Compile in Pascal

Gus Fernandez

hello there:
thanks for reading this. i am new in this of programming and in my classroom uses the free pascal or turbo pascal, but, how have problems with compatibility issues like win10 desn’t suport turbo pascal, etc i think in notepad++. my question starts here, how i compile and run the code just was write? thanks

PeterJones

This is not a coding help forum. So, assuming you knew that, and are asking how to help automate the process of compiling and running from within Notepad++…

There are multiple ways to automate tasks like that. In the examples below, you will have to replace the “c:\path\to\pascal\compiler.exe” with the appropriate compiler and supply appropriate command-line arguments if it requires more than just the source code.

Using Notepad++ Run > Run, type a command similar to
```
 cmd /k "c:\path\to\pascal\compiler.exe ^"$(FULL_CURRENT_PATH)^" && ^"$(CURRENT_DIRECTORY)\$(NAME_PART).exe^""
```
You can hit the SAVE button to put it in the Macro menu, and optionally give it a keyboard shortcut
Using the NppExec plugin, there are a few ways:
1. Output to an “NppExec Console” sub-window inside the main Notepad++ window:
  
  Select Plugins > NppExec > Execute..., and use the command
```
 cd "$(CURRENT_DIRECTORY)"
 "c:\path\to\pascal\compiler.exe" "$(FULL_CURRENT_PATH)"
 "$(CURRENT_DIRECTORY)\$(NAME_PART).exe"
```
2. Output to an “NppExec Console” sub-window inside the main Notepad++ window, keeping a cmd.exe prompt active in that window:
  
  Select Plugins > NppExec > Execute..., and use the command
```
 cd "$(CURRENT_DIRECTORY)"
 "c:\path\to\pascal\compiler.exe" "$(FULL_CURRENT_PATH)"
 cmd /k "$(CURRENT_DIRECTORY)\$(NAME_PART).exe"
```
3. Output to a separate cmd.exe window:
  
  Select Plugins > NppExec > Execute..., and use the command
```
 cd "$(CURRENT_DIRECTORY)"
 npp_run cmd /k "c:\path\to\pascal\compiler.exe ^"$(FULL_CURRENT_PATH)^" && ^"$(CURRENT_DIRECTORY)\$(NAME_PART).exe^""
```
There’s probably a way to do it with the PythonScript plugin as well