[fpc-pascal] console ui ?

[Florian Klaempfl]

Pelton wrote:

> hi all,
> 
> i'm trying to hone in on a toolkit to use to do some "console gui" development.
> 
> something along the lines of the FP IDE, but not as complicated.
> 
> cross platform as well hopefully ?
> 
> i'm having trouble understanding what the deal-ey-o is with the "FV" libs ?
> 
> is there a licensing issue here ?

Not anymore.

> 
> where is the doc and source for the "FV" libs ?

fpc/fv

Google for Turbo Vision tutorials.

> 
> would the "nCRT" libs be a better choice ?

It's much more basic.

> 
> other thoughts ?
> 
> i'd hopefully like to find something that should be cross platform
> (windows, mac OSX, linux) console gui toolkit, that has basic
> features.
> 
> menus
> standard dialog boxes
> windows
> 
> and hopefully something that has source and/or doc for it.
> 
> but most importantly, i'd like to find something that has a future in
> terms of licensing and some support/development in the community.

FV it has because the fpc text mode ide is based on it.