lazarus · 2012-08
- Lazarus and Free Pascal downloads plummeting on SourceForge21
Over the years I have occasionally checked the increase in downloads of both Lazarus and Free Pascal on SourceForge, but for some reason the download rates of both…
- Block indent config15
I have struggled with this already multiple times but it strikes me again and again: After installing a fresh Lazarus build (I think that's the cause) suddenly Ctrl+I…
- TSQLDBLibraryLoader committed for SQLDB4
After recent discussions about which library to load when loading DB client libraries, I changed the default names for Firebird, MySQL, Postgres. araminta:…
- Help: Multithreading7
I hope that someone can help me understand a little bit better on how to work with threads in Lazarus. I am still learning so please forgive my ignorance in any matter…
- Delphi post-XE3 roadmap82
If you have not seen it, users of Delphi XE2 may be interested to read Delphi Product Manager JT's blog about what Embarcadero are working on for native Android and iOS…
- Alternatives to WinCE (Windows Mobile)25
Seems that there is not much support/users of WinCE-Lazarus so I was just pondering what are the options on here... 1. Could QT with Lazarus be viable option to get more…
- KOL-CE - can't compile empty project2
First, KOL 2.80.3 from wiki can't install on stable Lazarus 1.0 FPC 2.6.0. I fixed this source (it referenced to old lazarus editor name). But now I have problem with…
- lcl.chm+lhelp: index contains GetPart, Searching fails2
If I open lcl.chm (Laz 1.0 version) in trunk lhelp, I can type getpart in the index tab and find GetPart. However, searching in the Search tab for getpart or GetPart…
- Lazarus 1.0 Release43
The Lazarus team is glad to announce the release of: Lazarus 1.0 At this important stage the current team would like to thank all the past and current people who were…
- Reporting help not found problems5
Reinier just reported a problem with F1 not finding anything for "result" although it is documented (http://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=22754). There are other…
- Lazarus IDE v0.5 - a blast from the past (Alexsander Rosa)7
According to the Wikipedia article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazarus_(IDE) ) the oldest version was 0.9.4, but the version table here begins with the first…
- What happened with make LCL_PLATFORM?13
I always updated source from svn and then build lazarus by "make LCL_PLATFORM=gtk2" but now this command doesn't work. I get error: "The Makefile doesn't support target…
- Lazarus IDE v0.5 - a blast from the past4
http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/File:KDE_0_5.png Wow, things have surely changed for the better since then. :-) G.
- Components dcu?18
Hi guys I remember reading a long time ago that Lazarus has to be rebuilt whenever a new component is added. I know that this is not necessary in Delphi. Can someone…
- Same package, different name: Synapse and PL_Synapse4
CodeTyphon BIGIDE installs a "pl_synapse" package. It's a SVN version from the day they packed it. My software uses another package (ACBr) that uses "synapse", also a SVN
- LazUTF82
Hi all. Got a problem while compiling a project. Since I made some changes to it, the project does not compile anymore. It's a shared library for linux x64, on OpenSuse…
- Policy regarding HTML messages28
What is the policy with regards to HTML messages in this mailing list? I find it very annoying when messages to mailing lists are in HTML - this seems to be the general…
- no announcement about 1.0 final release?1
Just saw it by accident and wonder why I don't see anything in the headlines of all the IT magazines all over the place?
- GTK2: Drag files to other applications (to the file manager, Thunar, Nautilus, etc)42
I am trying to get drag and drop to work but I am not an expert with all this low level GTK2 api. In the end I want to be able to drag files from my application to the…
- Can't find unit process used by RegisterFCL3
I even compiled the most current version of FPC and deleted and re-downloaded the svn trunk. But still I get (since about two weeks), when do make clean all Compiling…
- Lazarus 1.0 release candidate 2 available for download20
The Lazarus team is glad to announce that Lazarus 1.0RC is available for download at the SourceForge download page: http://sourceforge.net/projects/lazarus/files/ Choose…
- Trackbar - how go to mouse click position?4
I'm using TTrackBar component. I can change position by moving mouse but how to go to position where mouse is clicked? When I do this, track position is moving only by…
- Replicating Microsoft's AlphaBlend function with Cairo2
How can I stretch draw an area of a gdk pixbuf to a cairo surface with a user defined opacity? I am trying to write a cross platform interface for working with bitmaps…
- IDE invocation of lhelp, probable endianness issue8
On Linux running on either SPARC or PPC, trying to invoke context-sensitive help (i.e. F1 key over a keyword) fails with a dialogue e.g. "Unknown error showing…
- Is this a bug in LCL or in the FPC heap manager (backtrace inside)1
When AllowDropFiles is true and dragging files from the same application (to itself) this happens: It works flawlessly if I use cmem. Its crashing at the very end of…
- Console output from RC1 and RC2 from svn2
