[Lazarus] RE : language setup /http://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=22574

[Martin]

On 13/08/2012 10:22, Ludo Brands wrote:
>> IMHO this lazset is the IDE itself. If the installer creates 2
>> startupmenu entries: one normal, and one with forced setup
>>
> Having "lazset"=IDE is indeed the easiest to maintain. But to accomodate 3rd
> party setup programs like fpcup, codetyphon(?), it would be nice if the IDE
> could be told what the setup params are instead of doing a forced setup.
> Compiler, fpc sources, debugger and perhaps language are known by these
> installers. Having something like a lazarus --setup="gdb=path-to-gdb
> language=the-language fpc=path-to-compiler ..." which sets the corresponding
> values in the lazarus configuration (eventually specified with --pcp) and
> doesn't launch the ide (returns immediately) would be a good compromise.
>

The need to specify such params should only apply to the 1st start of an 
installation (or a new primary-conf....)

Once a config exists, the values are (IIRC) taken from there, and 
updates (eg reset language) are to be made by the user.

There is no need to specify first time setup on the command line. That 
is what the environmentopts.xml in the exe directory (secondary conf) is 
for.
If the IDE does not find a config, it looks for this.

So custom installers can provide there own settings there. (by means of 
editing the XML file, or replacing it (might loose new settings added to it)