Re: [Lazarus] Installing FPC on Ubuntu

2010-02-26 Thread Søren Ager
On 2010-02-26 07:19, SteveG wrote: Do these need to be installed individually (and in a specific order)?, cause the 'all' deb certainly doesnt do it. I normally download all the .deb files to an empty directory and then do: sudo dpkg -i *.deb -- Hilsen Søren --

Re: [Lazarus] Custom panel-like TListBox list item

2010-02-26 Thread Mattias Gaertner
On Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:38:36 -0500 Charl van Jaarsveldt char...@gmail.com wrote: I guess I can do that, but I really want the capabilities of a list - For example? Mattias -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org

Re: [Lazarus] Synedit requesting strange format from clipboard

2010-02-26 Thread Mattias Gaertner
On Fri, 26 Feb 2010 08:41:45 +0200 Graeme Geldenhuys graemeg.li...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, It was reported in the MSEide mailing list that copying text from MSEide and trying to paste it into Lazarus Source Editor (synedit) doesn't work. Martin had a look at the issue and found the following.

Re: [Lazarus] Synedit requesting strange format from clipboard

2010-02-26 Thread Martin
On 26/02/2010 07:41, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: Hi, It was reported in the MSEide mailing list that copying text from MSEide and trying to paste it into Lazarus Source Editor (synedit) doesn't work. Martin had a look at the issue and found the following. Could anybody explain the strange text

Re: [Lazarus] Error: Got Dynamic Array Of PChar, expected PPChar

2010-02-26 Thread Mattias Gärtner
Zitat von Osvaldo Filho arquivos...@gmail.com: Ubuntu 9.10 Lazarus 0.9.29 revision 23749M (svn) FPC 2,4,1 (svn) Why do I have this error: /mnt/laz_componentes/extpascal/CGIGateway.dpr(255,29) Error: Incompatible type for arg no. 2: Got Dynamic Array Of PChar, expected PPChar because array

[Lazarus] Lazarus book

2010-02-26 Thread Michael Van Canneyt
Hello, Just a short message to say that the (German) Lazarus book by CL is currently in print, and will be shipped on March 25. It is targeted at beginners and people who migrate from Delphi to Lazarus. The website of CL (http://www.cul.de/) does not show it yet, but I assume they will

[Lazarus] Find in Files Directories combobox history

2010-02-26 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
Hi, I use Find in Files a lot. But now my Directories combobox has a *huge* history. Adding to the fact that GTK2 has a really brain-dead dropdown window (which doesn't actually drop down but rather up), I need to scroll that stupid combo list with a mouse hover until I get the previous directory

Re: [Lazarus] debug windows layout

2010-02-26 Thread John
Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: Hans-Peter Diettrich wrote: I badly miss a "hide designer windows on Run" option. Isn't that the same as "Environment Options Environment Windows 'Hide IDE windows on run'" checkbox..??? Regards, - Graeme - No, that hides

Re: [Lazarus] Installing FPC on Ubuntu

2010-02-26 Thread Marco Ciampa
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 04:19:46PM +1000, SteveG wrote: Would anybody happen to have a 'ready to go' deb package to install fpc ver 2.4 (or better) - something that installs the compiler / sources / etc in all the right places ? I have been chasing this around in circles for hours now -

Re: [Lazarus] Find in Files Directories combobox history

2010-02-26 Thread Andrew Haines
Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: Hi, I use Find in Files a lot. But now my Directories combobox has a *huge* history. Adding to the fact that GTK2 has a really brain-dead dropdown window (which doesn't actually drop down but rather up), I need to scroll that stupid combo list with a mouse hover

Re: [Lazarus] debug windows layout

2010-02-26 Thread Hans-Peter Diettrich
Graeme Geldenhuys schrieb: Other simple things that could help is automatically hide windows when not needed. eg: When you compile your project, show the Messages window. If no compiler errors, auto hide the window. If errors occur, keep showing the window. If you wanted to see what hints or

Re: [Lazarus] debug windows layout

2010-02-26 Thread Hans-Peter Diettrich
Graeme Geldenhuys schrieb: I badly miss a hide designer windows on Run option. Isn't that the same as Environment Options Environment Windows 'Hide IDE windows on run' checkbox..??? No. Form designer windows should be hidden on Run, because on a breakpoint the IDE (editor) becomes