When starting Lazarus from a shell on Linux (x86 etc.) or Solaris, I'm still seeing a large amount of console output. Is this an intended feature, or is there a…
- Test for html formatting3
Is it ok now ? There's another html setting in kmail (when composing message in menu Options, and that was "On" ... I've never enabled it so don't know why it was…
- Lazarus CGI MySQLConn51 remote database administration via SSH0
I am developing and CGI application with Lazarus in a Linux 64bit environment. I am trying to program my application to connect to a remote MySQL database. I am able to…
- LHelp doesn't scroll1
Unlike in Delphi, If I click on a component in Lazarus 1.0 RC 2 and then tap F1, nothing happens. The only way I can bring up help is to type the full component name…
- Delphi converter scanning the parent directory for unit files3
Hi There was discussion about the background scanning thread that runs automatically when the converter's settings dialog is shown. It is true that the user must have…
- Lazarus assembler debug window format5
Is there a way to see the assembler debug window in Intel format instead of AT&T? It seems the code is always displayed in AT&T syntax. Tried in Win32/Win64, latest SVN…
- Any FPC/Lazarus success stories on Nokia N9?3
Hi FPC & Lazarus lists (crossposted), Just wondering if anybody has compiled FPC, Lazarus, or fpgui applications on Nokia's N9 smartphone. Presumably the N900…
- Pointer woes when trying to port a Delphi program3
I'm trying to port a Delphi program to Lazarus, although I'm redoing the interface from scratch. Without getting into to much detail about what the program does, it…
- LazFreeType and documentation4
I'm reading the changes of Lazarus 1.0 (and preparing a post about it as well). I read about LazFreeType. On the wiki: http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/LazFreeType it…
- TNativeDragSource component [Was: GTK2: Drag files to other applications (to the file manager, Thunar, Nautilus, etc)]0
I have made a github repository: https://github.com/prof7bit/NativeDragDrop I have renamed it because I plan to also make it work with more than only files (I have…
- Lazarus 1.0 RC1 from svn, various platforms3
Apologies in advance: these are rather stream-of-consciousness and might be a couple of days out of date due to the slowness of some of my development systems. Generally…
- html control from turbopower_ipro that comes with lazarus2
There is no Lines or Items property and the example programs only show how to load a html file. I can't find any documentation. But how can this control be used like…
- Re: Compilar para Win322
Still trying Linux64 -> Linux32, the error now is: ld: cannot find -lgdk_pixbuf-2.0 The greatest secret of the Universe: append ":i386" to ANY "apt-get install" and…
- Question about fcl-web Request's Handled variable4
As I'm looking for a way to handle Cookies in an automatic/global way, instead of checking for cookie existence in every action request, I was looking into…
- My Lazarus Dream: Cross Compile Linux64 -> Linux32 on Ubuntu 12.044
Is it even possible? I've seen rumours of people doing this, but every tutorial I've tried failed. My /etc/fpc.cfg is now an alphabet soup, my apt-get system is a mess…
- AMD quad core + multi-threading + GDB issues1
Over in the MSEgui mailing list somebody mentioned that they have major issues with GDB on a quad core AMD system, using multi-threading. I told that person that I use…
- Lazarus 1.0 RC1 on x86-64 Solaris1
If anybody has access to an x86-64 Solaris system, please could they do a test build of Lazarus and then test the documentation build using make chmdocs etc. On SPARC…
- StringGrid: Fix cells that are editable?0
In a StringGrid is it possible to fix cells but still allow them to be editable (as in Excel)? For example, when I set FixedCols and FixedRows to 2 then I cannot edit…
- LongMonthNames locale2
Hi I need to get the list of month names in Spanish, but I'm getting it in English, is it possible to automatically populate LongMonthNames array without doing it by…
- New cross platform library and test application2
Hey guys, I've been getting back into using FPC+Lazarus again (along with Android development). In that endeavor I've started a simple/clean/unit tested open source…
- What to use instead of Delphi's RichEdit component?6
Strangely, this popular and useful component seems to be missing from Lazarus. Why? A. G.
- The forum and forms, and accidental reloads.1
Does anyone have an idea? I am using firefox. If I fill out any form on any website (including textfields) and I accidental navigate away (e.g.) browser back) then I can…
- Merge setup dialog and options dialog?32
The setup dialog that appears when you start Lazarus with e.g. the compiler set to a non-existent file and the options dialog cover the same settings and overlap a lot.…
- [ANN] Notepad++ plugin template/demo1
If you use the free Notepad++ text editor, you might have wanted to write a plugin for that in FPC/Lazarus. Ludo and I have ported over the Delphi "Hello World" template…
- Lazarus shortcuts conflict with windows shortcuts50
I saw that quite a lot of keyboard shortcuts in Lazarus use Ctrl+Alt combos. On Windows this is not a good idea because (system wide) user shortcuts for programs on the…