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Re: Pakage Fresnel on IDE (Carlos Gonzaga) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2025 08:19:26 -0300 From: Carlos Gonzaga To: Lazarus mailing list Subject: Re: [Lazarus] Pakage Fresnel on IDE Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > It's sufficient to open these packages just once, and then the lazarus IDE will know where they are and > you can use them. So, I already updated it using the link mentioned, but during installation I get an error: fresnel.lcl.pas(929,6) Error: Identifier not found "Metrics" fresnel.lcl.pas(929,35) Error: Identifier not found "TMPF_TRUETYPE" ... As I mentioned before, I'd like to know if anyone is using it? Em dom., 28 de dez. de 2025 ?s 17:23, Michael Van Canneyt via lazarus < > escreveu: > > > On Sun, 28 Dec 2025, Carlos Gonzaga via lazarus wrote: > > > Good morning everyone. > > > > I'd like to test the Fesnel project, but when installing the > > fresneldsgn.lpk package, I get an error saying the packages > (fresnelcl.lpk > > and fresnelbase.lpk) don't exist. Is this intentional because it's still > in > > development? > > No, but lazarus does not know these packages by default as they're not part > of the lazarus default install. > > if you look in the Fresnel repo > > https://gitlab.com/freepascal.org/lazarus/fresnel > > then you'll find the fresnel package in the src/ directory, and the > fresnelbase in the src/base/ directory. > > It's sufficient to open these packages just once, and then the lazarus IDE > will know where they are and you can use them. > > Michael. > -- > _______________________________________________ > lazarus mailing list > > https://lists.lazarus-ide.org/listinfo/lazarus > -- Carlos Gonzaga -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.lazarus-ide.org/pipermail/lazarus/attachments/20251229/40920e88/attachment-0001.htm> ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2025 12:59:26 +0100 From: Mattias Gaertner To: Subject: Re: [Lazarus] Pakage Fresnel on IDE Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed On 12/29/25 12:19, Carlos Gonzaga via lazarus wrote: >> It's sufficient to open these packages just once, and then the lazarus > IDE will know where they are and > you can use them. > > So, I already updated it using the link mentioned, but during installation > I get an error: > fresnel.lcl.pas(929,6) Error: Identifier not found "Metrics" > fresnel.lcl.pas(929,35) Error: Identifier not found "TMPF_TRUETYPE" My fault, I forgot to clean up some win32 experiments. Fixed. I usually work on Linux, so I didn't spot the win32 issue. > ... > As I mentioned before, I'd like to know if anyone is using it? Fresnel is in an early state. Any help is welcome. Mattias > > Em dom., 28 de dez. de 2025 ?s 17:23, Michael Van Canneyt via lazarus < > > escreveu: > >> >> >> On Sun, 28 Dec 2025, Carlos Gonzaga via lazarus wrote: >> >>> Good morning everyone. >>> >>> I'd like to test the Fesnel project, but when installing the >>> fresneldsgn.lpk package, I get an error saying the packages >> (fresnelcl.lpk >>> and fresnelbase.lpk) don't exist. Is this intentional because it's still >> in >>> development? >> >> No, but lazarus does not know these packages by default as they're not part >> of the lazarus default install. >> >> if you look in the Fresnel repo >> >> https://gitlab.com/freepascal.org/lazarus/fresnel >> >> then you'll find the fresnel package in the src/ directory, and the >> fresnelbase in the src/base/ directory. >> >> It's sufficient to open these packages just once, and then the lazarus IDE >> will know where they are and you can use them. >> >> Michael. >> -- >> _______________________________________________ >> lazarus mailing list >> >> https://lists.lazarus-ide.org/listinfo/lazarus >> > > > ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2025 09:06:38 -0300 From: Carlos Gonzaga To: Lazarus mailing list Subject: Re: [Lazarus] Pakage Fresnel on IDE Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Thank you for the clarification, Mattias. > Fresnel is in an early state. > Any help is welcome. That's exactly what I'd like to do, I'll try to get it working and look at the source code to see where to make changes. Em seg., 29 de dez. de 2025 ?s 08:59, Mattias Gaertner via lazarus < > escreveu: > > > On 12/29/25 12:19, Carlos Gonzaga via lazarus wrote: > >> It's sufficient to open these packages just once, and then the lazarus > > IDE will know where they are and > you can use them. > > > > So, I already updated it using the link mentioned, but during > installation > > I get an error: > > fresnel.lcl.pas(929,6) Error: Identifier not found "Metrics" > > fresnel.lcl.pas(929,35) Error: Identifier not found "TMPF_TRUETYPE" > > My fault, I forgot to clean up some win32 experiments. Fixed. > I usually work on Linux, so I didn't spot the win32 issue. > > > > ... > > As I mentioned before, I'd like to know if anyone is using it? > > Fresnel is in an early state. > Any help is welcome. > > > Mattias > > > > > > Em dom., 28 de dez. de 2025 ?s 17:23, Michael Van Canneyt via lazarus < > > > escreveu: > > > >> > >> > >> On Sun, 28 Dec 2025, Carlos Gonzaga via lazarus wrote: > >> > >>> Good morning everyone. > >>> > >>> I'd like to test the Fesnel project, but when installing the > >>> fresneldsgn.lpk package, I get an error saying the packages > >> (fresnelcl.lpk > >>> and fresnelbase.lpk) don't exist. Is this intentional because it's > still > >> in > >>> development? > >> > >> No, but lazarus does not know these packages by default as they're not > part > >> of the lazarus default install. > >> > >> if you look in the Fresnel repo > >> > >> https://gitlab.com/freepascal.org/lazarus/fresnel > >> > >> then you'll find the fresnel package in the src/ directory, and the > >> fresnelbase in the src/base/ directory. > >> > >> It's sufficient to open these packages just once, and then the lazarus > IDE > >> will know where they are and you can use them. > >> > >> Michael. > >> -- > >> _______________________________________________ > >> lazarus mailing list > >> > >> https://lists.lazarus-ide.org/listinfo/lazarus > >> > > > > > > > > -- > _______________________________________________ > lazarus mailing list > > https://lists.lazarus-ide.org/listinfo/lazarus > -- Carlos Gonzaga -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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