[Lazarus] package source paths / directories

[Frederic Da Vitoria]

2013/12/19 Mattias Gaertner <nc-gaertnma at netcologne.de>

>
> > Frederic Da Vitoria <davitofrg at gmail.com> hat am 19. Dezember 2013 um
> 12:09
> > geschrieben:
> >
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am trying to use the MultiLog package. I installed the MultiLog
> package in
> > Lazarus. I can easily create and use a demo project if the project is in
> > MultiLog's source directory. But if I try to use MultiLog in a project
> > situated in another directory, FPC can't find MultiLog's units when I
> put them
> > in the uses clause. Of course I could add MultlLog's path to my project's
> > "Other unit files" (I checked, it woks), but I find this not
> user-friendly
> > (the "user" here is me :-) ), because I'd have to do the same in all the
> > projects where I'd want to use MultiLog. I could also put the MultiLog
> source
> > in the Lazarus path, but I don't like this idea. I'd rather set the path
> in
> > the package somehow and let Lazarus transmit this path to FPC, if
> possible.
> >
> > I tried setting the MultiLog package's "Unit" zone to
> $(PkgOutDir);$(PkgDir)
> > but aborted installation after a few error messages.
> > I tried setting the MultiLog package's "Object" zone to $(PkgDir) but
> this did
> > not help.
> >
> > Is there a solution or is what I am hoping for currently impossible?
>
> One of the main ideas of Lazarus packages is that you only add the package
> to
> your project and the IDE sets the search paths automatically.
> In fact many error messages and concistency checks assume that you do that.
> That's why many Lazarus projects and packages seems to have no search
> paths.
>
> You can add MultiLog to your project either via the Project Inspector, or
> via
> IDE menu
> Package -> Open Recent Package -> multilog.lpk (this opens the package
> editor)
> -> click on Use -> Add to project. Close the package editor.
>

So simple!

Thanks.

-- 
Frederic Da Vitoria
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