Hi, On 28 July 2012 19:06, Hans-Peter Diettrich <[email protected]> wrote: > > Isn't Kylix Help free now, with openKylix?
Kylix Open Edition was available for free since 2001 when Kylix 1 was release. Every edition and version of Kylix included the help files as standard. > You are allowed to use it, but not to distribute it. Yes. > In fact the LCL should have been based on the CLX, where many cross-platform > issues have been removed I agree 100% here. > - but the CLX was published only much later. I don't know the exact timings... When did Lazarus start? I have heard 10 years ago, so that would have made it the same time as what Kylix 1 was released. > Furthermore I'm convinced that a portable GUI, based on a mix of native > controls, is a beast and a waste of time. +1 Each native widgetset has different features, do things differently, looks different etc. So there is no way you can get a 100% single source project based on such diversity - unless you only stick with the lowest common denominator - thus crippling your "cross platform" toolkit extensively. It's amazing LCL has gotten as far as it did - but also explains why it only attracts hobbyist programmer projects. > I had preferred to use fpGUI or mseGUI instead of the > LCL, but the according frameworks (IDE...) didn't match my expectations. fpGUI doesn't dictate what IDE you must use. I use both Lazarus IDE & MSEide to develop fpGUI or my fpGUI-based applications. You are free to even use Notepad, if you think that will make you more productive. :-) Anyway, we are getting a bit sidetracked here. -- Regards, - Graeme - _______________________________________________ fpGUI - a cross-platform Free Pascal GUI toolkit http://fpgui.sourceforge.net -- _______________________________________________ Lazarus mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
