[Lazarus] Lazarus Digest, Vol 57, Issue 7

[Avishai]

The latest Delphi I have seen s Delphi 6 so some of what I say may not
be valid anymore.  But in my opinion, Lazarus can not afford to be
strictly Delphi compatible if it wants to be a modern development
tool.  Delphi isn't even Windows compliant.  Particularly when it
comes to RightToLeft development.  BiDiMode has been obsolete since
Windows XP.  Delphi's lack of support for RightToLeftLayout
(introduced in Windows XP) is unacceptable for a modern tool.

I have made modifications to Lazarus units to allow me to write
RightToLeft applications, but the modifications I have made are not
suitable for the average Lazarus user.  For one thing, I had to
disable Themes, and I doubt many would be willing to do that.  I have
also had to modify TApplication and TForm to name a few.

Delphi is a LeftToRight development tool only.  I hope Lazarus will
choose to be an international development tool.