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Free Pascal Text Mode IDE for macOS
carl_caulkett:
Am I right in thinking that the FP Text Mode IDE is not available for macOS? I've searched within my FPC installation for an executable called fp (I believe that's what it's called) but I can't find anything.
Thaddy:
open a terminal and type fp
It used to work on MacOS, but don't know if there is some regression for newer versions.
carl_caulkett:
--- Quote from: Thaddy on November 08, 2024, 02:01:39 pm ---open a terminal and type fp
It used to work on MacOS, but don't know if there is some regression for newer versions.
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Thanks, Thaddy! I guess it is not included in later versions. There is no file named fp anywhere on my computer :o
JdeHaan:
I'm on MacOS Sequoia, and just out of curiosity tried Thaddy's suggestion so typed 'fp' in a terminal window. See picture. However, I don't know how to operate it using the mouse/touchpad... it doesn't respond.
carl_caulkett:
--- Quote from: JdeHaan on November 08, 2024, 07:24:57 pm ---I'm on MacOS Sequoia, and just out of curiosity tried Thaddy's suggestion so typed 'fp' in a terminal window. See picture. However, I don't know how to operate it using the mouse/touchpad... it doesn't respond.
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Interesting! I did manage to install DosBox on macOS 14.6.1 Somona and install Turbo Pascal 7.0 (downloaded from archive.org!). It looks very similar to your screen shot. With the DocBox/TP7.0 combo I found that if I clicked the menu bar twice, it switched into "text mode mouse mode" so to speak, and I was able to access the menu items.
How did you install FPC on your machine?
I should point out that there is no pressing need for me to install fp, apart from curiosity ;)
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