[fpc-pascal] What to do to get new users

[Karl-Michael Schindler]

Hi

> On 17.11.2024, at 22:18, fpc-pascal-request at lists.freepascal.org wrote:
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> Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2024 17:48:14 +0000
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> Subject: Re: [fpc-pascal] What to do to get new users
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> But the problem is (as I've repeatedly stated on this list) is that if 
> one doesn't use lazarus for their IDE, then building anything other than 
> basic command line programs is nearly impossible.? I've asked (multiple 
> times) on this list for samples of doing various things with FPC that 
> lazarus does with ease, (such as GUI, and networking), without using 
> lazarus, and each and every time, the silence has been deafening.
> 
> I've never once received any information on doing these kinds of things 
> without Lazarus.? Sure, there's a (very) few examples of using tcp/ip 
> networking with the default FPC install, but those examples are about as 
> simplistic as it's possible to get, which actually shows next to nothing 
> about such capabilities.? aAnd, I've *never* seen any samples of how to 
> build a GUI app just by using the command line compiler.? I've done 
> searches on google, and asked on this list, and everything I can turn up 
> shows nothing as relates to building an FPC app with a GUI w/o using 
> some IDE or other.(mostly lazarus), so if you could kindly point me to 
> such resources, I'd love to see them
> 
> Typically when I ask such questions on this list, I get either no 
> response at all, or I get snarky ones that contribute nothing to the 
> discussion.? (mostly from yourself).

It is quite singular, but there is Ultrastar Deluxe (https://github.com/UltraStar-Deluxe/USDX), a cross-platform Karaoke game, which is based on fpc using OpenGL, SDL and quite a number of other libraries instead of lazarus. However, it is quite involved and as such rather highlights the ease of using lazarus.

All the best - Michael.