There has been a modification in the "Options for Project" dialog with
the latest svn version..
I think it was a good idea to move the Widget Type selection from the
"Compiler Options" to the "Build Modes" page.
OTOH, the blue text "Select another LCL Widget Set (macro LCL Widget
Type)" on the "Compiler Options" page looks a little bit weired and the
Term "Widget Set" IMHO is misleading, maybe the newly introduced term
"Platform" would be more appropriate..
It looks like if no "LCLWidgetType" macro is selected, the default is
used. To allow for not setting a "LCLWidgetType" macro at all might or
might not be a good idea.
Why is there setting " fpGUI" for the "LCLWidgetType" macro and
additionally a macro "fpGUIPlatform" that can be set ?
I think the term "Platform" is was really good idea here !
If the plan is to split the selection between "WidgetType" for GUI
related stuff and "Platform" for not GUI related stuff, this of course
is exactly what I would like to see.
As fpGUI does not use an external Widget Set but locally implements the
controls' look and feel, I think it is good that the name "WidgetType"
stayed (to make a difference between an external "Widget Set" such as gtk)
I see that fpGUIPlatform selects the graphical API fpGUI uses. OK.
A similar "platform" setting might be usable to select (e.g.) the APIs
the event queue is supposed to use (and thus how it is implemented).
Here "Linux" and "Windows" might be future choices (if it is planned to
implement the event queue based on the Windows Message Queue when using
fpGUI on Windows).
This in place, other widget Types could make use of "platform" settings
as well. E.g, the NoGUI Widget set could allow for "noEventQuueue",
"Linux", "Windows", ...
Generally I feel that it is a good idea to allow for configurable Widget
Types instead of doing a lot additional ones.
Thanks for your work,
-Michael
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