[Lazarus] Compile and Build menu entries, Run- or Project-menu?

[Graeme Geldenhuys]

On 21/06/2011 10:26, michael.vancanneyt at wisa.be wrote:
> 
> No, but the user coming from Delphi (and this is by far the largest part)
> will look there first.

[rant]

That comes with the territory - Lazarus <> Delphi. Things are going to
be different, no matter how much you wish it wouldn't! If at ANY time,
ANY developer switches IDE's, things WILL be different. One of those
things will be the menu layout, the other being the editor functionality
and behaviour. I don't know of any two IDE's that have the same menu
layouts, so why must Lazarus IDE.

Yes, I remember the days after I switched to Lazarus (from Delphi 7).
Things where in different places, but it only took a day or two to get
used to where things were... all part of the experience (and learning
curve) of moving to a new development tool-chain.

But if you want to go that route... being IDE compatible with Delphi,
then a few more changes need to be made. CodeTools must disappear. The
the Lazarus editor needs to be made slower (and more sh*tty) and with
less features. Lazarus Packages need to be removed. Oh, and we would
have to add .NET requirements to install and run the IDE!

...basically remove everything that makes Lazarus IDE better than Delphi
IDE (debugging being the only exception I can think of). We need no more
innovating ideas, we simply need to become Embarcadero drones, and wait
for the patent lawsuits to happen.

Sometimes I think some of you take the "delphi compatibility" idea just
too far! Lazarus is a good product. It can hold its own - against the
best development tool out there! Delphi was a failure (at one point -
and is still being debated) - hence the reason many moved to FPC+Lazarus
(or other languages completely), so why would you want to clone a doomed
project???

[/rant]

Getting back to the point... If somebody can justify why everything must
move around in the IDE, the please list those points. If not, then leave
theme where they are! Don't move them just because... Remember, people
hate change!

Regards,
  - Graeme -

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