[fpc-pascal] Re: Text IDE, the displayed cursor position

[Pierre Free Pascal]

The bug is indeed 64-bit specific...


Hopefully fixed in rev 23704,
http://svn.freepascal.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi?view=revision&revision=23704


Pierre Muller

> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : fpc-pascal-bounces at lists.freepascal.org [mailto:fpc-pascal-
> bounces at lists.freepascal.org] De la part de Ebeling
> Envoyé : mardi 5 mars 2013 18:59
> À : FPC-Pascal users discussions
> Objet : Re: [fpc-pascal] Re: Text IDE, the displayed cursor position
> 
> Am Dienstag, den 05.03.2013, 14:20 +0100 schrieb Reinier Olislagers:
> > On 1-3-2013 15:03, Ebeling wrote:
> > > I am a low-level-user, who uses fpc only occasionally for small programs
> > > and only with 10 % of its functionality.  For my purposes, the text IDE
> > > seems to be adequate. But I stumble upon a basic functionality:  the
> > > displayed cursor-position.
> > >
> > > When I start a new program by clicking the button "new",  the cursor
> > > stands in the upper left corner, but its position is displayed as
> > > "1:976".
> > >
> > > This magic column number may be the difference between 2000 and 1024.
> > <snip>
> > > I would be happy,  if someone could confirm my observations or give me a
> > > hint, what I am doing wrong.
> >
> > I remember an item on the bugtracker about cursor position. You might
> > want to search that. As far as I remember, a patch was attached which
> > you could try.
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> 
> Thank you for your response!
> 
> Now I see:
> 
> It is not only my problem (since fpc 2.4.0).
> 
> The bug is registrated for fpc version 2.6.2 concerning Linux as
> 
> 023956:  incorrect display of the cursor in the window edit code  and
> 023957:  incorrect procedure TIndicator.Draw for x86_64
> 
> As I allways install the binary form of fpc,  I hope the problem will be
> fixed with the next major release.
> 
> thank you again,  Hans Ebeling
> 
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