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Author: Edward Bartolo
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To: Jaromil, dng
Subject: Re: [DNG] frontend GUI implementation
The line number is 117.

On 24/08/2015, Edward Bartolo <edbarx@???> wrote:
> I have just discovered a BUG in the frontend.
>
> When the frontend is invoked through the use of a launcher, the
> backend's environment path will not be the directory to which the
> front end and backend are installed. This is not the case if the
> launcher is copied to the directory containing the executables.
>
> I edited one line in the Lazarus code for the frontend and the problem
> has been resolved:
>
> To correct the issue edit 'backend.pas' as follows:
> AProcess.Parameters.Add(ExtractFileDir(Application.ExeName) + '/' + exe);
>
> On 23/08/2015, Edward Bartolo <edbarx@???> wrote:
>> There is a unit called threader.pas that is not used. Please, discard
>> it as it has errors.
>>
>> On 23/08/2015, Edward Bartolo <edbarx@???> wrote:
>>> I am sending a .tar.gz file with the Lazarus project together with the
>>> compiled executable. The latter is named netman and is found together
>>> with the Pascal source files. It is a 5.6 MB executable for the reason
>>> Lazarus uses static linking which increases portability.
>>>
>>> To run netman, place backend in the same directory and setup sudo so
>>> that backend can run with root privileges. Create a new directory wifi
>>> under /etc/network and that is it. netman can even run from within
>>> the home directory.
>>>
>>> Hopefully, you find it reaches the desired standard.
>>>
>>> Edward
>>>
>>>
>>> On 23/08/2015, Jaromil <jaromil@???> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> dear Edward
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, 23 Aug 2015, Edward Bartolo wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Although I have a working Lazarus written frontend, I am getting the
>>>>> message, it may not be accepted in Devuan, for the reason it is
>>>>> written in Lazarus Pascal.
>>>>
>>>> I doubt that can be a valid reason to exclude your code from being
>>>> packaged and redistributed. Lazarus is GPL licensed and if your code
>>>> works well and efficiently enough, I'd be against discriminating it for
>>>> the language is written in.
>>>>
>>>> if you have spare time left to invest into this I recommend doing a
>>>> .deb
>>>> package so we can easily test it
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ciao
>>>>
>>>>
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