[fpc-pascal] Maybe a new fpc book :)

[Daniël Mantione]

Op Wed, 2 Jan 2008, schreef Michael Van Canneyt:

>>                 2. What libraries do most people use for console (i.e.,
>>                 "terminal" or text-mode) apps? I dislike ncurses; is
>>                 there a better way?
>
> You can use crt or the video unit provided by FPC.
> You have Free Vision, the Free Pascal port of the old turbo vision.

Perhaps it is usefull to node him the use cases in which you would choose 
what API:
* Simple text mode programming: crt
* Advanced textmode UIs: Free Vision
* Maximum flexibility: Video & keyboard units

Ncurses could be used as "the unix way", but is rather primitive 
compared to FV.

>>                 3. Does anybody really use Free Pascal to write Win32
>>                 apps?
>
> Sure. Some people use it to create their flagship applications.

Indeed, but there are three categories of Win32 programs that are popular:
* LCL applications, coded through Lazarus
* Games, often using JEDI-SDL and OpenGL
* Win32 command line applications

Users from each group might be interrested to learn different things... 
Users that don't belong to these groups do of course also exist.

Daniël