[Lazarus] What is the future of NoGUI widget set?

[Mattias Gaertner]

On Thu, 27 Jan 2011 15:53:54 +0100
Michael Schnell <mschnell at lumino.de> wrote:

> On 01/27/2011 02:48 PM, Marco van de Voort wrote:
> >
> > I think this is a windows artefact, where Delphi "abuses" that widgetset...

> In fact IMHO 

^^

> it is a Lazarus artifact calling implementing some 
> functionality that not necessarily needs a GUI (or widgets) in a source 
> code section that is referred to as "Widget Type" (and sometimes "Widget 
> Set" or "interface").

All code in the LCL is written for graphical applications. The fact that
something can be used for non gui applications is nice, but not the
goal of the LCL. Non visual components can be part of the
FCL.

Mattias