Hi all, The package LCL is now a normal package. That means, the IDE will automatically compile it if needed.
Therefore it was removed from the "Configure build Lazarus" dialog. Of course the options of those dialog are still applied, because the package uses the macro $(IDEBuildOptions). The selection of the LCL widget type is now a normal macro and can be set via the project macros (Project / Project Options / Compiler options / Build modes / Set macro values). Formerly the special linker options needed by the LCL were hard-wired into the IDE, which added the linker options to all projects. These linker options are now part of the LCL package and only added to those projects using the LCL. The backend independent part of the LCL was split into a sub package named LCLBase, for instance the units Forms and Controls. The LCL now only contains the glue code to the third party gui libraries (often called widget sets). It uses the new conditionals. The IDE function to create Makefiles for packages does not support conditionals, so the Makefiles are still hand crafted. The fpgui backend supports two backends itself: gdi and x11. This is set via the new macro FPGUIPlatform. The macro uses defaults if not set by the project. When eventually fpgui supports framebuffer, opengl or whatever this macro will give you the choice for the LCL/fpgui. Mattias -- _______________________________________________ Lazarus mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