Re: [Lazarus] Synedit requesting strange format from clipboard

2010-02-26 Thread Hans-Peter Diettrich
Graeme Geldenhuys schrieb: It was reported in the MSEide mailing list that copying text from MSEide and trying to paste it into Lazarus Source Editor (synedit) doesn't work. Martin had a look at the issue and found the following. Could anybody explain the strange text format requested by

Re: [Lazarus] debug windows layout

2010-02-26 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
Hans-Peter Diettrich wrote: Not so far, I hope. Some windows can be docked already. What do I need to install to try this out. And where do I get the patches for this? [sorry, I haven't been following Docking conversations] Regards, - Graeme - -- fpGUI Toolkit - a cross-platform GUI

Re: [Lazarus] Synedit requesting strange format from clipboard

2010-02-26 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
Hans-Peter Diettrich wrote: When the request for a special format fails, a client should request a more common format, e.g. UTF8_STRING, then STRING or TEXT. I wonder why this works on Windows, but not on your OS. That is how Martin understands it should work too, but for some reason the

Re: [Lazarus] Synedit requesting strange format from clipboard

2010-02-26 Thread Mattias Gärtner
Zitat von Graeme Geldenhuys graemeg.li...@gmail.com: Hans-Peter Diettrich wrote: When the request for a special format fails, a client should request a more common format, e.g. UTF8_STRING, then STRING or TEXT. I wonder why this works on Windows, but not on your OS. That is how Martin

[Lazarus] Delphi converter improvements

2010-02-26 Thread Juha Manninen
Hi, The converter is improving gradually in SVN trunk. Converting the source code works better and there is an option to support Delphi compatibility with conditional compilation. For Lazarus / LCL code, Windows is now replaced with LCLIntf, LCLType and LMessages. I realized there are other

Re: [Lazarus] Delphi converter improvements

2010-02-26 Thread Paul Ishenin
26.02.2010 21:28, Juha Manninen wrote: Hi, The converter is improving gradually in SVN trunk. Converting the source code works better and there is an option to support Delphi compatibility with conditional compilation. For Lazarus / LCL code, Windows is now replaced with LCLIntf, LCLType and

[Lazarus] dropdown button

2010-02-26 Thread Andrea Mauri
Hi, there is a component like a dropdown button? I mean a tbutton like a ttoolbutton with style = tbsDropDown Andrea -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus

[Lazarus] Error while linking

2010-02-26 Thread Thomas Moritz
Hello, Lazarus svn Rev: 23798 - _qt45_ here is the result by compiling _latest_ revision of lazarus (linux-x86_64) --- Compiling idecmdline.pas Compiling resource ../units/x86_64-linux/lazarus.or Linking ../lazarus

Re: [Lazarus] Lazarus book

2010-02-26 Thread Flávio Etrusco
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 8:03 AM, Michael Van Canneyt mich...@freepascal.org wrote: Hello, Just a short message to say that the (German) Lazarus book by CL is currently in print, and will be shipped on March 25. It is targeted at beginners and people who migrate from Delphi to Lazarus.

Re: [Lazarus] Lazarus book

2010-02-26 Thread waldo kitty
On 2/26/2010 06:03, Michael Van Canneyt wrote: Just a short message to say that the (German) Lazarus book by CL is currently in print, and will be shipped on March 25. yay!! how far off is the english version?? any idea on the price? i much prefer a real book to pdf cr4p ;) It is targeted

Re: [Lazarus] Delphi converter improvements

2010-02-26 Thread waldo kitty
On 2/26/2010 10:16, Juha Manninen wrote: Personally I don't understand why someone would make a Windows-only program using a multi-platform system like FPC / Lazarus. ...but that's just my thought... why? because they only work with winwhatever systems and they can't afford or simply don't

Re: [Lazarus] Delphi converter improvements

2010-02-26 Thread Jürgen Hestermann
Personally I don't understand why someone would make a Windows-only program using a multi-platform system like FPC / Lazarus. ...but that's just my thought... Do you know a similar open source Pascal compiler/IDE that is for Windows only? If yes, let me know, I will try it. If not, what are

