[lazarus] CVS Updates

Michael.VanCanneyt at Wisa.be Michael.VanCanneyt at Wisa.be
Fri Aug 15 14:05:43 EDT 2003




On Fri, 15 Aug 2003, Mattias Gaertner wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> TApplication now uses the TCustomApplication in custapp.pp, which is new in
> fpc 1.0.10. Are there still users who use 1.0.7?
>
> Updates:
>
> - TApplication is now a descendant of TCustomApplication, which
>   provides some useful methods and properties for command line
>   options.
> - added Run -> Abort Build
> - reduced repaints during cursor moving in TSynEdit
> - replaced show compiler options message dialog with a dialog
>   with a TMemo. Now you can copy the command line options more
>   easily.
> - TBitmap now saves written stream. Accelerates streaming.
> - added TSelectDirectoryDialog to dialogs.pp and IDE palette.
> - LazConf.pp now has a shared include file for linux and bsd.
> - the messages view now supports blocks, so that compilation tasks
>   that consists of several steps keeps all messages.
> - New lcl unit: lcl/intfgraphics.pas
>   Contains TLazIntfImage, TLazAVLPalette, TLazReaderXPM and
>   TLazWriterXPM.
>   TLazIntfImage is a TFPCustomImage descendant, which is able to
>   store and edit images in lcl interface specific data format.
>   Usage is quite easy and much faster than Get/PutPixel calls.
>   For example: TLazReaderXPM is up to 6 times faster than the
>   gdk1 internal xpm reading function.
>   It already supports 1,15,16,24 bit depths and transparency for
>   the gtk interface. Palettes are not yet implemented.
>   To use it, you need fpImage (in the cvs fpc 1.0.10 or
>   the coming fpc 1.0.10a). Next step is to imbed it in TPixmap
>   and implement the TPNG class. Any volunteers?

Careful, PNG support already exists in fpImage.
BMP, JPEG and Gif support may be useful.
(and whatever others one sees fit)

Michael.






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