[Lazarus] pointers in writing extension for Lazarus

Martin lazarus at mfriebe.de
Wed Dec 5 22:59:56 CET 2012


On 05/12/2012 21:53, Martin wrote:
>
> Back to SynEdit. There is a decision on functional issues.
> Currently if you have 2 Editors in 2 windows, editing one file, then 
> they are truly 2 editors. 2
> - 2 carets (if the OS supports (GTK), and the option "Persistent 
> caret" is set. Each has it's location, and each shows that location in 
> the statusbar.
> - 2 selections, and tey can be in different places
> - 2 syncro edits
> ...
>
> IMHO that is not what one expects from a split view. It should be one 
> of each (one editor).
> - Except for each split it will remember (but not show, unless active) 
> the caret pos.
> - But  for example it is one selection. Changing the selection affects 
> all splits (as they are views on the same editor).

Also 2 editors, means 2 overview gutters




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