Re: [Lazarus] Dropdown File list in Source Editor

2012-03-20 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
On 19 March 2012 16:33, Vincent Snijders vincent.snijders@... wrote: Indeed, so clever, that -until you were told- you didn't notice the fact that the Lazarus developers didn't spend their time on creating their own tab control. :-) You are not paying attention, dear Vincent. Some core

Re: [Lazarus] Dropdown File list in Source Editor

2012-03-20 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
On 19 March 2012 16:45, Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho felipemonteiro.carvalho@...wrote: Until some months ago there was no custom drawn TCDPageControl in the LCL, so there was no decision to be made. Fair enough. That is incorrect, I wrote TCDPageControl which is part of the LCL: :-) --

Re: [Lazarus] Dropdown File list in Source Editor

2012-03-20 Thread Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho
On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 7:36 AM, Graeme Geldenhuys graemeg.li...@gmail.com wrote: The LCL CustomControls should be a drop-in replacement, should it not?? The IDE already uses some custom IDE controls, so why would a few more be so wrong? Every case should be discussed separately, but in

Re: [Lazarus] Dropdown File list in Source Editor

2012-03-20 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
On 20 March 2012 08:45, Vincent Snijders vincent.snijders@g wrote: Resources. Rather have 1.0 this year (could have been last year if I didn't know 1.0 is that close... [humour] Then again, saying Lazarus 1.0 will be out this year/soon should be held in the same light as the other

Re: [Lazarus] Dropdown File list in Source Editor

2012-03-20 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
On 20 March 2012 08:48, Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho felipemonteiro.carvalho@wrote: Every case should be discussed separately, but in general I would not change anything which already works before 1.0 I understand your intentions, but that is a odd statement none the less. Lots are being

Re: [Lazarus] Dropdown File list in Source Editor

2012-03-20 Thread Sven Barth
Am 19.03.2012 15:57, schrieb Hans-Peter Diettrich: Graeme Geldenhuys schrieb: On 19 March 2012 15:51, zeljko zeljko@... wrote: No, SE tab control is native handle. Umm, who made that clever decision! I don't think I know of a single IDE (except now for Lazarus IDE) that uses a native tab

Re: [Lazarus] Dropdown File list in Source Editor

2012-03-20 Thread Marco van de Voort
In our previous episode, Graeme Geldenhuys said: IMO Delphi and all other platform-specific applications and IDEs use native controls. Wishful thinking - they don't! They usually do, but not always :-) Moreover, you have a choice to do so in cases where it is important to use the less

[Lazarus] Dropdown File list in Source Editor

2012-03-19 Thread Giuliano Colla
Hi, until a few revisions ago, the dropdown list of files which is shown right-clicking on the editor tabs, would show an asterisk beside modified files, which now has disappeared, at least in Linux. This was very useful, because one could quickly return to the file under editing, after

Re: [Lazarus] Dropdown File list in Source Editor

2012-03-19 Thread michael . vancanneyt
On Mon, 19 Mar 2012, Giuliano Colla wrote: Hi, until a few revisions ago, the dropdown list of files which is shown right-clicking on the editor tabs, would show an asterisk beside modified files, which now has disappeared, at least in Linux. This was very useful, because one could

Re: [Lazarus] Dropdown File list in Source Editor

2012-03-19 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
On 19 March 2012 13:57, michael.va...wrote: If the above is correct, then a +1 from me, because the * is something I rely on... The * has now been replaced by the more popular ' ' (space) character. ;-) PS; What about colour coding the tabs. A modified file makes the tab a different

Re: [Lazarus] Dropdown File list in Source Editor

2012-03-19 Thread zeljko
On Monday 19 of March 2012 14:10:21 Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: On 19 March 2012 13:57, michael.va...wrote: If the above is correct, then a +1 from me, because the * is something I rely on... The * has now been replaced by the more popular ' ' (space) character. ;-) PS; What about

Re: [Lazarus] Dropdown File list in Source Editor

2012-03-19 Thread Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho
2012/3/19 zeljko zel...@holobit.net: Not all ws supports changing tab color. Maybe all supports tab font changes I think that the * is better then font changing. For me it clearly identifies with changes while a font change could mean anything. -- Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho --

Re: [Lazarus] Dropdown File list in Source Editor

2012-03-19 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
2012/3/19 zeljko zel...@holobit.net: Not all ws supports changing tab color. Maybe all supports tab font changes I thought the tab control used in the editor was a custom drawn control? [so popup menus, x close button per tab, tab alignment etc. could be available in all platforms] --

