On Fri, 7 Apr 2006 21:33:22 -0300
"Flávio Etrusco" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> (...)
> > I guess, you mean something like this:
> > /path/project/unit1.pas
> > /path/dir/unit2.pas
> >
> > - project's unit path points to unit2
> > - unit2 is not part of the project or any package
> > - unit2 uses the LCL
> >
> > => The IDE will not find the LCL units for unit2
> >
> (...)
>
> >
> > Fix:
> > Add unit2 to a package and define, what it needs.
>
> But shouldn't the CodeTools use a fallback and search the default
> project or Lazarus settings when no defines are found for a file?
There are always defines. The defines of FPC.
> I am converting the current SynEdit code to Lazarus and was a bit lazy
> to add all the files to project. In the end it's nothing that a bit of
> CLI magic didn't resolve in a blink, but I find the behaviour odd
> anyway...
>
> > Reason:
> > Every package and project define their own set of values/search paths.
> > For example the FPC sources are world of their own and do not use the
> > LCL. Every directory can contain 'defines'. A 'define' is for example
> > the definition of the SrcPath. The 'defines' are defined by the
> > 'templates', seen in the codetools defines editor. When you browse
> > through the tree, you can see, that most of the values are created from
> > the compiler or the compiler options of the packages and project. And
> > some, like the FPC and Lazarus sources are hand made.
> > You can add your own definitions, like adding the defintions for a
> > Delphi7 Source directory. There is a template for that in the menu.
> >
>
> Hmm ok. So the only use for it is defining - say - the "paths
> dependencies"? I'll try to add something about it in the wiki to
> compensate for your time and explanation :-)
It's only use are context specific settings. You have IFs and IFDEFs.
Mattias
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