[Lazarus] "Select another LCL Widget Set"

[Mark Morgan Lloyd]

Michael Schnell wrote:

>> I wonder whether I could ask a silly question: is there any feasible 
>> way that an app using the LCL can "re-skin" itself, i.e. switch to a 
>> different widget set such as nogui, without restarting?
> 
> I don't think so, and I don't see the point. For me the question is 
> whether an application can start without an interface to a GUI 
> infrastructure (such as "X") is found in the system.

It was a general question prompted by discussion elsewhere. Basically, 
could a computer switch its role from being attached to a large desktop 
monitor to using an internal PDA-type screen, with running apps tracking 
the change and adjusting their UI appropriately.

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Mark Morgan Lloyd
markMLl .AT. telemetry.co .DOT. uk

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