[fpc-devel] bug report 20473: Please add a directive to define string=utf8string

[Sven Barth]

Am 14.10.2011 14:07, schrieb Michael Schnell:
> On 10/14/2011 10:30 AM, Hans-Peter Diettrich wrote:
>> - and start implementing a new FireMonkey component library,
>> independent from the LCL.
> Is this really necessary ? FireMonkey is a rebranded open source
> library, so it should be possible just to _use_ it.
>
> OTOH, (I don't have XE2): does XE2 come with (or did E. announce) a
> visual Designer for FireMonkey (if such thing is even possible) ? In
> this case Lazarus might be willing to invest work on something like that.

AFAIK XE2 contains a visual designer. And in theory it should be 
possible to extend Lazarus with a designer by implementing a non 
LCL-designer (Lazarus contains code for something like that, though I've 
never tested it yet...).

Also one of the Embarcadero/Delphi developers said that they intend to 
keep FireMonkey compatible with FPC and in some time provide it again 
(no specifics for timeframe and possible costs given though).

Regards,
Sven