Alright, first version released. (Current: v0.13b Apr/14/05)

[v3cz0r]

Thanks Plasma for redirecting it to fbc.sf.net, sourceforge seems to be much faster now, they are not allowing big files hosted on web pages since a couple of days ago and the server will also be upgraded, looks like - some outages can happen this week.

[marzecTM]

did blitz finally gave up bad-logic? the irc channel is gone too as far as i can see...

[MajikMan]

Ok I have downloaded freebasic and now I can't figure out where to do the programming! All I get is a bunch of parameters. Do I type my program in a text file and then take it to dos or what?

[Sterling Christensen]

Ok I have downloaded freebasic and now I can't figure out where to do the programming! All I get is a bunch of parameters. Do I type my program in a text file and then take it to dos or what?

VonGodric has written an editor that you can use.
For the editor+FreeBASIC bundle: http://forum.qbasicnews.com/viewtopic.php?t=7958
For the editor alone: http://forum.qbasicnews.com/viewtopic.php?t=7389

[fsw]

Good work :bounce:

for consistency sake one thing though:
in the linux version the libs should be under a linux dir like the windows and dos ones.

also to think about:
should the fbc compiler be renamed to fbc-win, fbc-dos, fbc-lin or moved into the bin dir?
If somebody has more than one compiler running in the same dir, fbc for dos and windows have the same name...

[lillo]

They are... after you run the install.sh script.
Compiler will go in /usr/share/freebasic/bin
Headers in /usr/share/freebasic/inc
Libs in /usr/share/freebasic/lib
A link to /usr/share/freebasic/bin/fbc is created in /usr/bin

This is to allow fb to work system wide (that is, also for other users), in true Linux spirit.

[fsw]

grazie

[DrV]

DOS port is now up for download at fbc.sf.net; you can put it in the same dir as the win32 build if you rename the existing fbc.exe to something else. DOS TinyPTC won't work under NT-based Windows (NT, 2K, XP, etc.) because the DOS port of TinyPTC uses the DJGPP nearptr hack. No QB gfx emulation for this version either; hopefully will be ready for next release.

[v3cz0r]

Allegro works fine in DOS too, so we have a compatible SVGA library to use finally? Ow, it not QB, doesn't count ;)

[relsoft]

Way cool!!