[fpc-pascal] the libc unit (again)

[Giuliano Colla]

Mattias Gaertner ha scritto:
> On Sat, 23 Feb 2008 15:45:22 +0100
> Giuliano Colla <giuliano.colla at fastwebnet.it> wrote:
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>> [...]
>> Tanks for the hint, but grep (or Find in Files from IDE) has the big 
>> disadvantage that you don't find only the declaration, but also all
>> the references. You search "FindFirst" and you find 200 entries...
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> Lazarus / View / Code Browser / Levels / Show identifiers: execvp
> Disable 'show packages' and 'show units'
> It will show:
>
> Procedure Execvp(ProgName:String;Args:TStrings)
> function execvp(__file:Pchar;__argv:PPchar):longint
>
> Move the mouse over the entries to see a hint about its location and/or
> double click to jump to the source.
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Thanks a lot for the hint.
Shakespeare would have said:
"There are more things in Lazarus IDE, Horatio,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy." :-)
>> Moreover if you search e.g. execvp, you'll never find TProcess, which
>> is the recommended way to start an external application.
>> That's why some help from developers, or experienced users, would be 
>> more than welcome.
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> Maybe you can start a wiki page.
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I'll do it, but I can only put there my limited knowledge. I hope that 
someone else will  fill up the holes.

Thanks,

Giuliano