Re: [Lazarus] 1.6.0-fpc-3.0.0-win64.exe

On 05/25/2016 01:47 PM, Larry Dalton wrote: I have been using 1.2.4 win32 because of a printer issue when trying to use the 64 bit compiler. Are there any printer issues with the new version? you need to be more specific... what, exactly, do you mean by ""printer issue""?? -- NOTE: No

Re: [Lazarus] Fw: new message

On 05/08/2016 03:43 PM, Lazarus mailing list wrote: Hello! *You have a new message, please read* hxxp://thesafeandlockshop.co.uk/loud.php?lh Lazarus mailing list would an admin handle this infested account, please? -- NOTE: No off-list assistance is given

Re: [Lazarus] PDF generator: please test

On 04/09/2016 10:57 AM, Ondrej Pokorny wrote: On 09.04.2016 15:44, wkitt...@windstream.net wrote: On 04/09/2016 04:30 AM, Ondrej Pokorny wrote: Please don't take it as an offence, there is no. I just first opened the PDF, saw the typo and then I had to check in the source code if it is really

Re: [Lazarus] PDF generator: please test

On 04/09/2016 04:30 AM, Ondrej Pokorny wrote: Please don't take it as an offence, there is no. I just first opened the PDF, saw the typo and then I had to check in the source code if it is really a typo or the library picks up the wrong character for the PDF. It is a typo, so everything is OK.

Re: [Lazarus] Search dialog scope

On 04/07/2016 01:07 PM, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: On 2016-04-07 17:42, Ondrej Pokorny wrote: another place is that the text is inserted into the IDE editor with a keyboard Oh wow - I haven't seen one of those in years. My computer uses mind control - I think of code and it appears (coffee is

Re: [Lazarus] German umlauts in component names

On 04/04/2016 10:57 AM, Bart wrote: Well, I'm not English and still I do not desire such a feature. I tend to have English names for all procedures/functions/properties/types as well. To me it just looks funny to have 2 languages in one file e.g. the worst that i've seen is delphi code with

Re: [Lazarus] Can some fix this "make" issue? Pi related.

On 04/01/2016 03:25 AM, Anthony Walter wrote: Here is what my Pi looks like with a ssh session and 64MB reserved for the GPU. Note the free memory is 854MB: pi@retropie:~ $ free -m total used free sharedbuffers cached Mem: 925571

Re: [Lazarus] LCL exports CC-licensed icons to every LCL application

On 03/23/2016 08:07 AM, Michael Thompson wrote: Here's everything I found when I first went looking for this kind of info http://forum.lazarus.freepascal.org/index.php/topic,13957.msg155398.html thanks for that! will it work for non-GUI console only apps? i did see where someone asked about a

Re: [Lazarus] LCL exports CC-licensed icons to every LCL application

On 03/23/2016 06:11 AM, Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote: Looking at this a different way, could the TApplication object have provision (not necessarily enabled by default) for displaying a splash form which either had a default set of acknowledgements embedded or could gather them from packages etc.?

Re: [Lazarus] image upload to wiki

On 02/23/2016 04:14 PM, Alexsander Rosa wrote: Yes, but which one is the main one? They seem to compete with eachother. first, i trimmed several useless signatures and irrelevant text from the post i'm replying... can we please use some proper netiquette and trim crap and shite from our

Re: [Lazarus] Warning about integer constant and expression

On 02/23/2016 12:28 PM, Jürgen Hestermann wrote: if i64>int64(High(SizeInt)) then if i64>(high(int64(SizeInt)) then ?? -- NOTE: No off-list assistance is given without prior approval. *Please keep mailing list traffic on the list* unless private contact is specifically

Re: [Lazarus] How to set defines for a project? Lazarus crashes...

