Re: docs

Gordon Findlay via fpc-pascal <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.compilers.free-pascal.general
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I've been programming a long time but when I first took up with Lazarus and
FPC there were three issues:

 - out of date documentation.
 - for many topics (for example in the LCL) there is formal documentation
but not tutorial material.
 - distros sometimes have quite old versions in their repos. For example my
opensuse machine right now is offering Lazarus 2.2.

[ fpcupdeluxe was invisible at the time.  And on a single monitor machine,
trunk version 3.9.9 with its greatly improved docked interface is a
blessing. ]

Addressing these issues is vital to attract new users.

I'm happy to help anyone writing updated tutorial material.


On Mon, Oct 21, 2024 at 11:52 AM ppadilcdx--- via fpc-pascal <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Apropos the new users discussion, i think the state of the docs is really
> important, new users can be discouraged by lack of documentation or
> up-to-date docs.
> I just recently retired so not a new young user, but relatily new to fpc.
> So, I’m willing to help update the docs, correct typos, etc, if someone
> points me in the right direction.
>
> Regards
> Pete
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