[fpc-pascal]HELP!

[Alan Mead]

You should consider subscribing to the list, at least briefly.

I think you are double-clicking on the free pascal executable which
opens a console window, prints some text, and quits.  The window
stays visible so you can read the text but the session is over.

To use Free Pascal this way, you would need to execute the IDE which
is like a combined editor, compiler, and debugger.  However, I don't
use Windows... but I don't think there the Windows IDE is ready yet
(list members: is this true??).  I think there is third-party Windows
IDE, maybe it's in the docs or someone will give you a pointer.

To use Free Pascal without the IDE, and really even with the IDE, you
will probably want to learn a bit about DOS.  You will need to open a
DOS window (A.K.A., command window), change directories, edit files,
etc.  (You can use Notepad or Wordpad or any other editor that edits
plain text). To compile the program, I would recommend:

fpc -gl -Co -Cr <filename>

This will get you started... you need to learn a bit about DOS, I'm
afraid, to really feel comfortable running FPC this way.

Regarding the path, when you are in a DOS window, you can see the
path by typing 'path'.  I usually do this (let's assume your FPC
executables are installed in c:\fpc\bin\win32):

1.  put the current path into a batch file:

path > delme.bat

2. edit batch file to make it set the path and add the extra, you
want this:

set PATH=(old path); c:\fpc\bin\win32

where PATH=(old path) is what's the file when you start editing

3. execute the batch file by typing it's name

4.  To make this permanent, copy the set path line to your
c:\autoexec.bat ... this is a little tricky if your computer is
networked.  Networks often re-arrange your path.

Hope this helps,

-Alan

--- Catherine Berridge <catherineberridge at hotmail.com> wrote:

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Dear Free Pascal
 
Help! 
I'm new to this programming business.  I think I've successfully
installed free pascal but after that I'm lost.  Where am I supposed
to be typing the commands?  I've tried typing into the MSDOS
applications things but they all claim to be FINISHED and won't let
me.  I also don't know how to set the path as commanded by the
installation programme.
 
Please help!
 
Cathy
 
P.S I think I'm supposed to mention that I'm not subscribed to the
mailing lists.



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