On Thu, 8 Sep 2016 09:52:46 +0200 (CEST) Michael Van Canneyt <mich...@freepascal.org> wrote:
> On Thu, 8 Sep 2016, Mattias Gaertner wrote: > > > On Thu, 8 Sep 2016 09:13:49 +0200 (CEST) > > Michael Van Canneyt <mich...@freepascal.org> wrote: > > > >> [...] > >> > These are property editors for the FCL/LCL types and the component tree > >> > view. They are LCL specific, not IDE specific. > >> > >> I beg to differ somwhat.... > >> A quick glance reveals that they reference for example the help system of > >> the IDE. > > > > It uses the hint window. > > You can use this to show your own hints in your application. > > I suppose you know that the IDEHelpIntf contains a whole lot more than just > that ? Yes. Although no initialization sections. > >> IDEWindowIntf is also not really something I want in my end-user binary. > > > > IDEWindowIntf? > > From PropEdits: > > // Forms with .lfm files > FrmSelectProps, StringsPropEditDlg, KeyValPropEditDlg, > CollectionPropEditForm, > FileFilterPropEditor, IDEWindowIntf; For one call: SetPopupModeParentForPropertyEditor(CollectionForm); I'm not sure why this is needed. > From my point of view, none of these should appear in propedits. > Some are probably for Delphi compatibility. > > I can see that an effort was made to make the OI independent of the IDE, > but it is either not sufficient, or it has been watered down over time. The later. > In each case, it pulls in way more than I consider appropriate. > (from an IDE point of view, the tight integration makes sense, no discussion > there) > > So it seems that either I take the whole shebang, or I must roll my own. Well, a TBaseObjectInspector could reduce the shebang. Mattias -- _______________________________________________ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus-ide.org http://lists.lazarus-ide.org/listinfo/lazarus
