[fpc-pascal] Installing on Mac OS X

[Jonas Maebe]

On 01 Sep 2008, at 13:58, Paul wrote:

> /usr/local/bin/ppc386
> it'wasn't listed in the dropdown box.

You can type it in. I don't know what exactly is listed in the default  
dropdown menu and why.

> I closed Lazarus (still open from yesterday) and now I can't find  
> lazarus anymore.

Type cmd-shift-g in the Finder. In the dialog box that appears, type / 
usr/local/share/lazarus. You'll find the application there. You can  
create an alias to it (shortcut in Windows terms) by holding down cmd  
and option (= cmd and alt) and dragging the Lazarus application icon  
anywhere you want. Then you won't have to remember its installation  
location anymore when you want to use it again.

> I understood that I have to add the directories manually in a  
> console application or terminal,
> a return to the DOS age.

No, you don't, except if you want to the command line stuff. And DOS  
was actually a partial imitation of Unix, not the other way around.

> I need to get a book using OS X first, because this leads to nowhere.

As I said, it won't help you in particular with these issues, because  
Lazarus is not behaving like an OS X app at this time.

> It won't be before weekend though.
> Anyway, while Lazarus was open, I saw bugs in the editor: the last  
> character of each line was written over the previous character.
> Form = class(TFor) instead of Form=class(TForm)
> en; instead of end;
> Looks like a bug ..

It's because Lazarus by default selects a variable rather than a fixed  
width font, and its editor cannot deal with that (at least the Carbon  
one can't). I believe this was fixed in more recent versions, but if  
you first started an older version it probably stored the font name in  
the preferences.

To change it to a properly displayed font, go to Environment->Editor  
Options, click on the Display tab and set it to Monaco (if you type  
the name in manually, make sure you capitalise it like that). There  
does not yet appear to be an option to disable anti-aliasing though.


Jonas