[Lazarus] Merge setup dialog and options dialog?

Ludo Brands ludo.brands at free.fr
Sun Aug 19 15:57:59 CEST 2012


> > For a new user lazarus is now showing a form that is 
> definitely much 
> > easier to understand than the full options window but he 
> has no way to 
> > get back to that easy form when he has second thoughts (an old 
> > compiler selected for example). Perhaps merge the 2 forms into one 
> > options form with a basic and an expert setting?
> >
> 
> Then the option dialog, could offer a way of running the wizard again.
> 

Exactly. And if your option screen has a simply basic/expert toggle you
don't have to look for a "run install wizard" button somewhere in an overly
complex options screen.
Having the same dialog with 2 "faces" makes sharing code also easier. 

Ludo





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