[Lazarus] New component by me TButtonList

2010-02-26 Thread ik
Hello all, Thanks to Mattias, I was able to create in a very easy manner a new component for Lazarus named TButtonList. The Button list allow you to create a list of buttons (TBitBtn) captions, hints and also find out what click was made. You can also choose how the layout will look like. You

Re: [Lazarus] Error while linking

2010-02-26 Thread Thomas Moritz
Am Freitag, 26. Februar 2010 16:02:42 schrieb Thomas Moritz: Hello, this error is only on x86_64 with qt45! my other machines (32bit) are linking ready! Lazarus svn Rev: 23798 - _qt45_ here is the result by compiling _latest_ revision of lazarus (linux-x86_64)

Re: [Lazarus] New component by me TButtonList

2010-02-26 Thread Zaher Dirkey
2010/2/26 ik ido...@gmail.com Hello all, Thanks to Mattias, I was able to create in a very easy manner a new component for Lazarus named TButtonList. The Button list allow you to create a list of buttons (TBitBtn) captions, hints and also find out what click was made. You can also choose

Re: [Lazarus] debug windows layout

2010-02-26 Thread Silvio Clecio
Graeme Geldenhuys escreveu: My taskbar looks the same - totally useless. :-( I'm normally a big fan of SDI layouts, but when it comes to Lazarus IDE, there are just to many forms. Maybe I need one of those 2x2 rack mount LCD monitor setups - so I can use 4 desktops to layout my IDE windows. ;-)

Re: [Lazarus] debug windows layout

2010-02-26 Thread Silvio Clecio
Graeme Geldenhuys escreveu: By the way, do you know about the following option? Environment Options Environment Windows 'IDE title starts with project name' So if you have slightly less windows open, it will be easier to spot the Main form in the taskbar. Yes :) Now I did it, but what I

Re: [Lazarus] debug windows layout

2010-02-26 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
On 26 February 2010 23:44, Silvio Clecio silviop...@gmail.com wrote: http://imagebin.org/86641 Is it only I like unique button(of the lazarus) in the task bar? D: I would like that too. In Windows (and I think I saw it in some Linux apps) it is possible to have SDI windows layout and a single

Re: [Lazarus] Lazarus book

2010-02-26 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
On 26 February 2010 18:35, waldo kitty wkitt...@windstream.net wrote: yay!! how far off is the english version?? any idea on the price? i much prefer a real book to pdf cr4p ;) I'm hoping for an English edition too (and will by it simply because I'm a Lazarus user), but I can imagine it's a

Re: [Lazarus] debug windows layout

2010-02-26 Thread Flávio Etrusco
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 7:09 PM, Graeme Geldenhuys graemeg.li...@gmail.com wrote: On 26 February 2010 23:44, Silvio Clecio silviop...@gmail.com wrote: http://imagebin.org/86641 Is it only I like unique button(of the lazarus) in the task bar? D: I would like that too. In Windows (and I think

[Lazarus] Misleading error message

2010-02-26 Thread brian
Hi all, Since it seems I have some kind of compatibility problem preventing my using mantis, I'm going to describe what seems at least a VERY misleading error message, if not actually a bug. Hopefully someone associated with the software will notice it. I'm using Lazarus 64-bit v 0.9.28.2-0

Re: [Lazarus] Installing FPC on Ubuntu

2010-02-26 Thread SteveG
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 04:19:46PM +1000, SteveG wrote: Would anybody happen to have a 'ready to go' deb package to install fpc ver 2.4 (or better) - something that installs the compiler / sources / etc in all the right places ? I have been chasing this around in circles for hours now - which

Re: [Lazarus] debug windows layout

2010-02-26 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
2010/2/27 Flávio Etrusco flavio.etru...@gmail.com: All this docking talk is nice and everything, but sometimes I ask if shouldn't just go SDI for Lazarus IDE. I found it odd at the beginning, but after using several other SDI IDEs now I can't find reasoning in Delphi-old MDI... I think you

Re: [Lazarus] Misleading error message

2010-02-26 Thread Mattias Gaertner
On Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:33:30 -0500 brian br...@meadows.pair.com wrote: Hi all, Since it seems I have some kind of compatibility problem preventing my using mantis, I'm going to describe what seems at least a VERY misleading error message, if not actually a bug. Hopefully someone

