[lazarus] Installling Lazarus on Windows Me

[The Gauthiers]

Thanks for the frank reply. I wasn't sure from all the messages back and
forth, whether the Win32 version was Alpha, Beta, or Released. I hope that
it does get to a Beta stage in the near future, but also can appreciate not
having much time to devote to it. Perhaps when it is at a somewhat more
usable stage, I can help out. While I am learning Delphi, I have used Pascal
before, and I am a Test Engineer for high-criticality software.

Regards;
Gary

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael A. Hess [mailto:mhess at miraclec.com]
Sent: August 19, 2002 10:16 PM
To: lazarus at miraclec.com
Subject: Re: [lazarus] Installling Lazarus on Windows Me


The Gauthiers wrote:

>
> I am getting really frustrated with the package. It looks so promising its
> painful, but don't think I've ever seen less in the way of
> setup/configuration information in any distributed application.

The truth is that the Windows version of Lazarus is much more alpha then
the Linux version. The Win32 binary available is there to show what it
looks like and how it will/can/should work in the future. The main
coding of the LCL is written for GTK+. Unfortunately the Win32-GTK+
leaves alot to be desired. It has many problems.

A native Win32 API version of the LCL is being worked on but it is
further behind then the Linux GTK+ version. At the moment there is only
one person working on the Win32 API and only when he has a few moments.

The LCL has made amazing strides in the past several weeks which might
help in the development of the Win32 API and the use of other widget sets.

While the Win32 version of Lazarus is a goal and is being worked on the
Linux version is the primary development area.

All that being said I do know that it is possible to partially use the
LCL in the Win32 environment. There should be others on this list that
can probably give you more advise then I can.

--
==== Programming my first best destiny! ====

Michael A. Hess      Miracle Concepts, Inc.
mhess at miraclec.com   http://www.miraclec.com


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