[Lazarus] New user interface for future major releases of Lazarus

[Martin]

On 04/12/2012 05:59, Felipe Ferreira da Silva wrote:
>         I would like to propose and discuss about a new graphical user 
> interface for the next major releases. Nowadays, most of the RAD tools 
> use a docked interface(MonoDevelop, Delphi, VS), and in some cases 
> they are stylish(like the recent Visual Studio versions). I think that 
> a better-looking IDE would not just make the programming task more 
> pleasant, but also could attract more people to Pascal.
>
>         I know about the existence of AnchorDocking package for a 
> docked IDE, but I think that if such feature were built-in, the IDE 
> could be improved with appropriated features for a docked app - and 
> since the forms would be still undockable, the user could switch back 
> to the "Delphi7-like" interface.
>
>         My propose is ask if you guys would mind if I work on some 
> projects with a different interface and made in Lazarus(of course) to 
> you evaluate. I'm good at create components and customize to give them 
> a stylish appearance like in the case of VS. But I would like to know 
> from you guys first.

While I personally use the floating approach, I am all for getting a 
finished, and excellent docking solution.

Not that I have a problem, if it has to go into the IDE, I find the 
package based approach more desirable. (e.g. I have actually plans to 
move existing stuff, like the debugger, out of the IDE into a package). 
Packages mean code separation (even more than units), and therefore 
better maintainability, and test-ability (if automated tests are written 
/ automated test on the IDE itself,  are a constant source of pain, I 
know, I maintain one).

Moving it to a package, does not necessary mean to do it, without 
changes in the IDE. The necessary methods can always be added to IDEIntf.

Anyway, "improved with appropriated features": Which ones do you think 
can not be done in a package? (Assuming that all needed methods and 
hooks, are added to IDEIntf)?

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