Re: [fpc-pascal] GUI confusion

2013-10-01 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
On 01/10/13 11:07, Henry Vermaak wrote: > > With the obvious drawback that it doesn't respond to theme/accessibility > changes. Audio accessibility is possible. I just recently had a developer implement that in his applications. He requested one or two small changes to fpGUI to accomplish that.

Re: [fpc-pascal] GUI confusion

2013-10-01 Thread Patrick
a really good project. Nice work Graeme. -Patrick On 09/30/2013 03:33 PM, Fred van Stappen wrote: Have you try fpGUI ? https://github.com/graemeg/fpGUI/tree/develop Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 01:07:56 -0500 Subject:

Re: [fpc-pascal] GUI confusion

2013-10-01 Thread Henry Vermaak
On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 11:25:34AM +0100, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: > On 29/09/13 23:33, Patrick wrote: > > BTW, Would it be correct to compare LCL to WxWidgets ? In the sense that > > it is a meta-widget toolkit? > > Yes, that would be an accurate comparison. LCL and WxWidgets are a > "common fro

Re: [fpc-pascal] GUI confusion

2013-10-01 Thread Ben Smith
On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 10:48 AM, Michael Schnell wrote: > On 09/30/2013 12:25 PM, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: > >> All functionality works identical on all platforms, >> > Which, regarding look and feel, does have pros and cons, depending on the > users targeted. > Sometimes company branding in pr

Re: [fpc-pascal] GUI confusion

2013-10-01 Thread Michael Schnell
On 09/30/2013 12:25 PM, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: All functionality works identical on all platforms, Which, regarding look and feel, does have pros and cons, depending on the users targeted. -Michael ___ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.free

Re: [fpc-pascal] GUI confusion

2013-10-01 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
On 29/09/13 23:33, Patrick wrote: > BTW, Would it be correct to compare LCL to WxWidgets ? In the sense that > it is a meta-widget toolkit? Yes, that would be an accurate comparison. LCL and WxWidgets are a "common front-end toolkit" to other underlying GUI toolkits. This obviously has its pros a

RE: [fpc-pascal] GUI confusion

2013-09-30 Thread Fred van Stappen
Have you try fpGUI ? https://github.com/graemeg/fpGUI/tree/develop Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 01:07:56 -0500 Subject: Re: [fpc-pascal] GUI confusion From: michal.wall...@gmail.com To: fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org On Sep 29, 2013 8:24 AM, "Patrick" wrote: > I don't really

Re: [fpc-pascal] GUI confusion

2013-09-30 Thread Patrick
I am new. I use multiple monitors so, all of the panels could stay on one screen and the form widget on another, docking might be handy to move all the panels at once. On 09/30/2013 09:57 AM, m...@rpzdesign.com wrote: But how do you enable the anchor docking extension for Lazarus 1.0.12

Re: [fpc-pascal] GUI confusion

2013-09-30 Thread m...@rpzdesign.com
Sven: You ROCK! md On 9/30/2013 11:19 AM, Sven Barth wrote: Am 30.09.2013 15:57, schrieb m...@rpzdesign.com: But how do you enable the anchor docking extension for Lazarus 1.0.12 and get some control of all the floating panels. Install AnchorDockingDsgn package, rebuild Lazarus and now you're

Re: [fpc-pascal] GUI confusion

2013-09-30 Thread Peter
HI, You might like Geany. http://www.geany.org/Main/About Peter ___ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal

Re: [fpc-pascal] GUI confusion

2013-09-30 Thread Sven Barth
Am 30.09.2013 15:57, schrieb m...@rpzdesign.com: But how do you enable the anchor docking extension for Lazarus 1.0.12 and get some control of all the floating panels. Install AnchorDockingDsgn package, rebuild Lazarus and now you're able to dock. Regards, Sven

Re: [fpc-pascal] GUI confusion

2013-09-30 Thread m...@rpzdesign.com
But how do you enable the anchor docking extension for Lazarus 1.0.12 and get some control of all the floating panels. I personally would want all the panels to come to the front when I click on any panel instead of having to click a couple of times to bring console or messages panel to the for

Re: [fpc-pascal] GUI confusion

2013-09-29 Thread Michael Schnell
On 09/29/2013 03:24 PM, Patrick wrote: Could anyone point me to resources on how to build GUI applications without Lazarus? If you mean the GUI library Lazarus offers there are alternatives that have been pointed out. If you mean Lazarus the IDE, you always can create a GUI using the Lazarus

Re: [fpc-pascal] GUI confusion

2013-09-29 Thread Michal Wallace
On Sep 29, 2013 8:24 AM, "Patrick" wrote: > I don't really like IDEs. I used gvim and I suppose it could almost be called an IDE as well but I mean I would rather use the shellr then clicking on a build button. For what its worth, I use free pascal practically every day, but rarely open Lazarus.

Re: [fpc-pascal] GUI confusion

2013-09-29 Thread Patrick
There are alternatives, but first a distinction needs to me made. When you say "Lazarus", do you mean simply the IDE, or do you mean the LCL (Lazarus Component Library)? >From your earlier remard about IDE's I assume you simply don't like IDE, but you might not mind building LCL-based applicati

Re: [fpc-pascal] GUI confusion

2013-09-29 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
On 29/09/13 14:24, Patrick wrote: > Could anyone point > me to resources on how to build GUI applications without Lazarus? There are alternatives, but first a distinction needs to me made. When you say "Lazarus", do you mean simply the IDE, or do you mean the LCL (Lazarus Component Library)? >F

Re: [fpc-pascal] GUI confusion

2013-09-29 Thread Sven Barth
On 29.09.2013 20:54, Patrick wrote: I actually tried to get started with FPC back In January. I felt that the language was too tied to Lazarus and that I didn't want to use an IDE so I gave up. FPC is definitely independant of Lazarus, but Lazarus on the one hand simplifies development signifi

Re: [fpc-pascal] GUI confusion

2013-09-29 Thread Patrick
Thanks again to Reinier and Sven I just bought Getting Started with Lazarus IDE. I actually tried to get started with FPC back In January. I felt that the language was too tied to Lazarus and that I didn't want to use an IDE so I gave up. I will report back when I am a little further along t

Re: [fpc-pascal] GUI confusion

2013-09-29 Thread Sven Barth
On 29.09.2013 15:24, Patrick wrote: Hi Everyone I really like the pascal code I have looked at and I am very excited about FPC. I hope this email won't upset anyone, it is a bit negative. I don't really like IDEs. I used gvim and I suppose it could almost be called an IDE as well but I mean I w

[fpc-pascal] GUI confusion

2013-09-29 Thread Patrick
Hi Everyone I really like the pascal code I have looked at and I am very excited about FPC. I hope this email won't upset anyone, it is a bit negative. I don't really like IDEs. I used gvim and I suppose it could almost be called an IDE as well but I mean I would rather use the shellr then c