[Lazarus] New compiler options page "Additions and Overrides"

[patspiper]

On 07/06/13 20:02, Juha Manninen wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 7:51 PM, patspiper <patspiper at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> How many build modes has Delphi?
>> One which is practically equivalent to none ;)
>>
>> I mentioned the Delphi release/debug setting because it would be similar to
>> the release/debug quick IDE toolbar selector that I proposed.
> I don't know what logic you have here. Delphi release/debug settings
> are configurable, they are not hard-coded. In essence they are build
> modes.
Oops! The Delphi I had in mind was D7, and this was my vague 
recollection of it. I could be mistaken too.

> Can more of them be added? I must look at Delphi again sometime.
>
> Their GUI allows editing "parent" settings which both release and
> debug settings then inherit.
> I only remember that the GUI is not very intuitive either. It is
> difficult to make an intuitive GUI for such a complex thing.
I liked Mattias' idea of having different configurable groups, though I 
am not sure how a proper interface would look like.

Stephano