program-compiled-with-fpc2-4-0-doesn-t-work-tp5519778p5519778.html Sent from the Free Pascal - General mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
Re: [fpc-pascal] xterm -e program-compiled-with-fpc2.4.0 doesn't work
max wrote: With the advent of Debian6 fpc 2.4.0-2 has become the only available version. Before that, it may have been 1.0 ? A simple program of mine compiled in 2008 with the old fpc , when started with xterm -e program still runs fine today. What are you trying to say: that before 2.4 you were using 1.0? Now. the new compiler warns about SHELL function being deprecated and link.res containing output sections but finishes. Not sure about the first, I believe the second is the usual behaviour and can be ignored. Though the produced binary runs as expexted when run in an xterm, using the method of xterm -e program does not [ this is the method of starting the program through the X11 twm-menu, which should come up with a new xterm-window] : I only see a short flicker of an xterm-window then disapearing; there's no error message. Would anyone have an idea what's wrong? [Slightly later] I think I can see similar behaviour if running on a local system, running over ssh (which is what I first tried) changes things. Try running xterm from a (local) shell, and look at the output. If it's No absolute path found for shell: X then invoke the program with an absolute path (i.e. not relying on the PATH shell variable), or if you're in the current directory make sure you put ./ in front of it. I don't know why this should depend on the version of FPC used. -- Mark Morgan Lloyd markMLl .AT. telemetry.co .DOT. uk [Opinions above are the author's, not those of his employers or colleagues] ___ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
