[Lazarus] Is there a way to choose with fpc to use in lazarus command?

[Mattias Gaertner]

On Sat, 25 Sep 2010 21:13:32 +0100
Frank Church <vfclists at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 25 September 2010 20:58, Marcos Douglas <md at delfire.net> wrote:
> 
> > 2010/9/25 Frank Church <vfclists at gmail.com>:
> > >
> > > Is there a way to pass on the version of FPC you want to use with
> > > startlazarus or lazarus command?
> >
> > The configuration of Lazarus is created, at the first time, in
> > C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data\lazarus\
> > You can modify these files, manually, or you can use the IDE to modify
> > them.
> > After, copy this folder to other place and use the parameter
> > --pcp=<your new config folder> like this (on Windows):
> >
> > start lazarus --pcp=c:\your_config_folder
> >
> > > Is there  a way it can be set in the fpc.cfg, and can the fpc.cfg be
> > passed
> > > to ths lazarus command?
> >
> > You can use the enviroment variable PPC_CONFIG_PATH to set where is
> > the fpc.cfg file.
> >
> > > I have a 2.2.4 from repository and a 2.4.0 svn build and Lazarus is
> > always
> > > reverting to the 2.2.4 version.
> >
> > I use FPC 2.5.1 and Laz 0.9.29.
> >
> >
> Can you set which ppc386 file to use in the fpc.cfg?

No. The fpc.cfg is read by the ppc386.

 
> Is there a way to automatically generate the right fpc.cfg based on which
> ppc386 your are using. Sven Barth has shown me a way to tell the fpc which
> ppc386 to use, but I am looking for a way to set it in the IDE or in the
> fpc.cfg

What's wrong with 
IDE menu / Environment / Options ... / Environment /
Files / compiler path
?

Mattias