On Sun, 7 Mar 2010 10:53:19 -0600 Andrew Brunner <[email protected]> wrote:
> I wanted to know if anyone reported a bug that has to do with include > files and the helper component that consistently crashes the IDE. I > had dealt with this bug for the past few weeks. It wasn't until I ran > ./startlazarus from command prompt that showed me that a unit > referencing an include unit could not be found. I'm not sure, what you mean with "include unit". A unit is used (by the uses section), an include file is included (by the include directive). I guess, you mean an include file was not found? > I solved the problem > by adding the path of the include file to the IDE paths in project > options/paths but I wonder if a certain user segment is experiencing > this issue. > > This was a trivial error that was easily solved once I knew what the > problem was. The fact remains that the IDE should have displayed a > dialog box telling me the path needed to be added to that path option > so the IDE can function properly. ok. I need some information how to reproduce the problem. Was there an error message? What was the error message? I can add a popup menu (quick fix item) for this message. > I had to deal with this problem for a week and it was always crashing > my Lazarus. Man... I kept doing svn updates for FPC and Lazarus and I > think I'm a bit frustrated at the fact that the problem was so simple > to solve, and the crash was totally avoidable. I'm thinking that if > possible, we should re-think the logic of paths. Crash? > It's ok to have a seperate option but for bare minimums, behind the > scenes, perhaps we could use an aggregate or at least a dialog box > saying project unit "whatever.pas" includes "include.inc" and cannot > be located. Please set a path reference in the IDE path options for > this project. And a button to get there. Mattias -- _______________________________________________ Lazarus mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
