[Lazarus] Converting a console app

[Mattias Gaertner]

On Wed, 30 Jun 2010 15:24:23 +0300
Juha Manninen <juha.manninen at phnet.fi> wrote:

> > There is no reason whatsoever to drag in the nogui widgetset and whatnot in
> > a  console application. That is just plain wrong. Someone using e.g. the
> > forms unit in a console application is coding wrong, and he should be
> > pointed out this fact by letting the compile step fail.
> 
> Using the Forms unit would be wrong, sure, but there are Windows compatibility 
> functions in eg. LCLIntf which are not only for GUI. LCLIntf is part of LCL.
> 
> NoGUI widgetset is light compared to the "real" widgetsets and it should be no 
> problem.
> 
> Am I right?

It is light, but it still has much more fat than just using a few LCL
units (e.g. FileUtils). IMO the nogui widgetset is only needed for a few
rare cases.
Maybe you can do a simple word search for some of the nogui widgetset
functions. If they are not used, do not add it.
Or: make it an option.

Mattias