[fpc-devel] "Exception while creating process: Could not detect X-Terminal program" / Fedora 20

[Mattias Gaertner]

On Sun, 09 Nov 2014 12:12:16 +0100
Jonas Maebe <jonas.maebe at elis.ugent.be> wrote:

> On 09/11/14 11:00, Mattias Gaertner wrote:
> > I'm curious. Why does fpc need a terminal?
> 
> The indentation in fcl-process/src/unix/process.inc is a bit confusing,
> but at first sight it's only required if poNewConsole is specified
> (which is logical).

Yes, that's logical.

It seems Martin thinks that the compiler needs a terminal. Why
does the compiler use poNewConsole?

Mattias