<html><head></head><body>Dear Jeremy,<br><br>>"I think I am just so used to Delphi and my one pet peeve with Lazarus is the location of the "Projects" menu. It feels out of place. Only a small thing :-)"<br><br>You actually get the IDE's sources too, which is pretty neat :-)<br><br>I'm pretty sure you might move the Projects Menu in the IDE source (or do anything else!) and just rebuild.<br>Think about what you could do (or add) if you wanted to (and if you made a great improvement—choose to feed it back onto the community)!<br><br>Already a lot of adaptability is built in out of the box . . . <br><br>'Extending the IDE'<br><br><a href="https://wiki.freepascal.org/Extending_the_IDE">https://wiki.freepascal.org/Extending_the_IDE</a><br><br>'IDE Window: Environment Options'<br><br><a href="https://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/IDE_Window:_Environment_Options">https://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/IDE_Window:_Environment_Options</a><br><br><br>Here's something giving an overview, that may help with some of the questions being posted here at the moment ...<br><br>'Lazarus For Delphi Users'<br><br><a href="https://wiki.freepascal.org/Lazarus_For_Delphi_Users">https://wiki.freepascal.org/Lazarus_For_Delphi_Users</a><br><br><br>Official: <br>'Welcome to the Free Pascal and Lazarus Wiki'<br><br><a href="https://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org">https://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org</a><br><br><a href="https://www.lazarus-ide.org/">https://www.lazarus-ide.org/</a><br><br><br>Wikipedia: <br>Lazarus (software)<br><br>"...<br>Software developers use Lazarus to create native-code console and graphical user interface (GUI) applications for the desktop, and also for mobile devices, web applications, web services, visual components and function libraries for a number of different platforms, including Mac, Linux and Windows.<br><br>[Obviously with certain provisos . . . ]<br><br>"A project created by using Lazarus on one platform can be compiled on any other one which Free Pascal compiler supports. <br>For desktop applications a single source can target Mac OS, Linux, and Windows, with little or no modification. <br><br>"An example is the Lazarus IDE itself, created from a single code base and available on all major platforms including the Raspberry Pi.<br>..."<br><br><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazarus_(software)">https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazarus_(software)</a><br><br>Paul<br>-- <br><a href="https://PaulANorman.info">https://PaulANorman.info</a><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 5 July 2022 2:08:30 pm NZST, Jeremy Coulter <jscoulter@gmail.com> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div dir="ltr">A couple of years ago I made the mistake of installing Lazarus onto a Raspberry Pi 3 I think, maybe it was a 2 I cant remember exactly. OMG it was SOOO SLOOOWW :-) Then I realised you write the code on a windows box and compile it on the Raspberry Pi :-D<br>On that not, this is a really cool project <a href="https://ultibo.org/">https://ultibo.org/</a><br><br><div>I have tried Lazarus a couple of times over the years and have tried to recreate current projects in Delphi in it, but there were constraints of controls. There are a few more companies supporting it in the component space now which is good.<br>I think I am just so used to Delphi and my one pet peeve with Lazarus is the location of the "Projects" menu. It feels out of place. Only a small thing :-)<br><br>Jeremy</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jul 5, 2022 at 12:35 PM Marshland Engineering <<a href="mailto:marshland@marshland.co.nz">marshland@marshland.co.nz</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hi Paul<br>
<br>
Great reply. <br>
<br>
I started with bBase III many many moons ago. I gave up commercial programming<br>
in 1997. The headache with windows was just too much for me. Why must my<br>
customers pay for things not working when its just not their fault ? <br>
Recently, I had USB Dymo label printer that stopped working. I paid for MS<br>
support and 6 hours later, I got the option to reinstall my OS. HA - I did get<br>
a refund !!! A USB printer couldn't be fixed. <br>
<br>
On that line I tried to install the community edition to try and compile for<br>
Android. I could not even get the software to run and, as it is a community<br>
version, there is no support. <br>
<br>
I think if you have been in Delphi for years, you would probably upgrade as<br>
time when on, but starting from scratch, it is just too cumbersome and<br>
overwhelming to get going. I cant see anyone new joining and paying for<br>
Delphi. On the other hand, Lazarus just seems to work, and is neat and tidy.<br>
Dare to say, they 'stole' a lot from old Delphi IDE which make it easier to<br>
adapt. <br>
<br>
Delphi 6 still does everything I want. If they had to launch a 6 version<br>
today, they may get more new users. <br>
<br>
I am and engineer and not a software junkie so I do come from a different mind<br>
set. My stuff is all in house and not web based. <br>
<br>
Cheers Wallace<br>
<br>
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