On 02/09/2016 04:10 AM, Bo Berglund wrote: On Mon, 8 Feb 2016 23:24:35 +0100, mic...@gmail.com wrote: I am using Lazarus 1.6RC2 and FPC 3.0.0 on Raspbian Jessie. reboot ist not needed on linux use a console and kill command Ctrl-Alt-F1 for console Or use the terminal icon on the taskbar,

Re: [Lazarus] Stopping a service from within a service

On 02/04/2016 11:41 AM, Richard Mace wrote: Hi, What's the best way of shutting down a service that is a service, having the same effect as the user clicking stop. Basically, I want my service to monitor a condition, which if met, it will stop itself. Windows Lazarus 1.4.4 i don't know of a

Re: [Lazarus] Do we really need a PaintSwastika procedure?

On 01/08/2016 10:44 AM, Mattias Gaertner wrote: On Fri, 8 Jan 2016 09:05:56 -0500 wkitt...@windstream.net wrote: [...] There is a difference between forbidding a flag and promoting it. having built-in procedures to paint flags and symbols is not promoting those symbols and flags... I'm

Re: [Lazarus] Do we really need a PaintSwastika procedure?

On 01/08/2016 06:16 AM, Mattias Gaertner wrote: On Fri, 08 Jan 2016 11:19:09 +0100 Zeljko wrote: [...] Shall we ask hollywood producers to stop making movies/documentaries which shows german nazi flag ? Shall we ask video games makers to stop produce games which shows nazi

Re: [Lazarus] Do we really need a PaintSwastika procedure?

On 01/07/2016 06:14 PM, Anthony Walter wrote: Even if you like the shape of the Nazi style Swastika, and have appreciation of its history in Finland, most everyone in the developed Western world now recognizes it as a symbol of Nazism, due to pure ignorance and lack of proper teaching of its

Re: [Lazarus] Do we really need a PaintSwastika procedure?

On 01/06/2016 03:23 PM, Ondrej Pokorny wrote: On 06.01.2016 21:09, Dmitry Boyarintsev wrote: Indeed! PaintSwastika draws a religious rune, not a Nazi symbol! Indeed! Therefore PaintSwastika should be renamed to "PaintCrookedCross" to comply with "PaintFivePointLineStar". It doesn't make

Re: [Lazarus] UTF8String and UTF8Delete

On 12/14/2015 01:09 PM, Juha Manninen wrote: On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 7:43 PM, wrote: we're talking about text editors on traditional old school BBSes and offline readers... the old qedit is one that comes to mind for use with offline readers though some real

Re: [Lazarus] UTF8String and UTF8Delete

On 12/14/2015 04:06 AM, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: On 2015-12-14 03:40, wkitt...@windstream.net wrote: You mean you convert from Unicode to CP437 system codepage? yes... plain text readers and editors cannot handle the fancy mess of today's world... they only know CP437 or maybe CP850... Wow,

Re: [Lazarus] UTF8String and UTF8Delete

On 12/12/2015 05:28 PM, Juha Manninen wrote: On Sat, Dec 12, 2015 at 8:38 PM, wrote: especially those readers from the ancient past (TP/BP days) who are trying to catch up to the modern future... LCL has supported UTF-8 for > 10 years. As a long time Lazarus user

Re: [Lazarus] UTF8String and UTF8Delete

On 12/13/2015 05:43 PM, Juha Manninen wrote: On Sun, Dec 13, 2015 at 11:18 PM, wrote: i don't because i'm just barely dipping my toes into the UTF-8 pool... one of my first tasks was to convert today's mess back to CP437 for posting in pure text environments... it

Re: [Lazarus] UTF8String and UTF8Delete

On 12/12/2015 10:47 AM, Bart wrote: Anyhow, as stated before, there should be noneed to use the type Utf8String in Lazarus programs. i've been trying to follow along and keep up with this but this statement confuses me... how do you designate that a string is utf8 if you don't use that type?