Re: [Lazarus] Lazarus book

2010-02-26 Thread waldo kitty
On 2/26/2010 17:20, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: On 26 February 2010 18:35, waldo kittywkitt...@windstream.net wrote: yay!! how far off is the english version?? any idea on the price? i much prefer a real book to pdf cr4p ;) I'm hoping for an English edition too (and will by it simply because

Re: [Lazarus] debug windows layout

2010-02-26 Thread Silvio Clecio
Graeme Geldenhuys escreveu: I would like that too. In Windows (and I think I saw it in some Linux apps) it is possible to have SDI windows layout and a single button in the taskbar. This make a lot more sense than having 10-15 buttons in the taskbar for a single application. With MSEide, if you

Re: [Lazarus] Compiler status window crops text with large text (fonts) displayed.

2010-02-26 Thread Peter Williams
Hi Lazarus list, Feedback, anyone??? ;-))) I'd like to know if anyone else has experienced or patched this bug. Surely I'm not the only large size text (font) Lazarus user / developer !!! ?!?!?! On 26 February 2010 09:44, Peter Williams pew...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Lazarus users, developers and

Re: [Lazarus] debug windows layout

2010-02-26 Thread Silvio Clecio
Flávio Etrusco escreveu: LCL is already capable of this. I've just sent a patch in mantis which makes this a little better: http://bugs.freepascal.org/file_download.php?file_id=10889type=bug Issue: http://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=15055 However, there are some issues to deal with yet, like

[Lazarus] UTF-8 string recognition

2010-02-26 Thread Antônio
How to determine whether a string is UTF-8 or not? -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus

Re: [Lazarus] debug windows layout

2010-02-26 Thread Martin Schreiber
On Friday 26 February 2010 08:18:28 Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: Silvio Clecio wrote: Notice how hard it is to work with many windows scattered: http://imagebin.org/86466 My taskbar looks the same - totally useless. :-( I'm normally a big fan of SDI layouts, but when it comes to Lazarus

Re: [Lazarus] debug windows layout

2010-02-26 Thread Hans-Peter Diettrich
Graeme Geldenhuys schrieb: Not so far, I hope. Some windows can be docked already. What do I need to install to try this out. And where do I get the patches for this? See feature request 15242. I couldn't supply new patches yet, my system still suffers from several problems :-( DoDi

Re: [Lazarus] debug windows layout

2010-02-26 Thread Hans-Peter Diettrich
Graeme Geldenhuys schrieb: I would like that too. In Windows (and I think I saw it in some Linux apps) it is possible to have SDI windows layout and a single button in the taskbar. This make a lot more sense than having 10-15 buttons in the taskbar for a single application. See issue 13919,

Re: [Lazarus] debug windows layout

2010-02-26 Thread Hans-Peter Diettrich
Graeme Geldenhuys schrieb: All this docking talk is nice and everything, but sometimes I ask if shouldn't just go SDI for Lazarus IDE. I found it odd at the beginning, but after using several other SDI IDEs now I can't find reasoning in Delphi-old MDI... I think you meant other way round. :-)

Re: [Lazarus] Synedit requesting strange format from clipboard

2010-02-26 Thread Martin Schreiber
On Friday 26 February 2010 10:14:58 Mattias Gaertner wrote: Copying from MSEide into Lazarus edit widgets works. Can you check why Lazarus requests Application/X-Laz-SynEdit-Tagged in source editor? It prefers that format because it supports selection mode. Apps are not bound to serve the

Re: [Lazarus] debug windows layout

2010-02-26 Thread Martin Schreiber
On Friday 26 February 2010 23:09:49 Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: With MSEide, if you dock windows together, it reduces the taskbar buttons - I sure hope Lazarus IDE does the same when docking is implemented. An screenshot of such a MSEide dock panel is here:

Re: [Lazarus] debug windows layout

2010-02-26 Thread Flávio Etrusco
On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 1:53 AM, Hans-Peter Diettrich drdiettri...@aol.com wrote: Graeme Geldenhuys schrieb: I would like that too. In Windows (and I think I saw it in some Linux apps) it is possible to have SDI windows layout and a single button in the taskbar. This make a lot more sense