[Lazarus] The future of desktop

[Avishai]

Really?  I thought it started fro Megido.


On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 10:44 PM, Avishai <avishai.gore at gmail.com> wrote:

> @vfclists.  I agree with what you said.  I have the knowledge about the
> requirements of RightToLeft applications, but I don't have the programming
> skills to make it happen.  My suspicion is that the great majority of
> Lazarus/FPC users are not proficient enough to dig down into the low level
> code and figure out how to fix problems.  I know for fact that I am not.
>  That doesn't keep me from trying though.  I've been looking for that
> TWinControl Canvas bug for 2 years and I'm no closer today than the day I
> started.
>
> But Mirroring technology is the simplest and most straightforward approach
> to RightToLeft on the MSWindows platform.  For the most part it already
> works, but only if you disable Themes.  That's a price most programmer feel
> they can't pay.
>
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 10:31 PM, Avishai <avishai.gore at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> The guys that started Lazarus had a base to start from.  They didn't
>> start from scratch.  They already had the basic code to do a lot of things
>> and it worked.  But it only worked for LeftToRight.
>>
>> If Lazarus could address even a few of the major issues, I think it would
>> become the dominant programming tool of the Middle East. I thing that's
>> significant.
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 10:20 PM, Florian Klämpfl <florian at freepascal.org>wrote:
>>
>>> Am 04.12.2013 21:08, schrieb Avishai:
>>> > There's very little interest because it simply can't do the job.  If
>>> > you're looking to buy a new car, you don't stop at a motorcycle shop.
>>> >  If Lazarus could overcome just a few of the major obstacles I think
>>> > there would be RightToLeft people that would make the effort to create
>>> a
>>> > great RightToLeft tool.
>>>
>>> If the guys who started lazarus, would have thought the same, there
>>> would be no lazarus at all. If an OSS tool misses a certain feature,
>>> then there is simply not enough interest, else somebody who needs it,
>>> would implement it. Period.
>>>
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>>
>>
>> --
>> Shalom,
>> Avishai
>> avishai.gore at gmail.com
>> אבישי גוֹר
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Shalom,
> Avishai
> avishai.gore at gmail.com
> אבישי גוֹר
>



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Shalom,
Avishai
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