[fpc-pascal] Help with the IDE

[fpclist at silvermono.co.za]

If you're looking for a GUI IDE, try the Lazarus IDE. I use FPC extensively to 
code Linux libs and console applications. I use Lazarus as my editor/IDE, it 
has all I need and more.

Give it a try.
http://www.lazarus.freepaascal.org

Nino

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On Sunday 03 May 2009 13:08:33 Simionescu.Mihai at gmail.com wrote:
> Hello and good day,
>
>  As a pascal programmer, I used many years Borland Pascal 7.01.
>  To escape the 16 bit limitations, I've migrated to Virtual Pascal 2.1
>  The IDE is very similar between them, VP obviously is more user
>  friendly.
>  The look & feel of the IDE was the major factor wich keeped me far
>  from FPC.
>  Now, Virtual Pascal is almost dead, as BP7 was long time ago.
>  Migrating my code to FPC to benefit from is more updated features
>  slows my enthousiasm. I will must face the built-in IDE, basically
>  unchanged. Still version 1.0.10.
>  Can I directly suggest some modifications to the person responsable
>  with the IDE improvements.
>  Is there a more friendly IDE ?(Lazarus excluded)
>  Basically, my suggestions go to :
>  - using relative paths for configurations (portable)
>  - avoid to add config files to the working folder by setup switch
>  - automatic go to error if stop on first error in setup
>  - persistent gray window autohide when compile finish and focus the
>  message window on success or go to error on fail
>  - compiler result message window print success in green and fail in
>  red
>  - built-in help in configuration windows for noobs like me
>  - eliminate the browse for files bug to open files in upper folders
>  (Invalid drive or directory) when up by 3-4 levels
>  - help files preindexed in the download package
>  - label for help files (context sensitive help open the first founded
>  instance, without prompt if founded in bp.tph or FPC help, etc)
>  - examples in contextual help, because not all users are advanced or
>  remember how to do old things and compiller messages are criptical
>  - since some code behaviour changed from bp7, similar functions are
>  supposed known and undocumented
>  - help files in a more compact form, compressed, zipped. It's a
>  nightmare to spread 10500 files on the drive. Search in zip files if
>  index is external should be fast enough.
>  - zip file with units, needed unit is decompressed on first use
>  others remain in zip archive.
>  - modular install. User can choose only win32 stuff, help and ignore
>  other platforms, precompiled units or uncompiled versions to be
>  compiled at runtime and available for step by step run for debug and
>  learn. Unit sources can stay in compressed zips with external index,
>  on demand first use decompress them based on index.
>
>  Please redirect my message to the right person for more details, or
>  tell me gow to contact him directly.
>
>  Many thanks in advance.