[Lazarus] Need testers, new Messages window

[leledumbo]

Mmm... sounds delicious. Will svn up soon.


Mattias Gaertner wrote
> Hi,
> 
> Some central parts of the IDE have been rewritten: the whole messages
> window and all code that runs external tools (e.g. the compiler),
> including the
> fpc and 'make' output parser and all quick fixes.
> 
> You can enable it by compiling clean with -dEnableNewExtTools.
> 
> Highlights:
> - external tool is now run in a thread. And so is the biggest part of
> the parser.
> - the IDE now passes -vbq (message ids and full file names) to the
> compiler.
> - Messages window now uses a special control:
>   every tool output is now clearly separated by a header line
> - the control can handle much bigger outputs, so you can compile with
>   more verbosity
> - the popup menu of the messages window has new items:
> - The IDE now knows where each message came from and what tool has
>   created them. For example you can see the reason why a package was
>   compiled and the parameters via the "About" menu item.
> - the fpc parser uses the message ids, the errore.msg file and the
>   translated error*.msg file
> - you can switch between English and translation at any time
> - you can search in messages window
> - you can filter for message types and urgency (hint, note, warn ...)
> - choose file names styles (short, relative, full)
> - you can change the colors in Tools / Options / Messages
> - when you insert/delete text in the source editor the messages are now
>   updated in line *and* column number.
> - the source editor shows marks: on left gutter an icon, on right gutter
>   a small rectangle and the token is underlined with a wave.
> - right clicking on the left gutter icon will show the quick fixes
> 
> Here is a short list of the built in quick fixes:
> http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Lazarus_IDE_Tools#Quick_Fixes
> 
> 
> Mattias
> 
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