Symbian OS is NOW opensource

[SymKeks]

Hi everyone
sorry iam new and hope this is the right place

I would tell and ask some

since some days symbian OS has become open source

i read in wiki that lazarus has some problem to build for real devices

is it not possible (now with open symbian) to complete this?

pls tell me if it possible


i hope this announcement is helpfully for you

cheers

attached links
http://developer.symbian.org/main/source/index.php
cann download ervery source package or domain package
hope you find some good stuff to create real build

[hinst]

I didn't know that freepascal could compile applications for symbian at all

[SymKeks]

This is right
but i think it is maybe possible in the FUTURE
because
Symbian is NOW opensource and the developer do not need to analyse the linking process (reverse engineering and so on)

I think it must be easier to implement the "full" support u understand?


sorry for my english

[Leledumbo]

The development was started a few years ago, but stuck AFAIK, don't know the current status. You may found them in the wiki:
http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/SymbianOS

[SymKeks]

RIGHT!!!

Thank you Leledumbo for the Link
this is the reason i was posting this....

you see on the link (wiki) that they a stuckeg
they have a way only for "emulator device"
and on roadmap they will search a way to real devices

i think is time for stop the search
and take the answer from the source of Symbian OS

the goal is not to search
the goal is to include

is is now better to understand?

[TurboRascal]

Ok, there might not be a problem to implement FPC for Symbian now. Lazarus is much more of a problem since Symbian doesn't have a standard GUI toolkit...

[Leledumbo]

Lazarus is much more of a problem since Symbian doesn't have a standard GUI toolkit...

Hmm... implement fpGUI for Symbian, finish fpGUI widgetset for Lazarus, and voila! You have Lazarus for Symbian! (Well... in a couple of years maybe )

[TurboRascal]

Hmm... implement fpGUI for Symbian, finish fpGUI widgetset for Lazarus, and voila! You have Lazarus for Symbian! (Well... in a couple of years maybe )

Yes, and that is the problem. There is a need to create full GUI toolkit, and what's worse, Symbian doesn't have any GUI support by default, including even a standard graphics library (AFAIK). So, that would be similar to creating a GUI toolkit and Lazarus support for DOS for example... Also, I wonder how would it interoperate with other Symbian toolkits and graphics systems (again to compare to that fictional DOS example and how would it coexist with X and Windows environments - I guess it wouldn't)...