[Lazarus] Run parameters

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Sat, 11 Feb 2017, Kostas Michalopoulos wrote:

> I think having a list for run modes (i assume you mean the settings you
> specify in the Run -> Run Parameters dialog box) that you can select from a
> popup menu near the "play" button and have different run modes apply, like
> you can select the build mode from the "gear" button, is a good idea. Being
> able to switch configuration files and working directories from inside
> Lazarus for some of the tools i work with would be very nice.
>
> The only thing i disagree with is to have them per build mode since chances
> are you'd need them with different build modes (e.g. debug, release,
> profile, etc would have the same run modes) and even if you could copy
> them, it would still be an annoyance to make sure all are available.
>
> Instead i'd say to have a table with a column per build mode and a row per
> run mode, have checkboxes for those that will apply and those checkboxes
> would be enabled by default.
>
> Alternatively just use a global list that is the same across all build
> modes, but then you may have run modes that do not apply in all build modes
> and have them take up space (e.g. if one of your run modes causes a program
> to load a 32bit DLL and you are in a build mode that explicitly targets a
> 64bit OS this run mode wouldn't apply - of course one case wouldn't matter
> much, but the next thing i imagine after such a feature is available is
> being able to generate run modes automatically though a script :-P).

If you want a list, I would simply allow to make a list as you suggest, 
and for each build mode you can simply specify which item in the 
list is used as default when pressing run. Being able to specify multiple
run modes per build mode seems way overkill to me.

I don't want to end up with Eclipse, where you need a Phd in Eclipse to be
able to do even simple tasks in the IDE...

Michael.