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lazarus · 2014-06

  1. Option hints popup truncated

    The popup with the hints for the arguments to a function is sometimes truncated: it is too short to display the contents, and the contents is cut off halfway the popup.…

    Michael Van Canneyt, Bart, John Landmesser
    14
  2. Accessibility of Lazarus

    Hi all. I'm Greg from Poland, a blind computer user and programmer. Looking for an advanced multi-platform framework to work with FPC, the Lazarus seems obvious choice,…

    Grzegorz Zlotowicz, Bart, Hans-Peter Diettrich
    8
  3. Lazarus & MX-14

    I am currently testing Lazarus 1.2.2 on MX-14, a light version of Linux developed from Antix. We have 1.2.2 in the MX testing repository and will probably update to…

    Gordon Cooper, GordonC, Michael Van Ham
    5
  4. Lazarus on Udoo quad (ARM device) ?

    I am having some difficulty getting Lazarus installed on an Udoo SBC (ARM device). I installed "lubuntu 12.04 LTS armHF based" from here: http://www.udoo.org/downloads/…

    Anthony Tekatch, Corpsman, Paul Breneman
    15
  5. nonlcl basic issue: is codetools LCL dependent?

    Hi Lazarus wizards and magicians, I'm trying to figure how to face my nonlcl widgetset project. Before tampering with Lazarus code, I tried to gain a better…

    Giuliano Colla, Graeme Geldenhuys, Hans-Peter Diettrich
    125
  6. EpikTimer v1.0.1 released

    I've spoken to Tom and he agreed. We moved the EpikTimer repository to Github. The Lazarus-CCR version will be deleted by Tom in due time. I applied some of my changes…

    Graeme Geldenhuys, Hans-Peter Diettrich, Henry Vermaak
    69
  7. LazUtils - TProcessUTF8 - UTF8 Parameters issue

    Can anyone confirm if TProcessUTF8 handles unicode parameters under windows? I'm using Win 8 64bit/Laz 32 bit trunk/FPC Trunk. I'm struggling here with no unicode…

    Michael Thompson, Bart, Reinier Olislagers
    5
  8. Source Editor enhancement mini-patch

    Lazarus IDE is IMO so superior to Delphi's that any comparison would be unfair. However there's a Delphi IDE small feature which I miss when using Lazarus: a quick mouse…

    Giuliano Colla, FreeMan, Graeme Geldenhuys
    20
  9. LazUtils - UTF8Process.pp - CommandLine/ApplicationName not deprecated

    In Process.pp several properties are marked deprecated (ApplicationName and CommandLine). This tells me they're going to disappear one day, though I suspect not soon. …

    Michael Thompson
    0
  10. 3D "desktop" written in Lazarus

    This is a follow-up on a previous question RE OpenGL components for Lazarus. In addition to learning openGL,what I really want to do is write a 3D desktop environment…

    Chavoux Luyt, Paul Breneman, Reinier Olislagers
    4
  11. Retina Font Rendering not working anymore in Lazarus Trunk

    I realized a few weeks ago that fonts inside of lazarus started to look ugly again on my Macbook Pro Retina, it seems that even though the App has the retina flag set…

    Michael Ring, Joost van der Sluis, zeljko
    4
  12. PoChecker possible cosmetical patch

    Hi, I have made improvement for PoChecker package/app for lazarus. I'm sending screenshot and asking if do you think it is usefull.... If yes, I'll export patches from…

    Václav Valíček, Bart, Marco van de Voort
    10
  13. App

    I have an Linux app, it has over 76k lines of code, 78 Forms and uses threads. After I close the app, it always crashes in function TScreen.GetCustomFormsZOrdered(Index:…

    Petr Hlozek, Hans-Peter Diettrich, Mattias Gaertner
    5
  14. Lazarus project and git workflow

    if two or more developers work on a project, they sometimes edit the same form. Git can't solve the changes and you have to do it by hand. Even it's better to use the…

    Petr Hlozek, Graeme Geldenhuys, Václav Valíček
    2
  15. Split Source Editor window

    ? today I read IT news and there is announcement of the new release of Eclipse (version 4.4 Luna). One of the mentioned news is ability to split editor window vertically…

    Vojtěch Čihák, Mattias Gaertner, Michael Van Canneyt
    2
  16. IDE bug handling translations?

    in the last few days, (I can't tell exactly since which revision it happens) I get an "Invalid argument index" in some translated IDE dialogs, such as the dialog which…

    Giuliano Colla, Juha Manninen, Mattias Gaertner
    20
  17. Probbably unused resourcestring. Can I delete it?

