How to get the fpc ide running under Mac OS X

Requirements:

1. Apple developer tools (read XCode) and X11
   
   
2. compile the fpc ide
   
   you need: compiler, rtl, (maybe base packages, fcl and extra packages), fvision and ide.
   compile the ide (there is no debugger library, just neglect the resulting warning)
   
   cd ide
   make clean all
   
   
3. install the vga font for xterm
   
   download the vga font here: http://home.earthlink.net/~us5zahns/enl/vga.pcf
   
   for more docs on changing the Xterm font look here: http://www.linux.org/docs/ldp/howto/Bash-Prompt-HOWTO/x606.html
   
   copy the font to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/
   
   mv your_download_dir/vga.pcf /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/
   
   check and set file permissions (you have to be root to do this):
   
   cd /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/
   
   chown root:wheel vga.pcf; chmod 444 vga.pcf
   
   start an xterm in X11 and do:
   
   cd /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/
   mkfontdir
   xset fp rehash
   
   Now you should be able to start xterm with the vga font by:
   
   xterm -font vga -r
   
   It is useful to define this as a customized command in X11 (Menu Applications -> Customize...)
   
   
4. set the terminal type to linux
   
   export TERM=linux
   
   or start xterm with
   
   xterm -font vga -r -tn linux
   
   Without this, you may get funny characters at the position of box borders and other, similar places.
   You may add this command to your bash startup file. The bash shell of xterm of X11 reads the .bashrc file in your $HOME directory and not .bash_profile. For more information on this topic read the man pages of bash or search for X11 and bash on http://www.macosxhints.com.
   For more on fonts, terminals, 8bit characters, ESC codes read Terminal & Fonts.
   
   
5. start the ide in an xterm
   
   cd your_path/fpc/ide
   ./fp
   
   In order to get Alt-x you have to press ESC and x.
   
   Here should be an example screen shot:
   
   http://michael-ep3.physik.uni-halle.de/~michael/ideonmacosx.png