[Lazarus] LazUtils/LazUtf16 - why "widestring"

2018-01-08 Thread AlexeyT via Lazarus
function UTF16CharacterLength(p: PWideChar): integer; function UTF16Length(const s: widestring): PtrInt; overload; function UTF16Length(p: PWideChar; WordCount: PtrInt): PtrInt; overload; function UTF16Copy(const s: UnicodeString; StartCharIndex, CharCount: PtrInt): Unicodestring; function UTF16

Re: [Lazarus] Package filenames with _package

2018-01-08 Thread wkitty42--- via Lazarus
On 01/08/2018 04:38 PM, Graeme Geldenhuys via Lazarus wrote: Even better, Linux and FreeBSD don't even need file extensions. File Extensions are simply for [some] human benefit (unlike Windows that requires them). Linux and FreeBSD OS's query the first 4-8 bytes of a file to accurately determine

Re: [Lazarus] Package filenames with _package

2018-01-08 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys via Lazarus
On 2018-01-08 21:30, Kostas Michalopoulos via Lazarus wrote: some cases it takes space (like in file managers). Up to 4 letters is fine for me, 5 is stretching it and anything above that is only something i'd use for file types that i wont see often in a list and even then only if i can't avoid i

Re: [Lazarus] Package filenames with _package

2018-01-08 Thread Kostas Michalopoulos via Lazarus
On Sun, Jan 7, 2018 at 1:06 PM, Graeme Geldenhuys via Lazarus < lazarus@lists.lazarus-ide.org> wrote: > so why is everybody still limiting file extensions to 3 letters?? Some of my fpGUI included applications use file extensions like *.project etc. Hell, even Microsoft is catching up with that idea

Re: [Lazarus] Extended filter for Code Completion

2018-01-08 Thread Vojtěch Čihák via Lazarus
It can be resized by mouse, by the small handle in bottom-rigth corner.   V. __ Od: AlexeyT via Lazarus Komu: Juha Manninen via Lazarus Datum: 08.01.2018 19:30 Předmět: Re: [Lazarus] Extended filter for Code Completion patch makes red

Re: [Lazarus] Extended filter for Code Completion

2018-01-08 Thread AlexeyT via Lazarus
patch makes red hilite of current ID in the listbox. Can you tell how to make listbox 2x-3x wider? it's narrow. Please test everybody. Does it have negative side-effects of some kind? -- Regards, Alexey -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazar

[Lazarus] Extended filter for Code Completion

2018-01-08 Thread Juha Manninen via Lazarus
I applied the patch from here: https://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=32974 It looks good to me. Please test everybody. Does it have negative side-effects of some kind? Juha -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus-ide.org https://lists.lazar