In
Future of NeoLemmix development, Crane wrote:
One thing I would like to do one day is get NeoLemmix working on the Raspberry Pi.
It is a bit of an undertaking though because besides porting the source code over to the Free Pascal Compiler, [...]
That's interesting -- I've always thought that NL builds (1) only
on Windows, (2) only
for Windows, and (3) only with certain compilers/IDEs. You sound like none of these 3 restrictions need be set in stone, and removing the 3 restrictions is a medium-scope project for an experienced Pascal/Delphi developer.
Background: I spent one night on installing a Delphi toolchain in Wine on Linux and failed because the graphical IDE wouldn't run. I wouldn't mind trying again, and trying it with different versions of the Microsoft toolkits that the IDE needed.
But even better would be to build NL on Linux from the command line without installing any fat IDEs.
It's okay if it generates Windows binaries (i.e., we crossbuild from Linux to Windows) because the Windows binaries run well in Wine. Linux binaires would of course be nice, but they aren't essential yet. It's also okay if I can't change the GUI dialogs without installing an IDE or a graphical GUI editor.
-- Simon