[Lazarus] Status output window

[Mark Morgan Lloyd]

Please excuse a dim question: what is best practice for implementing 
something like the IDE's "Messages" window, i.e. a sequence of text 
lines always visible, without the requirement of displaying graphics? 
Does TListBox.MakeCurrentVisible work- the documentation doesn't specify 
whether "item" is simply an indexed line or if it's an object.

Can the preferred solution display a "music rule" background, i.e. 
alternate lines of different colour?

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

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