[Lazarus] Problems with Lazarus

[Chavoux Luyt]

Hi Johann

I have had similar issues in the past. I would really be nice if (like
Delphi) there was a setting in the Tools/Options window where you could set
(or at least see) the paths to all the units used by Lazarus as well as a
separate setting for the paths to all the units used by the current
project. Nothing stops Lazarus from reading and writing this information
from the .cfg file. B.T.W. since I finally got a bunch of 3D components
installed in Lazarus and did not want to go through all the trouble of
re-installing them, I am still using Lazarus 1.0 RC1, with fpc-2.6.0 on a
Debian-based system (at least until I run into a problem where I really
need an update).

As an alternative, try running fp-2.6.0 from the commandline. I am not sure
if it will solve your problem with the  missing unit/path, but if you ever
used the original Borland Turbo Pascal, you will feel right at home. And it
is much faster than Lazarus. I think for the kind of project you are
looking at, it might be the better choice.

Cheers
Chavoux

On 19 February 2013 10:17, Johann Spies <johann.spies at gmail.com> wrote:

> My endeavour to return to Pascal is getting to the point of frustration:
>
> 1.  Although I found that sometimes I have to tell Lazarus to scan the
> fpcsource to be able to find installed units, it still happens that from
> time to time I cannot compile something because a unit cannot be found.
>
> Today it is "*Can't find unit AvgLvlTree ... check if package LazUtils is
> in the dependencies"
>
> I have read the wiki and FAQ about this type of problems but that did not
> help at all.
>
> Both fpc and lazarus cannot find the unit despite the fact that I did a
> rerun of  fpcmkcfg adn despite that the following shows the unit is there:
>
>
> locate -i avglvltree
> /home/js/.lazarus/lib/LazUtils/lib/x86_64-linux/avglvltree.o
> /home/js/.lazarus/lib/LazUtils/lib/x86_64-linux/avglvltree.ppu
> /usr/share/lazarus/1.0.6/components/lazutils/avglvltree.pas
> /usr/share/lazarus/1.0.6/components/lazutils/lib/x86_64-linux/avglvltree.o
>
> /usr/share/lazarus/1.0.6/components/lazutils/lib/x86_64-linux/avglvltree.ppu
> /usr/share/lazarus/1.0.6/docs/xml/lazutils/avglvltree.xml
> /usr/share/lazarus/1.0.6/test/lazutils/testavglvltree.pas
> js at artikel ~/p/pascal> sudo fpcmkcfg > /tmp/fpc.cfg
>
>
> *2.  My second problem is not that serious but Lazarus as an editor is
> extremely slow.  It reminds me of the reason why I do not use Eclipse for
> other projects and normally prefer Emacs or Vim.  Unfortunately the fpc-ide
> is not debug-enabled and I do not know how to enable it. I have recompiled
> the sources and according to what I understand of the configuration in the
> sources debug should be enabled.
>
> There must be some way to get around these type of frustrations.  Any help?
>
> Regards
> Johann
>
>
> PS.  I am working with Lazarus 1.0.6 and fpc-2.6.0-7 on Debian.  I have
> downloaded the packages from the Lazarus site and removed all standard
> Debian freepascal-related packages from my system.
>
>
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