    I'm trying to do small revolution in resourcestrings. In package codetools, I have found resourcestring, which does not occur in whole lazarus repo. Can I delete it?…

    Václav Valíček, Mattias Gaertner
    1
  18. fpspreadsheet 1.2 has been released

    (Cross-posted to FPC & Lazarus lists) We're pleased to announce that fpspreadsheet 1.2 has been released. Changes since previous 1.1: fpSpreadsheetGrid:…

    Reinier Olislagers, Michael Van Canneyt
    1
  19. Lazreport of master-detail

    I got a strange problem when I show a Lazreport of a master-detail relationship. If the master-table contains an odd number of items, the report is OK. If it contains an…

    Koenraad Lelong, Jesus Reyes, Reinier Olislagers
    4
  20. Color selector using non-default theme/style in GTK2

    Hi List. I have been playing around with my XFCE desktop recently and changed my theme/style from the default to using dark colors. Almost all windows in Lazarus play…

    Torsten Bonde Christiansen, Mattias Gaertner, Vojtěch Čihák
    2
  21. New feature: Auto complete class interfaces methods

    The refactoring tool 'Abstract Methods' now supports 'class interfaces' too. For example: Add an interface like IUnknown to a class and position the source editor caret…

    Mattias Gaertner, Marcos Douglas, Torsten Bonde Christiansen
    2
  22. map file check

    I was browsing my project?s map file and came across something that I found odd. There are several files that the linker is not removing although they have 0 references…

    Chris Crori
    0
  23. on new project inspector

    umachid.pas why not in project option? where is "open project source" or I was forget "view project source" menu item? added dblclick open lpr file in source editor. are…

    FreeMan, Reinier Olislagers
    1
  24. Using Classes Generated by Lazarus Database Desktop

    I'm building the second iteration of a desktop application which uses SQLite3, and rather than hard-coding SQL Queries as I did in the initial version, I'd like to use…

    Jack Linke, Graeme Geldenhuys
    1
  25. Using TFieldMap - Is there a replacement?

    The Free Pascal docs say TFieldMap isn't used anymore, but it doesn't say why it's no longer used or what it has been replaced with…

    Jack Linke, Michael Van Canneyt
    1
  26. USB communications UPDATE

    I misstated to parameters - the devise is expecting serial communications, and I have a USB->RS232 adaptor. So the program can look at the port as a RS232 port (coms…

    Chris Kelling, Michael Schnell, Paul Breneman
    2
  27. Need testers: project inspector drag drop

    The project inspector editor now supports multi selection. For example delete multiple files or set properties. You can now copy or move files via drag and drop to other…

    Mattias Gaertner, Sven Barth
    1
  28. Fatal: Compilation aborted (in gtk widget set)

    kubuntu 14.04 x64 command line is: without or with "bigide" make PREFIX=/opt clean all OPT="-dEnableCompInfoWnd" gtk-x11-2.0 this library not in repository, I was add…

    FreeMan, Mattias Gaertner
    2
  29. Paint over TEdit control

    Is it possible to paint over TEdit control? I need this for windows and linux (qt, gtk). For now I need only draw text Regards. -------------- next part --------------…

    Krzysztof, Graeme Geldenhuys, Hans-Peter Diettrich
    8
  30. question and suggestion

    Question is, why lazarus profile folder is hidden? hide from whom? I'm talk about linux, I don't know other platform, not sure but osx same too, hidden folder. profile…

    FreeMan, Martin Frb, Reinier Olislagers
    8
  31. New Messages window

    Some central parts of the IDE have been rewritten: the whole messages window and all code that runs external tools (e.g. the compiler), including the fpc and 'make'…

    Mattias Gaertner, FreeMan, Jesus Reyes
    25
  32. USB communications

    I have an idea for a project, and need to access some hardware via the USB port. Is there a library or procedure/function to communicate with the port? The device is…

