[Lazarus] How to set defines for a project? Lazarus crashes...

[patspiper]

On 09/02/16 10:38, Bo Berglund wrote:
> No I did not add the -d in front of the UseCThreads symbol, just the
> symbol itself.
>
> I used Menu: Project/Project_Options/Compiler_Options/Custom_Options
> This was the only place I found the word Defines, which appears on a
> button to the right. It is in subnode Compiler_Options, which did not
> sound right to me anyway since I wanted the symbol to be global
> including the Lazarus IDE code parser, but I did not find defines
> anywhere else...
Manual way: Add -dUseCThreads in 
Project/Project_Options/Compiler_Options/Custom_Options
>
> Then I clicked the button and an input dialog named Defines popped up.
> It has a text input box named Define into which I typed UseCThreads
> Then I clicked the Add button and this name appeared in the list
> below, so I clicked OK and the input dialog disappeared and I was back
> in the Custom_Options dialog with nothing showing in the list there.
> If I cancel at this point everything works out except for the define
> but on the second try I clicked OK and then Lazarus locked up.
If you use the defines button, make sure the checkbox next to 
UseCThreads is ticked. -dUseCThreads will show up automatically in 
Project/Project_Options/Compiler_Options/Custom_Options

Stephano