Hi, Before I add this as a feature request in Mantis, I thought I would discuss the idea first. Maybe others (and not just me) could also see the benefit of this.
Currently Lazarus supports various macros in path and filenames[1]. But to be able to use it, you need to first go look in the help to see what macros are available. A popular example is [2] below... Anyway, my thoughts were that maybe we can add a "insert macro" popup menu / button next to any EditBox where paths or filenames are entered - and where macros can be used. See the attached image, where a product named PINs use this idea. Now the user doesn't need to refer to help files are try and remember all available macros. Your thoughts? [1] http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/IDE_Macros_in_paths_and_filenames [2] http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/IDE_Window:_Compiler_Options#Unit_output_directory Regards, - Graeme - -- fpGUI Toolkit - a cross-platform GUI toolkit using Free Pascal http://opensoft.homeip.net/fpgui/
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