[Lazarus] IDE Spotter- issues

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Tue, 25 Sep 2018, Howard Page-Clark via Lazarus wrote:

> On 25/09/18 09:07, Michael Van Canneyt via Lazarus wrote:
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>> On Mon, 24 Sep 2018, AlexeyT wrote:
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>>>> How do I know if the scrollbar is visible ?
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>>> TListbox.ClientWidth gives width considering scrollbar.
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>> I committed a new version with some visual improvements and bugfixes:
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>> * Actually load saved options on startup :)
>> * Button to go to settings
>> * Margins around controls
>> * Better Left and right margin inside listbox
>> * Use different default colors (maroon, navy)
>> * Handle keydown instead of key up, so repeat is enabled...
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>> Michael.
>
> A further issue: Spotter appears not to know about menu items added by 
> some packages.
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> For instance, LazProfiler adds three new menu items to the IDE, but 
> Spotter does not list them.


I don't know how lazprofiler installs itself, so I can't comment.

But in general, I suppose that is possible.  It only lists available commands. 
If a package installs a menu item without a command, then it will not be visible in the spotter...

See it as an incentive for package maintainers to install commands instead
of simply menu items : I can imagine that installing commands also makes 
them available for e.g. the editor toolbar.

But I suppose some lazarus dev needs to comment on the exact inner workings.

Michael.