DOS ain't dead - GVFM 2.62 Graphical File Manager

GVFM 2.62 Graphical File Manager (Announce)

posted by jaybur , UK, 02.12.2007, 04:52
(edited by jaybur on 02.12.2007, 05:21)

> Yeah, but your current BP7 doesn't support Delphi either, right?

Right. But if I'm going to go through all the hassle of porting to 32-bits, then I want to be able to do it with a modern Pascal.

> I think our beloved rr had been working on the debugging interface
> a bit, but I dunno how far he got it towards a usable state.

That's very good to hear. A good FPC/DOS debugger would almost certainly mean I would make my GV32 code FP-compatible, even though this would cause me many headaches, mainly due (but not restricted) to in-line assembler issues.

> So you've tried it [GPC] before?

Yes. I tried GPC and kept a close eye on it during the first half of the 90's. But its faults were obvious (*nix-based, no IDE, no decent debugger for Pascal, no range-checking, very few Delphi language extensions...), as were its lack of momentum, so I've pretty much given up on it since then.

> The latest runs on GCC 3.4.4. It looks nice to me, at least. Yes, it's
> probably *nix specific, but that's because GNU is biased heavily towards
> *nix (despite the "GNU's Not Unix" mantra), so that's unavoidable.

True. But I'd rather not write code for a Unix-centric compiler/RTL for a DOS target using Win32isms. ;-)

> Delphi 1 was able to build for DOS, no?

Yes.

> Also, WDOSX was able to run some Delphi stuff.

Yes. I even wrote one of Dwpl's units - WDosSysUtils.pas. Again though the lack of a source-code debugger was a big problem. Then I got really busy with large BP7/GV based bespoke software projects and lost interest in WDosX.

As you know, Japheth's HX extender can load and run Win32 PE exectuables, so I don't need Delphi 2006 to be able to compile specifically for DOS/DPMI. My HEAL layer should be able to take care of the rest.

The ideal solution though would be to use Free Pascal, if and when it gets there, because I would eventually like GV to support other operating systems as well, such as some form of RT-Linux.

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Complete thread:

GVFM 2.62 Graphical File Manager - jaybur, 30.11.2007, 07:21 (Announce)
- GVFM 2.62 Graphical File Manager - Laaca, 30.11.2007, 07:33
  - GVFM 2.62 Graphical File Manager - jaybur, 30.11.2007, 07:52
    - GVFM 2.62 Graphical File Manager - Rugxulo, 01.12.2007, 09:12
      - GVFM 2.62 Graphical File Manager - jaybur, 01.12.2007, 15:24
        GVFM 2.62 Graphical File Manager - flox, 01.12.2007, 21:04
        GVFM 2.62 Graphical File Manager - Rugxulo, 01.12.2007, 23:10
        GVFM 2.62 Graphical File Manager - Laaca, 02.12.2007, 00:01
        GVFM 2.62 Graphical File Manager - jaybur, 02.12.2007, 05:19
        GVFM 2.62 Graphical File Manager - Laaca, 02.12.2007, 10:50
        GVFM 2.62 Graphical File Manager - jaybur, 02.12.2007, 04:52
  - GVFM 2.62 Graphical File Manager - RayeR, 01.12.2007, 02:50
    - GVFM 2.62 Graphical File Manager - jaybur, 01.12.2007, 02:54
      - GVFM 2.62 Graphical File Manager - RayeR, 01.12.2007, 14:14
        GVFM 2.62 Graphical File Manager - jaybur, 01.12.2007, 16:02
        GVFM 2.62 Graphical File Manager - Laaca, 01.12.2007, 20:36
        GVFM 2.62 Graphical File Manager - jaybur, 02.12.2007, 05:05
        GVFM 2.62 Graphical File Manager - Rugxulo, 14.12.2007, 19:16
        GVFM 2.62 Graphical File Manager - jaybur, 14.12.2007, 22:37
        Chasm: The Rift (3D DOS FPS written in BP7) demo - Rugxulo, 14.12.2007, 23:49
        Chasm: The Rift (3D DOS FPS written in BP7) demo - jaybur, 15.12.2007, 23:23
        Chasm: The Rift (3D DOS FPS written in BP7) demo - Rugxulo, 16.12.2007, 00:54
        Chasm: The Rift (3D DOS FPS written in BP7) demo - jaybur, 16.12.2007, 08:41
        Chasm: The Rift (3D DOS FPS written in BP7) demo - Rugxulo, 18.12.2007, 03:30
        Chasm: The Rift (3D DOS FPS written in BP7) demo - rr, 18.12.2007, 10:37
        Chasm: The Rift (3D DOS FPS written in BP7) demo - jaybur, 18.12.2007, 14:46
        Chasm: The Rift (3D DOS FPS written in BP7) demo - Rugxulo, 19.12.2007, 03:03
        Chasm: The Rift (3D DOS FPS written in BP7) demo - jaybur, 19.12.2007, 04:04
        Chasm: The Rift (3D DOS FPS written in BP7) demo - Rugxulo, 19.12.2007, 17:33
        Chasm: The Rift (3D DOS FPS written in BP7) demo - jaybur, 19.12.2007, 19:07
        Chasm: The Rift (3D DOS FPS written in BP7) demo - DOS386, 19.12.2007, 20:38
        Chasm: The Rift (3D DOS FPS written in BP7) demo - jaybur, 19.12.2007, 22:55
        UNIVBE - DOS386, 19.12.2007, 23:30
        Chasm: The Rift (3D DOS FPS written in BP7) demo - DOS386, 18.12.2007, 21:23
        GVFM 2.62 Graphical File Manager - RayeR, 03.12.2007, 12:04
- GVFM 2.62 Graphical File Manager - Steve, 30.11.2007, 09:22
  - GVFM 2.62 Graphical File Manager - jaybur, 30.11.2007, 16:39
- GVFM 2.62 Graphical File Manager - flox, 01.12.2007, 13:25
  - GVFM 2.62 Graphical File Manager - jaybur, 01.12.2007, 15:54
    - GVFM 2.62 Graphical File Manager - Japheth, 01.12.2007, 17:21
    - GVFM 2.62 Graphical File Manager - flox, 01.12.2007, 20:50