    Chris Kelling
    0
  33. cairocanvas_pkg compatibility issue

    after fighting some time for compiling Lazarus bigide under CentOs 5, I found that the villain in cairocanvas_pkg. Lazreports pulls in Printers4lazarus, which in turn…

    Giuliano Colla
    0
  34. Errors while linking

    Hi People, while trying to compile an app that uses BGRabitmap I've got many linking errors when compiling with debugging information enabled. I'm using Lazarus and FPC…

    Leonardo M. Ramé, Mattias Gaertner, Reinier Olislagers
    4
  35. TComboBox listbox width

    what do I have to do to increase the listbox width of comboboxes depending on item widths? As expected the Windows specific method I used with Delphi no longer works…

    Frank Poretzky
    0
  36. Resource strings and newline

    Could somebody please explain what happens when there is #13#10 in a resource string. See issue http://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=26343 and a note:…

    Juha Manninen, Mattias Gaertner, Michael Van Canneyt
    23
  37. Win32 postgres unit compilation error

    I have found out that the postgres unit in Lazarus(I have tested with 1.2.0 and 1.2.4 versions) will cause compilation errors on Windows, but will work fine in Linux.…

    Allan E. Registos, Péter Gábor
    2
  38. TBitmap and pixel format

    I am trying to get raw data of image to use it as texture. (Lazarus/windows 32 bits) basically I wrote some stuff like that pict := TPicture.create; try…

    Philippe, Mattias Gaertner
    4
  39. Mac Finder context menu extension

    Are there any samples for how to extend the context menu of Finder on a Mac? Or are there any classes by now, which can do this platform-independent? CA

    CA Gorski
    0
  40. copy from Topenglcontext

    Is it possible to copy the content of OpenGLContext to the clipboard? How can be done? Andrea

    Andrea Mauri, Anton Kavalenka, Corpsman
    5
  41. Need testers: package editor

    The package editor now supports multi selection. For example delete multiple files or set properties. You can now copy or move files via drag and drop between package…

    Mattias Gaertner, Sven Barth
    2
  42. Rev 45566 doesn't compile

    A "make clean bigide" leads to: Environment: Linux 2.6.18-371 Widgetset gtk2 fpc 2.6.2 (need to upgrade to fpc 2.6.4?) Giuliano

    Giuliano Colla, Václav Valíček
    2
  43. Gdb and openocd via lazarus

    Hi folks I remember a while ago Michael ring had someway of modified version of Lazarus to connect to gdb spawned from a openocd session , is this still possible? I am…

    Justin Smyth, Koenraad Lelong, Martin Schreiber
    15
  44. to Mattias, about bug #0026341

    Bug #0026341 need check one more. I was write, open project option dialog and directly click to ok button and IDE lock. Sorry my mistake, I didn't check try change…

    FreeMan, Reinier Olislagers
    1
  45. Memo - scroll to caret position

    Hi. I set Memo.CaretPos and I want to scroll memo to be caret visible. I found some solution in windows: Perform(EM_SCROLLCARET, 0, 0); But how to solve it in Linux and…

    Petr Kristan
    0
  46. Lazarus 1.2.4 Release

    The Lazarus team is glad to announce the release of Lazarus 1.2.4. This release was built with fpc 2.6.4. The previous release 1.2.2 was built with 2.6.4 too, the…

    Mattias Gaertner
    0
  47. nonlcl design basic issue

    looking further into nonlcl designer, a very basic question arose to me. My custom widget designer must be aware of my custom widgetset, otherwise it would be unable to…

    Giuliano Colla, Mattias Gaertner
    4
  48. Can't compile SVN Lazarus, missing lislazbuildisnoninteractive

    Missing line: lazarusidestrconsts.lislazbuildisnoninteractiveabortingnow='%s%s%s%slazbu'+ in lazarusidestrconsts.rst is causing following error when building Lazarus…

    Juraj Pekar, Mattias Gaertner
    1
  49. when start Compile, IDE locking everything

    I'm try some code, get from lnet example. copy folder to different folder, and change some path and code. project work any error, just click compile or shift + f9 IDE…

    FreeMan, Mattias Gaertner
    5
  50. Lazarus-CCR - mplayer package

    Does anyone have long term plans for the development and the design of the mplayer package? If so, can they send me details? I've spent a few days now playing with it,…

    Michael Thompson, Mattias Gaertner
    3