[Lazarus] German umlauts in component names

[Mattias Gaertner]

On Sat, 2 Apr 2016 10:14:24 +0200
Special <Special at Joepgen.com> wrote:

> How can I use names with German Umlauts and 'ß' in the Name Field of 
> TButton components? For instance, I try to set MyButton.Name to 
> "Schließenbutton" and get an error message "Komponentenname 
> Schließenbutton ist kein gültiger Bezeichner".
> 
> This happens with Lazarus 1.6 and FPC 3.0.0 under Win 10 (64) and under 
> Raspian on a Pi3.
> We have many Delphi Programs with German Umlauts in component names and 
> would like to go to Lazarus with them.
> Any hints?

This is not supported by FPC yet.
You have to rename them.

Mattias