[Lazarus] How to use two different versions of FPC
patspiper
patspiper at gmail.com
Sun May 13 09:17:08 CEST 2018
On 12/05/18 23:55, Jesus Reyes A. via Lazarus wrote:
> En Fri, 11 May 2018 08:40:28 -0500, patspiper via Lazarus
> <lazarus at lists.lazarus-ide.org> escribió:
>
>> On 11/05/18 16:17, Joost van der Sluis via Lazarus wrote:
>>> On 05/10/2018 04:35 PM, patspiper via Lazarus wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Attached snapshot is work in progress
>>>
>>> Sorry, but I don't think this is an improvement. For new users this
>>> looks like a nightmare. It should be hidden, at least, imho. Or
>>> better: make it a plugin.
>>
>> As Mattias has pointed out, it is a plugin (IDE package), and
>> definitely not for the faint of heart.
>>
>> Once one creates a standardized folder hierarchy for the different
>> fpc versions, it becomes a matter of a few clicks to switch versions.
>>
>> Stephano
>
>
> An easy way to switch the compiler is nice, but I think that it would
> be nicer if it could be organized in compiler profiles so you can have
> compilers with the same version but with or without debug info or
> compiled with different options. Then a compiler profile could be
> specified/selected by build mode so it could be stored in the session
> or the project file. :)
Compiler profiles that can be selected in project options as well as in
Tools/Options (for IDE rebuilding) would be very nice indeed.
Currently I am investigating how to enable fpc debug units in a suitable
way.
Stephano
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