[Lazarus] 5dpo components last update

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Fri, 12 Feb 2016, Paulo Costa wrote:

> On 12-Feb-16 16:04, Michael Van Canneyt wrote:
>> Can you also send me the complete configuration you used ?
>
> The setup:
>
> Raspberry Pi 2 Model B
> Raspbian Jessie (Debian version 8.0)
> Lazarus 1.2.4+dfsg2-1 (It is the version available on their repository. Call 
> me lazy :)
> fpc 2.6.4+dfsg-4+rpi1 (Again, it is the version available on their 
> repository.)
>
> I have update the repository to include the Raspberry Pi example.

Thank you.

>
>> I would like to write an article for Blaise Pascal magazine, the editor
>> will
>> be very pleased to hear this, he has been asking for it since a long
>> time :)
>
> Nice :)
>
>>> The supplied example does not work out of the box because the gtk
>>> based form viewer component isn't working with the raspberry pi. I had
>>> to replace it with a bgrabitmap based one. That adds one more
>>> dependency. Do you have any suggestion for a fpc "native" alternative?
>> 
>> You mean an image component ? What is missing in the ones in fpImage ?
>
> When I was investigating fpImage, in the wiki 
> (ttp://wiki.freepascal.org/fcl-image) came across with this:
> "fcl-image is written for maximal portability and maintainability and is 
> quite slow. The main storage type is 16-bit RGBA, storing always 64-bit per 
> pixel, and a function is called to get each pixel."

That information is old and outdated. 
You can perfectly have other storage formats in any buffer you like.

But a dependency on bgrabitmap is not the end of the world.

Michael.