Re: [Lazarus] Dropdown File list in Source Editor

2012-03-19 Thread zeljko
On Monday 19 of March 2012 14:43:47 Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: 2012/3/19 zeljko zel...@holobit.net: Not all ws supports changing tab color. Maybe all supports tab font changes I thought the tab control used in the editor was a custom drawn control? [so popup menus, x close button per tab,

Re: [Lazarus] Dropdown File list in Source Editor

2012-03-19 Thread Sven Barth
Am 19.03.2012 14:43, schrieb Graeme Geldenhuys: 2012/3/19 zeljkozel...@holobit.net: Not all ws supports changing tab color. Maybe all supports tab font changes I thought the tab control used in the editor was a custom drawn control? [so popup menus, x close button per tab, tab alignment

Re: [Lazarus] Dropdown File list in Source Editor

2012-03-19 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
On 19 March 2012 15:51, zeljko zeljko@... wrote: No, SE tab control is native handle. Umm, who made that clever decision! I don't think I know of a single IDE (except now for Lazarus IDE) that uses a native tab control in the IDE editor screen. IDE's need more visual functionality than

Re: [Lazarus] Dropdown File list in Source Editor

2012-03-19 Thread Vincent Snijders
Op 19 maart 2012 15:09 heeft Graeme Geldenhuys graemeg.li...@gmail.com het volgende geschreven: On 19 March 2012 15:51, zeljko zeljko@... wrote: No, SE tab control is native handle. Umm, who made that clever decision! Indeed, so clever, that -until you were told- you didn't notice the fact

Re: [Lazarus] Dropdown File list in Source Editor

2012-03-19 Thread Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho
On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 3:09 PM, Graeme Geldenhuys graemeg.li...@gmail.com wrote: Umm, who made that clever decision! Until some months ago there was no custom drawn TCDPageControl in the LCL, so there was no decision to be made. On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 3:33 PM, Vincent Snijders

Re: [Lazarus] Dropdown File list in Source Editor

2012-03-19 Thread Mattias Gaertner
On Mon, 19 Mar 2012 12:53:40 +0100 Giuliano Colla giuliano.co...@fastwebnet.it wrote: Hi, until a few revisions ago, the dropdown list of files which is shown right-clicking on the editor tabs, would show an asterisk beside modified files, which now has disappeared, at least in Linux.

Re: [Lazarus] Dropdown File list in Source Editor

2012-03-19 Thread Mattias Gaertner
On Mon, 19 Mar 2012 17:25:10 +0100 Mattias Gaertner nc-gaert...@netcologne.de wrote: On Mon, 19 Mar 2012 12:53:40 +0100 Giuliano Colla giuliano.co...@fastwebnet.it wrote: Hi, until a few revisions ago, the dropdown list of files which is shown right-clicking on the editor tabs,

Re: [Lazarus] Dropdown File list in Source Editor

2012-03-19 Thread Giuliano Colla
Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho ha scritto: On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 3:09 PM, Graeme Geldenhuys graemeg.li...@gmail.com wrote: Umm, who made that clever decision! Until some months ago there was no custom drawn TCDPageControl in the LCL, so there was no decision to be made. On Mon, Mar 19, 2012

Re: [Lazarus] Dropdown File list in Source Editor

2012-03-19 Thread Giuliano Colla
Mattias Gaertner ha scritto: On Mon, 19 Mar 2012 17:25:10 +0100 Mattias Gaertner nc-gaert...@netcologne.de wrote: On Mon, 19 Mar 2012 12:53:40 +0100 Giuliano Colla giuliano.co...@fastwebnet.it wrote: Hi, until a few revisions ago, the dropdown list of files which is shown right-clicking on

Re: [Lazarus] Dropdown File list in Source Editor

2012-03-19 Thread Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho
On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 7:52 PM, Giuliano Colla giuliano.co...@fastwebnet.it wrote: I was musing on the need to implement CD OpenFile/OpenDirectory dialogs. My plan is to have various dialog options: 1-Generic open/save/sel dir dialogs for mobile applications in the unit lazdialogs.pas (those

Re: [Lazarus] Dropdown File list in Source Editor

2012-03-19 Thread Hans-Peter Diettrich
Graeme Geldenhuys schrieb: On 19 March 2012 15:51, zeljko zeljko@... wrote: No, SE tab control is native handle. Umm, who made that clever decision! I don't think I know of a single IDE (except now for Lazarus IDE) that uses a native tab control in the IDE editor screen. IMO Delphi and all