Lazarus Editor Stand Alone
lazarus / 9-Editor

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bwinfrey · 2010-08-11 14:44

Can I easily compile a stand alone editor only version of lazarus?

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Martin_fr · 2010-08-11 17:12

Depends what your exact needs are.

The main component of the editor is SynEdit (MPL or GPL at your
choice), which can be found in the component palette.

You can always drop that on a form, also all the highlighters are
there (highlighters also include code fold ability).

But that is like dropping a TMemo on a form. There are no menus for
loading saving, no option dialog, just a field that accepts key board
input.

As for the keyboard shortcut:
- some of them are part of SynEdit itself, and will work (like
navigation, copy, paste)
- others are implemented in the IDE (sourceditor.pp and main.pp / both
GPL)

All the rest, like menus, save dialog, print, options, search dialog
=> you need to add yourself (if you go GPL, you may find some of it in
the IDE directory).

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bwinfrey · 2010-08-11 22:45

Thanks, I have used synedit and appreciate it and your comment, but I
am thinking more along the lines of lazarus without design-time
component related stuff.  I still want all the coding bells and
whistles, but sometimes I don't need the form design tools.  I am
looking for a way to strip down lazarus.  Like you could with Delphi
using multiple registry hives.  Kind of like running a version with
almost no packages.

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Martin_fr · 2010-08-12 00:52

http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Lazarus_for_education

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bwinfrey · 2010-08-12 14:28

Looks like that may be promising.  I'll look into it.

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bwinfrey · 2010-08-12 14:38

Unfortunately the education package is not useful for my needs.

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bwinfrey · 2010-08-14 20:32

I keep thinking about adapting some of the Lazarus code to run in a
different UI.  Kind of like Kate in KDE's apps.  Any thoughts?

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bwinfrey · 2010-08-15 18:01

I was over thinking this problem.  I just made some changes with the
window manager and Lazarus preferences to get what I was looking for. 
Thanks for the suggestions.