13-Jul-00 12:13 you wrote:

Hello,

The gpc works now on my Linux Mandrake, it is GREAT, it has many more functionality than Borland Pascal 7

In the crtdemo the ESC key doesn't work to quit, is it a problem of my config ?

More like problem with *nix design (not even *nix exacly bu more like old unix terminals design - it's stupid, ugly and unneeded but it's used by SUCH big number of systems all around the world now that it's really not worth trying to fix). ESC key is used as prefix for other keys (like arrows and functional keys - it was even used this way in Turbo Pascal 2.x and 3.x if you recall). And there are NO reliable way to distinguish sequence of keys ESC,[,U from Left arrow, for example (I'm not remember well what exactly sequence is for left arrow but it's not relevant). Plus not all keyboards on teminals have F1-F10 keys, for example and then sequences ESC,1 ... ESC,9 ESC,0 are used instead. Thus for ESC to work you must be patient: just wait few seconds and it'll close program.

Perhaps we should go MC way and use double-ESC as "true" ESC so you can use ESC,ESC when needed and still can use ESC,1 ESC,A and so on without worry ?

I know only Turbo pascal dialect end to understant everything, i need to learn the other dialects used by gpc. Who knows a good documentation for that ?.

I have some great units.When fully ported and tested under gpc, i will give them to the gpc community (if you accept ).

Thanks a lot to all the one that help me

Jean-Philippe Combe