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		+	{{OldVersion\|text = TODO: update configuration files which are now using freepascal assign/path}}
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	The Freepascal compiler is basically nothing more then a command-line program that you can execute from the shell by typing the "fpc" (without quotes) and pressing enter. Providing no options to the command-line compiler will result in the compiler showing which options it accepts in order to configure the compiler.		The Freepascal compiler is basically nothing more then a command-line program that you can execute from the shell by typing the "fpc" (without quotes) and pressing enter. Providing no options to the command-line compiler will result in the compiler showing which options it accepts in order to configure the compiler.

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-The Freepascal compiler is basically nothing more then a commandline program that you can execute from the shell by typing the "fpc" (without quotes) and pressing enter. Providing no options to the commandline compiler will result in the compiler showing which options it accepts in order to configure the compiler.
+The Freepascal compiler is basically nothing more then a command-line program that you can execute from the shell by typing the "fpc" (without quotes) and pressing enter. Providing no options to the command-line compiler will result in the compiler showing which options it accepts in order to configure the compiler.
 When a project needs to be compiled, several options need to be provided to f.e. make sure the compiler is able to produce a working executable.
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 The package provides an assign named "FreePascal:" and a path to the "FreePascal:bin" drawer (both without quotes).
-The (new) default fpc.cfg (which can now be addressed as being stored in the FreePascal:bin drawer) as well as the fp.cfg configuration file for FP-IDE both have been modified to make use of the package configuration, and makes it possible to compile pascal sourcecode from both FP-IDE and the commandline out of the box, without having to make any (manual) modifications to the configuration files.
+The (new) default fpc.cfg (which can now be addressed as being stored in the FreePascal:bin drawer) as well as the fp.cfg configuration file for FP-IDE both have been modified to make use of the package configuration, and makes it possible to compile pascal source-code from both FP-IDE and the command-line out of the box, without having to make any (manual) modifications to the configuration files.
-In case you do not use Icaros Desktop as your configuration and have problems making adjustments to the configuration files used by Freepascal, then it might be an idea to add the package assign and path to your distribution and use/copy the configuration files provided with Icaros Desktop x.x. Alkterbnatively the new configurations files are listed here for your convenience (TODO: paste new configaration files here).
+In case you do not use Icaros Desktop as your configuration and have problems making adjustments to the configuration files used by Freepascal, then it might be an idea to add the package assign and path to your distribution and use/copy the configuration files provided with Icaros Desktop x.x. Alternatively the new configurations files are listed here for your convenience (TODO: paste new configuration files here).
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	Details on how to configure the compiler can be read in the [//www.freepascal.org/docs-html/user/userch5.html#x33-400005 offical FreePascal user manual, chapter 5 - Compiler configuration].		Details on how to configure the compiler can be read in the [//www.freepascal.org/docs-html/user/userch5.html#x33-400005 offical FreePascal user manual, chapter 5 - Compiler configuration].
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		+	<div class="infobox" style="font-size:80%">
		+	Starting with Icaros Desktop vx.x, Icaros Desktop provides an AROS package for Freepascal that takes care of adding an assign and a path for Freepascal.
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		+	The package provides an assign named "FreePascal:" and a path to the "FreePascal:bin" drawer (both without quotes).
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		+	The (new) default fpc.cfg (which can now be addressed as being stored in the FreePascal:bin drawer) as well as the fp.cfg configuration file for FP-IDE both have been modified to make use of the package configuration, and makes it possible to compile pascal sourcecode from both FP-IDE and the commandline out of the box, without having to make any (manual) modifications to the configuration files.
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		+	In case you do not use Icaros Desktop as your configuration and have problems making adjustments to the configuration files used by Freepascal, then it might be an idea to add the package assign and path to your distribution and use/copy the configuration files provided with Icaros Desktop x.x. Alkterbnatively the new configurations files are listed here for your convenience (TODO: paste new configaration files here).
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	== The default fpc.cfg file (used by fpc) ==		== The default fpc.cfg file (used by fpc) ==

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−	[~~Intentionally left blank~~]	+	The Freepascal compiler is basically nothing more then a commandline program that you can execute from the shell by typing the "fpc" (without quotes) and pressing enter.
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		+	Although a full-fledged IDE like Lazarus incorporate the FPC-compiler to address specific targets, also such an IDE need to use the commandline version of the FPC command in order to be able to cross-compile for specific targets. The only difference with regards to configuring the commandline compiler (when invoked) is a pimped GUI.
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		+	The commandline compiler does not really require a configuration if you do not want it to use one (although by default the fpc command _always_ will use a fpc.cfg file when it exist), but then you would need to provide all the several options the compiler can handle in the form of parameters. It would require you to provide those options each and every time you want to compile a project.
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		+	This becomes tiresome very quick as most options required are the same over and over again. Therefore you can use the fpc.cfg file to provide some of those options as being standard, whilst providing other (for your project) specific options to the commandline compiler.
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		+	In case you need to override an option that is already in place in the fpc.cfg configuration file, then you simply provide it as an option to the fpc command.
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		+	Also note that the FP-IDE (that is included in the AROS distribution of FPC) uses it's own fpc.cfg file (when the IDE resides in it's own drawer) and therefore overrides the default fpc.cfg file (that is found in the drawer where the fpc command resides).
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		+	Configuration of the compiler is basically the same as the normal compiler configuration (used on other platforms).
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		+	Details on how to configure the compiler can be read in the [//www.freepascal.org/docs-html/user/userch5.html#x33-400005 offical FreePascal user manual, chapter 5 - Compiler configuration].