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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 04/12/2012 05:59, Felipe Ferreira da
Silva wrote:<br>
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I would like to propose and discuss about a new graphical
user interface for the next major releases. Nowadays, most of the
RAD tools use a docked interface(MonoDevelop, Delphi, VS), and in
some cases they are stylish(like the recent Visual Studio
versions). I think that a better-looking IDE would not just make
the programming task more pleasant, but also could attract more
people to Pascal.<br>
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I know about the existence of AnchorDocking package for a
docked IDE, but I think that if such feature were built-in, the
IDE could be improved with appropriated features for a docked app
- and since the forms would be still undockable, the user could
switch back to the "Delphi7-like" interface.<br>
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My propose is ask if you guys would mind if I work on some
projects with a different interface and made in Lazarus(of course)
to you evaluate. I'm good at create components and customize to
give them a stylish appearance like in the case of VS. But I would
like to know from you guys first.<br>
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While I personally use the floating approach, I am all for getting a
finished, and excellent docking solution.<br>
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Not that I have a problem, if it has to go into the IDE, I find the
package based approach more desirable. (e.g. I have actually plans
to move existing stuff, like the debugger, out of the IDE into a
package). Packages mean code separation (even more than units), and
therefore better maintainability, and test-ability (if automated
tests are written / automated test on the IDE itself, are a
constant source of pain, I know, I maintain one).<br>
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Moving it to a package, does not necessary mean to do it, without
changes in the IDE. The necessary methods can always be added to
IDEIntf. <br>
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Anyway, "improved with appropriated features": Which ones do you
think can not be done in a package? (Assuming that all needed
methods and hooks, are added to IDEIntf)?<br>
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