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Ed Kearns

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Nov 29, 2007, 12:08:20 PM11/29/07
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I downloaded FPC, and I can't get a program input, much less compile it!
When I looked for what I downloaded, after also downloading Xcode stuff, I
saw in the user's guide to "...input the following on the command line...";
I assume that means from the terminal.

Well, when I open Xcode's FPC Carbon Application, I get some beautiful
menus, and not a hint at how to do anything. If I go to Resources, and find
start.pas, I get an outline for a Pascal program, and at first I'm told it's
read only. Then when I enter something and try "Build and go," I see it's
not writeable.

What am I missing?

Ed

Jonas Maebe

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Nov 30, 2007, 5:34:42 AM11/30/07
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In article <C3744014.DFB2%kear...@gmail.com>,
Ed Kearns <kear...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I downloaded FPC, and I can't get a program input, much less compile it!
> When I looked for what I downloaded, after also downloading Xcode stuff, I
> saw in the user's guide to "...input the following on the command line...";
> I assume that means from the terminal.

Yes.

> Well, when I open Xcode's FPC Carbon Application, I get some beautiful
> menus, and not a hint at how to do anything. If I go to Resources, and find
> start.pas, I get an outline for a Pascal program, and at first I'm told it's
> read only. Then when I enter something and try "Build and go," I see it's
> not writeable.
>
> What am I missing?

The "FPC Xcode ReadMe.rtf" file included with the download:

***
2. How to use

a. Create a new Project
b. Under the heading "Pascal", choose one of the templates mentioned
above
c. Once the project is created, either modify the template files, or
remove them and add your own files (note: if you add main program with a
different name, see the Customising section below on how to adapt the
project)
***

(the "Create a new Project" assumes that you have started Xcode first).
Do not directly open the templates from the Finder, as that will open
the template itself for editing rather than creating a new project based
on the template.


Jonas

Ed Kearns

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Nov 30, 2007, 1:38:42 PM11/30/07
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in article Jonas.Maebe-F861...@gaudi2.ugent.be, Jonas Maebe at

I opened the Xcode, then chose the template, named the project, then wasn't
sure what to do next. So I opened start.pas, entered some code, tried to run
it, nothing happened. My experience with Think Pascal isn't helping me here!
Ed

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