Lazarus IDE & Docking
lazarus / 9-Editor

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hinst · 2013-05-02 14:55

I installed latest Lazarus IDE "stable" release 1.0.8 on Windows. It
worked fine. Then I recompiled it with dock manager package so that I
would be able to dock my windows in the IDE. It worked fine. But after
I closed the IDE and opened it again, the main window of the IDE
didn't show up. In fact none of IDE windows showed up, although
Lazarus process was present, perhaps it was stuck at some
initialization code. This is not the first time I encounter this
problem, I remember there were cases when Lazarus main window did not
show up after I started the IDE. I am not sure whether this problem is
actually related to dock manager or not, but it is really annoying. Is
it really so hard to make it always possible to open Lazarus or
something... I experienced this problem YEARS ago. And now Lazarus
reached version 1.0.8, and the problem is still present. I don't know
what else to say here...

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snorkel · 2013-06-05 18:43

After you set the docking up the way you like you have to save the
desktop config or the
next time you run it will be messed up/reverted to the default.

I use the anchor docking design package with 1.08 and it works fine
after I save the using "Tools"->"Save Window layout as default"

If you are not using the Anchor Docking design package consider
switching to that.  I am assuming you are using the Anchor package and
not the other one that ships with the IDE.