Simple IDE for Pascal for Linux

linux ide pascal

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Solution 1

What about using FreePascal with its included editor or a basic text editor, like nano or gedit? You could also use one of the old "Borland-ish" IDEs like PENG or RHIDE.

Solution 2

Look here:

http://www.freepascal.org/

More specific:

http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/

You can try Eclipse plugin, which might work better for you:

http://www.gavab.etsii.urjc.es/wiki/pascaline/

Also, try this one:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kylix_(software)

This is not strictly Pascal, but Delphi was spun off from Pascal.

Solution 3

Geany is also good. It supports

syntax highlighting
symbol-name auto-completion (which is akin to intellisense)
specifying compiler options
integration with build tools

Among several other features one would expect in a modern integrated development environment.

Plus it's open source and runs across *nix, MacOSX and Windows.

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liori

Updated on June 04, 2022

Comments

liori almost 2 years

I am looking for a IDE for Pascal. Something that runs under Linux, is simple and easy to run. My goal is to setup something for a kid to learn, something that wouldn't require to derive from 10 classes to make a text visible on screen.

I remember DOS-based TurboPascal being very easy to use. Now I tried Lazarus, but its interface is very complex.

I don't need IDE that works with multiple languages, and I won't change Pascal into another language--there's lots of good textbooks in my native language for Pascal, and very little for other.

Thanks!
icyrock.com over 13 years

@syrion Sorry, I did not see that part... Thanks - I edited for one more
liori over 13 years

Ha, didn't notice that FreePascal itself comes with a editor. Thanks!
liori over 13 years

Lazarus too big, Kylix old and not supported anymore. For now I'll use freepascal's editor. I might check Pascaline later. Thanks!
icyrock.com over 13 years

Actually, Kylix seems supported, just not free: <edn.embarcadero.com/article/39934#>.
Marco van de Voort over 13 years

It does, start "fp" to run the (textmode) IDE
Marco van de Voort over 13 years

Once you get used to intellisense like functionality it is hard to go back. +1 for Lazarus.
Marco van de Voort over 13 years

icyrock: that is a presentation of internal projects at Embarcadero. It is not available yet, and it is not Kylix, but something new based on Kylix technology (a crosscompiler). As far as I understood, there will be no *nix or OS X IDE.