Hi,

Is there a way to modify the standard “file -> new unit” code template that is used? Or is what we see hard-coded into the Lazarus IDE executable?

I'm using Lazarus 1.7 r52715 FPC 2.6.4 x86_64-linux-gtk 2

Regards,
Graeme

Hi, Is there a way to modify the standard “file -> new unit” code template that is used? Or is what we see hard-coded into the Lazarus IDE executable?

Right click in the IDE coolbar on the "New unit" button to select another template.
A package can register other templates.

Mattias

Mattias Gaertner wrote

Right click in the IDE coolbar on the "New unit" button to select another template.

I meant I want to modify the code that Lazarus IDE gives once I click “File -> New Unit”. I don't want a completely different template. eg: this is the default I see now...

====================
unit Unit1;
{$mode objfpc}{$H+}
interface
uses
  Classes, SysUtils;
implementation
end.
===================

I want to change that so the default has difference uses clauses, defines the text encoding of the source file etc. Where does the above code come from? Hard-coded?

eg:
MSEide has a ‘templates’ folder where all such auto-generated code is defined. Nothing is hard-coded in the MSEide executable. From your answer I assume Lazarus doesn’t do anything like this, and instead hard-codes such default unit templates. :-/

A package can register other templates.

I'll wait on your reply before I delve into this.

Regards,
Graeme

[...] I want to change that so the default has difference uses clauses, defines the text encoding of the source file etc. Where does the above code come from? Hard-coded?

Yes, components/ideintf/projectintf.pas TFileDescPascalUnit It creates the code from various IDE options and packages can define their descendants to replace whole or parts.

It should be easy to add a "user unit" template, that loads the source from a file and replaces some macros.

Mattias