[fpc-pascal]XChat plugins using FPC

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Wed, 23 Jul 2003, James Mills wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 23, 2003 at 03:28:55AM +0200, Marco van de Voort wrote:
> > > I can successully compile and test the plugin source listed at
> > > http://xchat.org/docs/plugin20.html written in C.
> > >
> > > However I don't like C much and am wondering if it's possible to do the
> > > same thing in pascal... ? I know it has to be possible, but I need
> > > someone to start me off in the right direction...
> >
> > Probably yes, but you'll need to convert headers of xchat-plugin.h. The
> > "h2pas" util can be handy for this. (or at least it can save a lot of time)
>
> Okay I've converted the headers (step 1) :P
>
> $ h2pas -S -D -p -l xchat xchat-plugin.h
> at line 6 error : syntax error
> Illegal character in line 6
> "#define XCHAT_IFACE_VERSION    ((XCHAT_IFACE_MAJOR * 10000) + \"
> at line 7 error : syntax error
> Illegal character in line 7
> "                                (XCHAT_IFACE_MINOR * 100) + \"
>
>
>
> What do I do with these errors though ?

run the file through the gcc preprocessor:

gcc -E xchat-plugin.h -o xchat-plugin.hp
h2pas -S -D -p -l xchat xchat-plugin.hp

Note that this destroys all '#define'  constants, so you'll have to
run h2pas a second time to get all constants.

Michael.