Re: [fpc-other] [fpc-pascal] Missing messages

2016-11-02 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
On 2016-11-02 10:22, Bo Berglund wrote: > Do you have any advice on how to install an NNTP server on Linux? I have been running the sn NNTP Server for the last 10 years. For the first 6 it was on Linux, and for the last 4 on FreeBSD. I've been running sn v0.3.8 all that time.

Re: [fpc-other] [fpc-pascal] Missing messages

2016-11-02 Thread Bo Berglund
On Wed, 2 Nov 2016 09:48:30 +0100, Allan wrote: >On Mon, 31 Oct 2016 09:38:43 + >Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: > > > On 2016-10-31 08:34, Bo Berglund wrote: > > > By what I have seen is that Lars cannot continue the web interface > >

Re: [fpc-other] [fpc-pascal] Missing messages

2016-11-02 Thread Jonas Maebe
Hi, I accidentally rejected the message below by Allan because I thought I was looking at the moderation queue of the fpc-pascal list. So here it is. Jonas FPC mailing lists admin On Mon, 31 Oct 2016 09:38:43 + Graeme Geldenhuys

Re: [fpc-other] [fpc-pascal] Missing messages

2016-10-31 Thread Travis Siegel
They still offer it, but it's a 30-day trial, and it appears that once you get the trial activation number, it's good for any of the products, only I (using a screen reader) couldn't select which product I wanted, so it downloaded and installed their c++ suite of tools instead of the delphi

Re: [fpc-other] [fpc-pascal] Missing messages

2016-10-31 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
On 2016-10-31 10:29, Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote: > have been pulled > in that are either no longer available or aren't going to work with > FPC/Lazarus. In the case of XanaNews, the two primary components is use are Indy and VirtualTreeview. Both are supported by FPC. I don't see the point of

Re: [fpc-other] [fpc-pascal] Missing messages

2016-10-31 Thread Mark Morgan Lloyd
On 31/10/16 03:00, Travis Siegel wrote: On 10/30/2016 6:36 PM, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: Hey, we even have an excellent news client written in Object Pascal - just take a look an XanaNews! btw: XanaNews supports all the above benefits and much much more. Does this nntp client compile with

Re: [fpc-other] [fpc-pascal] Missing messages

2016-10-31 Thread Marco van de Voort
In our previous episode, Graeme Geldenhuys said: > They even allow "limited commercial use" with it. I don't know the > details though. iirc up to Eur/$ 1000 turnover. I don't know if you can use it in a big corporation inhouse to send 3 values to your PLC via serial though (since how to

Re: [fpc-other] [fpc-pascal] Missing messages

2016-10-31 Thread Jonas Maebe
Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: > Embarcadero has a Delphi 10.1 (Berlin) Starter Edition for free at the > moment. I downloaded a copy and can make it available for download if > Embarcadero doesn't offer it any more. The fact that they offered the software as a free download for personal use does not

Re: [fpc-other] [fpc-pascal] Missing messages

2016-10-31 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
On 2016-10-31 08:34, Bo Berglund wrote: > By what I have seen is that Lars cannot continue the web interface to > Gmane NNTP, but that the NNTP server will continue. Ah, thanks for clarifying that. I was under the impression that Gmane was going to close down completely. Nice to hear that part of

Re: [fpc-other] [fpc-pascal] Missing messages

2016-10-31 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
On 2016-10-31 01:45, Travis Siegel wrote: > Does this nntp client compile with fpc? No, at the moment it is a Delphi only project, but as I mentioned in another reply, I am very tempted at starting a FPC and LCL/fpGUI port. It does run perfectly under WINE though - that's how I'm using it under

Re: [fpc-other] [fpc-pascal] Missing messages

2016-10-31 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
On 2016-10-31 02:12, wkitt...@windstream.net wrote: > what?! no linux or BSD flavor? i'm shocked and kinda disappointed XanaNews is a Delphi only application at the moment, and has many Windows specific API calls. I am very tempted at starting a FPC/LCL/fpGUI port though. Good news is, the

Re: [fpc-other] [fpc-pascal] Missing messages

2016-10-31 Thread Bo Berglund
On Mon, 31 Oct 2016 02:12:44 +0100, Allan wrote: >Anyway, I agree, that newsservers are the best for this, so it >is nice, that all FPC maillists are on Gmane now. >Unfortunately, that have been some talks about stopping the Gmane >service, so it would be nice to

Re: [fpc-other] [fpc-pascal] Missing messages

2016-10-31 Thread Allan
On Sun, 30 Oct 2016 22:36:59 + Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: > On 2016-10-30 18:57, Tomas Hajny wrote: > > > > Responding to fpc-other, because it's off-topic. > > I can't see why... but okay. > > > > I don't miss any messages, i.e. it isn't a general problem

Re: [fpc-other] [fpc-pascal] Missing messages

2016-10-30 Thread wkitty42
On 10/30/2016 06:36 PM, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: [...] Hey, we even have an excellent news client written in Object Pascal - just take a look an XanaNews! btw: XanaNews supports all the above benefits and much much more. Github repository https://github.com/graemeg/xananews/ XanaNews

Re: [fpc-other] [fpc-pascal] Missing messages

2016-10-30 Thread Bo Berglund
On Sun, 30 Oct 2016 22:36:59 +, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: >NNTP has many other benefits too: Graeme, I really agree with all of the items in your list! Good summary! :) -- Bo Berglund Developer in Sweden ___

Re: [fpc-other] [fpc-pascal] Missing messages

2016-10-30 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
On 2016-10-30 18:57, Tomas Hajny wrote: > > Responding to fpc-other, because it's off-topic. I can't see why... but okay. > I don't miss any messages, i.e. it isn't a general problem (which > obviously doesn't imply that there is no problem). Over the years I have seen so many issues with the

Re: [fpc-other] [fpc-pascal] Missing messages

2016-10-30 Thread Tomas Hajny
On Sun, October 30, 2016 19:11, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: > On 2016-10-30 17:24, Sven Barth wrote: Responding to fpc-other, because it's off-topic. >> Same here... I don't miss any messages, i.e. it isn't a general problem (which obviously doesn't imply that there is no problem). > First