[Lazarus] Few features for Lazarus editor

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Martin Friebe wrote:
> let me start with "No I have not executed the demo code";

:) i can appreciate that ;)

> but a couple of thinks that come to mind:
> 1) What version of FPC are you using (you only said you updated 
> Lazarus); you refer to FPC 2.2.2, have you tried the fixes branch 
> (2.2.3)? or trunc(2.3.1)?

i'm using whatever comes with lazarus... i started with laz 0.9.26 and then 
completely removed it to install 0.9.27 because i found that some config 
settings are evidently hardcoded or shared in a/the registry when a dual install 
of 0.9.27 still had some things pointing to the old 0.9.26 stuffs :? :(

and that might be another "bug" or something where one can't install laz 0.9.26 
to one directory and 0.9.27 to another and have each come out of the box without 
sharing any config settings or something... i dunno, as i'm still trying to come 
to grips with the whole GUI interface and drop this here and that there to 
create a "hello world!" GUI app that's 10Meg (tongue in cheek!) in size compared 
to a textmode version that's only 2K ;) :lol:

> 2) You say you do not know the exact error: " because the popup box 
> doesn't state it" => Try running the exe in the debugger, make sure you 
> compile with debug symbols for gdb (-g, maybe also -gl).

i've not changed any settings from the defaults on install... i have, a few 
times, run some stuff directly from the GUI in the debugger but even with 256Meg 
of RAM in this box, it gets a bit on the tight side at times which is why i 
switched over to simply building the apps and then shutting down laz and running 
the built code outside on its own... maybe that wasn't/isn't such a good idea?

> Or try to compile "not" as a windows app (switch off -WG) then you get a 
> console window, and a lot of output.
> (Both options are in Project->compiler options->tab: linking)

hummm... that's something i haven't tried and actually wasn't aware of... since 
i'm on a winwhatever box, i did turn on the windows app option in the settings 
but other than that, i've not altered any settings from their defaults (that i 
know of)...

> It could be in the RTL, in which case it would be helpful to rebuild 
> this with debug support

interesting... how to do that, i dunno but it would also seem that others might 
attempt to run the same demo(s) i'm pointing to in a clean install environment 
if for nothing other than to at least confirm it on other machines/installs than 
mine... i can't say that my setup is perfect... long way from it, in fact but it 
just seems that since i've reproduced it in at least two separate installations, 
that... well... you know? ;)

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