[lazarus] State of the union ?

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Thu, 16 Dec 1999, Michael A. Hess wrote:

> michael at tfdec1.fys.kuleuven.ac.be wrote:
> > 
> > Good. How far are we with the IDE ?
> 
> I'll have to leave Marc answer that one. From what I understand it is
> getting very close. One nasty problem, as I see it, is that one
> currently needs to be running XWindows in 8bit mode to see anything work
> or various items will core. I run in 32bit so it is a pain to change
> over to check on things.
> 
> What say you Marc? Can you give us a brief but detailed report on what
> you have working with mwEdit and the IDE?
> 
> > How many running components are there ?
> 
> Hmmmmm. That is a very good question that I guess we really do need to
> figure out. Several previously working components have been broken due
> to the conversion to the WindProc method of doing things. That and other
> changes that were made for canvas and this and that. I will have to look
> at going back through and attempt to use some of the components to see
> what still does and doesn't work.

A small demo suite like the one with the dialogs would be a good idea and
a good test. 

> 
> > Aha; I was wondering if you got my message about that or not, seeing
> > that I didn't heer from you :-)
> 
> Sorry about that. I guess I never really did reply to your email.

That's OK, I understand, I have a job & hobbies too :-)

Michael.