[fpc-pascal] Graphics in Linux?

[Michalis Kamburelis]

Rainer Hantsch wrote:
> Hi, Peter!
> 
> When nothing "dramatic" has changed (and I do not remember to have even heared
> about any attempt to get this fixed from Michael), the graph unit will still
> only be usable for DOS and (maybe) for windows, but not for LINUX.
> 
> Because I use a 100% Linux environment, this means in fact, that graph is not
> existing for me when it is not able to hook into X11 and simulate there
> somehow a graphics display. And exactly this does not work. :-/
> 

Use SDL if you want good modern library for 2d graphics (and some other 
things). Pascal bindings are available. I use jedi-sdl bindings (CVS 
version), they work perfectly with FPC under Linux, FreeBSD and Windows 
(and probably many other platforms too).

Michalis