DOS ain't dead - Free Pascal 2.2.4 released

Free Pascal 2.2.4 released (Announce)

posted by marcov, 28.04.2009, 20:53
(edited by marcov on 29.04.2009, 09:15)

> > New version od Freepascal is released. Main change is the .CHM support
>
> Does it work for anyone ? Not for me, it allows me to "pick" a file but
> instead of displaying it does nothing or crash.

(need more info there. If there is a fundamental problems with it under Dos, strange that it didn't get reported during the RC)

> Installer reports "CHM (requires LFN)" :-(

That's probably the CHM creation library, not the use of help in the IDE. And that is possible, FPC doesn't adhere to SFN conventions for _development_ anymore, so newer packages might not work.

> > and, as usual, some bugs are fixed.
>
> Not in the IDE and not about the bloat/UPX ... didn't test compiler core
> :-|

Do you have mantis numbers? There are still about 70 IDE bugs open, and I'm pretty sure I fixed *some* in 2.2.4

"Bloat" is an emotional outburst without any real defined meaning, so I'll reply in the same spirit: "Duh!"

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Complete thread:

Free Pascal 2.2.4 released - Laaca, 14.04.2009, 09:55 (Announce)
- Free Pascal 2.2.4 released - Rugxulo, 16.04.2009, 17:41
- Free Pascal 2.2.4 released - marcov, 19.04.2009, 13:24
  - Free Pascal 2.2.4 released - marcov, 25.04.2009, 12:53
- Free Pascal 2.2.4 released - DOS386, 27.04.2009, 10:22
  - Free Pascal 2.2.4 released - rr, 28.04.2009, 20:32
    - Free Pascal 2.2.4 released - DOS386, 09.05.2009, 10:28
      - Free Pascal 2.2.4 released - rr, 19.05.2009, 21:18
      - Free Pascal 2.2.4 released - marcov, 21.05.2009, 14:47
        Free Pascal 2.2.4 released - Rugxulo, 23.05.2009, 02:47
  - Free Pascal 2.2.4 released - marcov, 28.04.2009, 20:53
    - Free Pascal 2.2.4 released - Rugxulo, 28.04.2009, 22:52
      - Free Pascal 2.2.4 released - marcov, 29.04.2009, 09:15
- Free Pascal 2.2.4 released - Rugxulo, 25.07.2009, 10:03
  - Free Pascal 2.2.4 released - Rugxulo, 31.07.2009, 21:41