On Sun, 16 Aug 2009 11:34:21 +0200 Jürgen Hestermann <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> Should we say: "Learn Delphi first, then come back here?" :) > > That's the current state. Without the Delphi documentation and OH > > every newcomer to Lazarus is definitely lost :-( > > That would be a guideline if it worked. But the problem is, that you > cannot rely on the Delphi documentation when using Lazarus because > there are lots of details where Lazarus differs from Delphi. So the > conclusion is, that no (usable) documentation exists for Lazarus. You > have to try and ask the forum if in doubt. That's not a satisfiable > situation but as long as noone hast the time (and knowledge) to > update the Lazarus help it seems unavoidable. First of all: Take a look in the wiki log and you will see that every day things are updated or added. About the forum vs wiki: There are many experts in the various forums writing good advices and sometimes lengthy explanations. I wish they would instead add the hints to the wiki and just post a link in the forum. It is true, that the quality of the Delphi help is really good - and in too many areas better than the lazarus help. But "no usable documentation" is a bad exaggeration. There are for example more than 1000 wiki pages and the lcl fpdoc contains more than 30.000 notes. Mattias -- _______________________________________________ Lazarus mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
