Hi,

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' output parser and all quick fixes.

You can enable it by compiling clean with -dEnableNewExtTools.

Highlights:
- external tool is now run in a thread. And so is the biggest part of the parser.
- the IDE now passes -vbq (message ids and full file names) to the compiler.
- Messages window now uses a special control:
every tool output is now clearly separated by a header line
- the control can handle much bigger outputs, so you can compile with more verbosity
- the popup menu of the messages window has new items:
- The IDE now knows where each message came from and what tool has created them. For example you can see the reason why a package was compiled and the parameters via the "About" menu item.
- the fpc parser uses the message ids, the errore.msg file and the translated error*.msg file
- you can switch between English and translation at any time
- you can search in messages window
- you can filter for message types and urgency (hint, note, warn ...)
- choose file names styles (short, relative, full)
- you can change the colors in Tools / Options / Messages
- when you insert/delete text in the source editor the messages are now updated in line *and* column number.
- the source editor shows marks: on left gutter an icon, on right gutter a small rectangle and the token is underlined with a wave.
- right clicking on the left gutter icon will show the quick fixes

Here is a short list of the built in quick fixes:
http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Lazarus_IDE_Tools#Quick_Fixes

Mattias

I am *very* impressed. This will really speed up coding.

Great job !

Michael.

Mmm... sounds delicious. Will svn up soon.

Mattias Gaertner wrote

WOW! Great job!!

Marcos Douglas

I get:
E:\fpc-laz-trunk\lazarus\components\sqldb\registersqldb.pas(430,21) Error: identifier idents no member "AddMsg"
E:\fpc-laz-trunk\lazarus\components\sqldb\registersqldb.pas(481,21) Error: identifier idents no member "BeginBlock"
...
I build ALL with clean all.

2014-06-05 17:55 GMT+02:00 Mattias Gaertner :

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Hello,
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very nice. It compiles and works well on Qt r.45357 with FPC 2.7.1.? ______________________________________________________________

- Messages window now uses a special control:
?every tool output is now clearly separated by a header line
- the control can handle much bigger outputs, so you can compile with ?more verbosity
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It is a new visual control ?
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Vojt?ch

The sqldb package did not use the IDEBuildOption macro. I added it now, so it should work now.

Mattias

It is a new visual control ?

Yes.
It is not in a package, so you can not use it outside the IDE.

Mattias

Same problem with macroscript?

.../components/macroscript/emscriptmacro.pas(306,27) Error: identifier
idents no member "AddMsg"
emscriptmacro.pas(324,27) Error: identifier idents no member "AddMsg"

Colin

Nice work,

what I found for now is:
1. problem with tooltip, only shows after the first mouseover until I use mouse scroll or leave message window.
2. it would be nice if you can refill window after resize messages window.
3. keyboard shortcut (ESC) for close "Find bar" can be useful

and last thing that I always want, "messages window" always on top when you click on message and jump to code (I often work with a partially visible msg. window).

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[...] emscriptmacro.pas(324,27) Error: identifier idents no member "AddMsg"

I added IDEBuildOptions to editormacroscript.lpk.
Should work now.

Mattias

[...] 2. it would be nice if you can refill window after resize messages window.

What do you mean with refill?

Mattias

Refresh, when the window is small (height) and a lot of messages is in it, and then when you resize/enlarged (height) window then the window is mostly blank, only messages visible before is still there (at top), when I just click on the scrollbar everything will fill properly entire window.

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Fixed.

2. it would be nice if you can refill window after resize messages window.

Scrollbar was not updated on resize. Fixed.

3. keyboard shortcut (ESC) for close "Find bar" can be useful

Good idea. Done.

and last thing that I always want, "messages window" always on top when you click on message and jump to code (I often work with a partially visible msg. window).

I remember some other people had asked that too long time ago. I added that option Context menu / Options / Window stay on top. Please test.

Mattias

Another error when compiling with FPC trunk:

jcfidemain.pas(275,17) Error: identifier idents no member "AddMsg" jcfidemain.pas(278,17) Error: identifier idents no member "AddMsg" jcfidemain.pas(306) Fatal: There were 2 errors compiling module, stopping TExternalToolList.Run Exception:
D:\dev\lazarus\components\jcf2\IdePlugin\lazarus\jcfidemain.pas(306) Fatal: There were 2 errors compiling module, stopping

Regards,

Dirk.

I added the IDEBuildOptions to jcf.
It should work now.

Mattias

2014-06-06 0:04 GMT+02:00 Mattias Gaertner :

Thnaks Mattias,

Nice, now when I compile a large project and switch to another window (eg firefox) I can keep an eye on the process of compiling. And is still a problem with the highlight message (also in the old version). When I click on some message highlight is almost not visible (only border), only
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[...] Nice, now when I compile a large project and switch to another window (eg firefox) I can keep an eye on the process of compiling.

ok, so fsStayOnTop works.

It uses the LCL theme drawing for ttItemSelected and ttItemSelectedNotFocus.
Under OS x and Linux/gtk2 I see my theme drawing.
How do selected elements look in other applications?