Re: [Lazarus] UTF8String and UTF8Delete

On 12/12/2015 11:21 AM, Juha Manninen wrote: On Sat, Dec 12, 2015 at 6:16 PM, wrote: i mean, i'm really old school... i normally use just string or string[xx]... sometimes ansistring... it is all so damned confusing now :( It is no more confusing than in Delphi

Re: [Lazarus] UTF8String and UTF8Delete

On 12/12/2015 12:47 PM, Jürgen Hestermann wrote: Am 2015-12-12 um 18:21 schrieb Juha Manninen: [...] Then it explain the technical details how it was implemented. This may be true for those who coded the new string mode or those who wrote the wiki but not for the readers who tries to find

Re: [Lazarus] Getting MySQL process output

On 12/05/2015 12:37 PM, Aradeonas wrote: Did you use the poNoConsole option ? Yes and NumByteAvailable is 0 but it write "Enter Password" message in console. I can understand why this message goes in Lazarus output or wherever except output of TProcess. is it maybe sent via something

Re: [Lazarus] Are you on Windows 10? Are you experiencing slow installs? Here's the deal...

On 12/02/2015 04:14 AM, Anthony Walter wrote: Are you on Windows 10? I bet you are. where can i collect my winnings? ;) -- NOTE: No off-list assistance is given without prior approval. *Please keep mailing list traffic on the list* unless private contact is specifically

Re: [Lazarus] FPC Pestering Peacock (3.0.0) release

On 11/25/2015 05:36 PM, Anthony Walter wrote: Sweeet! For Linux users here is a complete FPC 3.0 release + Lazarus from svn build script: http://cache.getlazarus.org/download/linux/install-3.0.sh without looking... 1. does this install to the system default or does it install to a user's

Re: [Lazarus] Please test this page

On 11/18/2015 05:28 AM, Anthony Walter wrote: You are viewing the page directly, bypassing the iframes. The correct page is: http://docs.getlazarus.org/#rtl+index-8 The issue is you either right clicked a link and said open in new window, you typed the wrong url in the browser, or you followed

Re: [Lazarus] Getcurrentdir in Linux Mint

On 11/08/2015 06:55 AM, fred wrote: begin repertoire := ExtractFileDir(Application.ExeName); end ; that will get you the application's directory which may not be the user's current directory... -- NOTE: No off-list assistance is given without prior approval. *Please keep mailing

Re: [Lazarus] is scrypt available?

On 10/28/2015 06:33 AM, taazz wrote: On 27/10/2015 16:18 μμ, wkitt...@windstream.net wrote: On 10/26/2015 11:59 PM, taazz wrote: On 26/10/2015 22:56 μμ, wkitt...@windstream.net wrote: On 10/26/2015 03:31 PM, mic...@gmail.com wrote: Am Monday 26 October 2015 20:13:49 schrieb

Re: [Lazarus] is scrypt available?

On 10/28/2015 01:00 PM, Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote: wkitt...@windstream.net wrote: the above link is the license URL... the stuff about patents is off putting to say the least... Apologies for chopping the bulk of that message, but it's coming over unformatted. no problem... i do take steps

Re: [Lazarus] is scrypt available?

On 10/28/2015 03:32 PM, Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote: wkitt...@windstream.net wrote: On 10/28/2015 01:00 PM, Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote: wkitt...@windstream.net wrote: the above link is the license URL... the stuff about patents is off putting to say the least... Apologies for chopping the bulk of

Re: [Lazarus] is scrypt available?

On 10/26/2015 11:59 PM, taazz wrote: On 26/10/2015 22:56 μμ, wkitt...@windstream.net wrote: On 10/26/2015 03:31 PM, mic...@gmail.com wrote: Am Monday 26 October 2015 20:13:49 schrieb wkitt...@windstream.net: scrypt http://www.wolfgang-ehrhardt.de/crchash_en.html the license on that one is

Re: [Lazarus] is scrypt available?

On 10/26/2015 03:31 PM, mic...@gmail.com wrote: Am Monday 26 October 2015 20:13:49 schrieb wkitt...@windstream.net: scrypt http://www.wolfgang-ehrhardt.de/crchash_en.html the license on that one is too restrictive :( -- NOTE: No off-list assistance is given without prior approval.

