Subj : Free Pascal Lesson #1
To   : Norman King
From : Norman King
Date : Tue May 22 2012 02:38 pm

I know that compiling without a good source code editor is hard work, this 
should make it a bit easier.

For Windows try Notepad++ at http://notepad-plus-plus.org/

It seems to support Pascal syntax and will make debugging easier.

For Free Pascal 2.6.0 you can add the path to the compiler by entering on the 
command line:

set PATH=%PATH%;c:\fpc\2.6.0\bin\i386-win32\

For Windows NT based Windows like Windows 7 hold down the left Windows key and 
the R key, you will get a run box now type in CMD to access a command shell or 
the CLI as some call it.

Type in the set command that modifies the path. Look in the 
c:\fpc\2.6.0\bin\i386-win32\ directory and see what exe file is there. For mine 
using Windows 7 64 bit it is called ppcrossx64.exe for the 32 bit version it 
may be named something else.

Try this:

cd c:\fpc\

mkdir pas
cd pas

This will make a pas directory in your main fpc directory where you can store 
your source code files and run the compiler on them.

now you can do this:

cd c:\fpc\pas\
ppcrossx64 hello.pas

If you want you can add this line to the Autoexec.bat file after the set PATH 
statement:

set PATH=%PATH%;c:\fpc\2.6.0\bin\i386-win32\

Then after a reboot you will have the Free Pascal 2.6.0 64 bit compiler in your 
path and can run it from anywhere.

I hope this makes it easier to work with Free Pascal. Enjoy!

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