[fpc-devel] Output flush on pipes

[Tomas Hajny]

On 14 May 06, at 8:54, Vincent Snijders wrote:
> Daniël Mantione wrote:
> > Op Sun, 14 May 2006, schreef Martin Schreiber:
> > 
> > 
> >>Since some time FPC doesn't  flush output on pipes after writeln.
> >>On linux I can use a pseudo terminal, what can I do on win32 to get flushed 
> >>output from FPC into the message window of MSEide?
> > 
> > 
> > About flushing the output, I think it is impossible to receive the output 
> > interactively currently, it will output in bursts. You should still be 
> > able to receive the output, though. If you want to receive it 
> > interactively, I think we can modify the compiler to flush after each 
> > message. But again, I do not recommend this approach.
> 
> What I would appreciate, is that the output I get remains in the same 
> order as it is generated. So, first the compiler saying linking and then 
> the linker giving error messages. See 
> http://www.freepascal.org/bugs/showrec.php3?ID=4996

I guess that this should be easy to fix by always 
flushing Output before launching external 
utilities. Am I overlooking something? If not, I 
can probably add this.

Tomas