[Lazarus] is scrypt available?

i've found scrypt for delphi but desire to use it cross-platform and don't know enough about removing stuff for windows... is there an scrypt available for FPC or lazarus that is easily implemented and used? -- NOTE: No off-list assistance is given without prior approval. *Please

Re: [Lazarus] annoying *SPAM* (attn: Michael Schnell)

On 10/23/2015 04:15 PM, Martin Frb wrote: On 23/10/2015 19:34, Dmitry Boyarintsev wrote: That's why I'm asking the participant to adjust his email client, rather than doing anything on my end. Well my email client does sort them correct. +1 Yet I find it (personal opinion) annoying to

Re: [Lazarus] What does make install do?

On 10/18/2015 04:40 AM, Bo Berglund wrote: Then I examined what had happened and I found that the install script had copied a number of files including lazarus executables to /usr/local/share/lazarus and the symlinks in /usr/local/bin were pointing to these executables effectively decoupling the

Re: [Lazarus] Theoretical question about future of Lazarus

On 10/13/2015 03:39 AM, Juha Manninen wrote: One hour is accurate enough. My Beebox does "make bigide" in about 4 minutes. I wrote about it in forum (thread "dead computer") and hoped somebody would measure the time in a really fast machine. How fast are they nowadays? what do you call "really

Re: [Lazarus] Theoretical question about future of Lazarus

[time passes] i get as far as this... /bin/rm -f fpcmade.x86_64-linux Package.fpc ./ppas.sh script.res link.res /bin/rm -f *.s *_ppas.sh make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/wkitty42/development/lazarus/components/chmhelp/lhelp' make -C packager/registration make[1]: Entering directory `/home/wkit

Re: [Lazarus] Built Lazarus on RPi2, warning on every project build

On 10/10/2015 03:13 PM, Bo Berglund wrote: I have successfully compiled and installed fpc and lazarus from trunk sources retrieved by svn on a Raspberry Pi2 unit. Versions are 3.1.1 and 1.5 respectively I can run Lazarus in the RPi2 and simple programs that I have tested work as expected. But

Re: [Lazarus] High-DPI aware LCL ?

On 10/07/2015 06:24 AM, Mattias Gaertner wrote: On Wed, 7 Oct 2015 12:52:53 +0300 Juha Manninen wrote: [...] Who would step in and implement SVG support. I believe Sandro would join if there are other people involved. There are currently about 400 icons in the

Re: [Lazarus] Graeme would love this, or not, I think

On Monday, October 14, 2013 2:27 PM, Marco van de Voort mar...@stack.nl wrote: On Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 05:14:14PM -0400, Dmitry Boyarintsev wrote: Anyway, the whole post was meant more or less as an argument that a good educational tool should 1) be quick to start using (so not TP) 2)

Re: [Lazarus] Graeme would love this, or not, I think

On Saturday, October 12, 2013 7:36 AM, Marco van de Voort mar...@stack.nl wrote: On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 05:28:33PM -0400, Dmitry Boyarintsev wrote: Another proof, that pascal is the language that makes sense. One could argue about language, but Delphi as RAD-IDE is definitely not a

Re: [Lazarus] Ubuntu Server x Xfce x Lazarus

On Tuesday, September 24, 2013 3:42 PM, Junior lazarus.li...@gmail.com wrote: hello all To work, which is necessary? I am finding my current system too slow (Ubuntu 12.04.3 - Unity - 32bits - 2 gb ram) with those given specs, you have much more than i have... what CPU are you

Re: [Lazarus] Why development remains constant for msdos?

On Sunday, September 22, 2013 7:46 AM, Junior lazarus.li...@gmail.com wrote: Is there a human being who uses msdos yet? yes, there are still quitet many DOS systems out there... there's even freeDOS and similar FOSS(?) DOS projects... some of them are even 32bit and can use all available

Re: [Lazarus] VirtualTreeView, Absoluteindex example on freepascal.org

On Thursday, September 12, 2013 11:36 AM, Jürgen Hestermann juergen.hesterm...@gmx.de wrote: I didn't look at the code, but usually index = -1 means that the item was not found. So maybe AbsoluteIndex's result should actually be signed? And how would it