Mattias

Sounds really great !

-Michael

It looks fine in Linux/Qt.
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http://s26.postimg.org/4eex19sll/newmessages.png
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Vojt?ch?
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Under OS x and Linux/gtk2 I see my theme drawing.
How do selected elements look in other applications?

Mattias

2014-06-06 9:27 GMT+02:00 Mattias Gaertner :

Yes, the same as here, maybe it would be better not use ttItemSelectedNotFocus ?
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Why not ? Because of bug or unimplemented feature in widgetset ? btw. what's your widgetset ?

zeljko

Impressive list!

However, weblaz failed to compile as -dEnableNewExtTools did not propagate to the package. Is there a way to force it (override ;) ) short of including it in the package's options?

Stephano

[...] However, weblaz failed to compile as -dEnableNewExtTools did not propagate to the package. Is there a way to force it (override ;) ) short of including it in the package's options?

Yes, see here:
http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/IDE_Window:_Compiler_Options#Add_a_flag_to_project_and_all_packages

Mattias

This is for regular projects, and I use this feature extensively. However, weblaz is a design and runtime package and hence is installed in the ide. So the problem is how to let the ide force -dEnableNewExtTools as the failure occurs when rebuilding the IDE.

Thanks,
Stephano

Patch that simply overrides existing options is in bugtracker http://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=26291

edit: Oh I see Mattias already saw it...

See the note at the end.
Move the option up.

Note: Eventually the "Stored in IDE" options and the "Configure Build Lazarus" options should be merged.

Mattias

He has just fixed it indeed. Thanks!

Stephano

I found an issue: Sub-menu of popmenu item Filter non urgent messages ... It is - in fact - a radio group but it draws a check boxes on the left. But Lazarus (or at least Qt) is capable to draw radio-circles. It requires for those items:
- set non-zero GroupIndex
- set RadioItem to True
- set all items AutoCheck = True
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ShowAlwaysCheckable seems not required here.
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Vojt?ch?
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- the popup menu of the messages window has new items:

So the IDE itself is included in the * group of the 'Stored in IDE' options. Does the IDE have a specific project name such as 'lazarus' in order to apply options specific to the IDE and not to user projects?

Note: Eventually the "Stored in IDE" options and the "Configure Build Lazarus" options should be merged.

Is it possible to have this implemented, but with the IDE having its own 'project options' (the same as regular projects)?

Stephano

Not yet.

That is the goal. Yes.

Mattias

Done

Mattias

Great!

Stephano

I get this error after update svn

./lazbuild --ws=qt --pcp=~/.lazarus --build-all --recursive --quiet --skip-dependencies --build-ide=

Note: renamed file "/opt/lazarus/lazarus" to "/opt/lazarus/lazarus.old" Build IDE: stopped with exit code 512
TLazBuildApplication.BuildLazarusIDE: Building IDE failed. Failed building Lazarus IDE

[FIXED]
problem on Indy 10.x component, I was install for test it, It builded and installed. ./lazbuild not give info, problem or build success. I was lucky at this time, 'cos found problem on my first try. I uninstall indy 10 package and rebuild IDE

this lines, last two lines from ./lazbuild no info, is finished? has error? just has not failed

Note: deleted backup "/opt/lazarus/lazarus.old"
Note: renamed file "/opt/lazarus/lazarus" to "/opt/lazarus/lazarus.old"

06-06-2014 17:59 tarihinde, FreeMan yazd?:

Switch Filter Settings->"Create Filter" message box don't break when Cancel button pressed (InputBox/InputQuery).

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Switch Filter Settings->"Create Filter" message box don't break when Cancel button pressed (InputBox/InputQuery).

Fixed.

Mattias

This is the exit code from the compiler.
That should not happen.
Either there is a bug in compiler or there is something wrong with the TProcess parameters.
How did you start lazbuild? From some script?

Mattias

07-06-2014 23:29 tarihinde, Mattias Gaertner yazd?:

How did you start lazbuild? From some script?

usually in sctipt, if I see abnormal result, I try one more manually, some times for fallow, ">log.txt" copy results to text file and look in

This is the exit code from the compiler. That should not happen.

Maybe, if lazbuild can hold error (try except etc.), after terminate can writeln last packet name , or file, if its possible line too.

07-06-2014 23:29 tarihinde, Mattias Gaertner yazd?:

How did you start lazbuild? From some script? Mattias

hehe "I maked up my mind." This been very good, thank you. I follow commits feed of svn's, log message and changed code. If you not angry me :) I have one more suggestion too :) --verbose and --quiet parameter has it,
--verbose can write all detail.
--quiet just error(s) can write
without booth this params just normal, just package name or without detail can write

(power of vote) :D

There was a bug, that lazbuild did not write the output. I fixed that.

Mattias

You are welcome.

You can pass multiple verbose/quiet to increase/decrease the verbosity level. A --quiet --verbose will now reset the verbosity.

Mattias