[fpc-pascal] Syntax changes suggestions

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Tue, 17 Jul 2018, Vojtěch Čihák wrote:

> Hi,
>  
> Lazarus has option "Show Class/Proc Hint" which displays method name (with 
> light-green background) as the top line in source editor, only if the 
> method's body is longer than number of lines in source editor.
> Maybe new option "Show Proc var block" for permanent displaying var block in 
> long methods would be enough? Jumps between code and declaration would not be 
> needed.

If such a thing is implemented, then why not make it as the 'local variables' debug 
dialog, a separate floating window, maybe stay-on-top  ?

If you put it at the top of the source editor, it risks to take a lot of space out
of the source editor window, which kind of defeats the purpose, I suppose.

Michael.