Predefined pascal unit header template in Lazarus IDE
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vladvons · 2013-11-02 08:19

1) When i create a new pascal unit i want to have at the begining of
the unit some title like this:
This title should be automatically generated by Lazarus IDE. It would
be good to store own template into some Lazarus directory.
{
Company: My company name
Author: Some author
Creation date: 2013-11-02

GNU license text.....
}

2) Now i have no header in over 300 units.
Should i do this manually?
When i share project sources worldwide i want to fill each unit title
with headrer described above.

is it possible some automation using Lazarus?

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Bart · 2013-11-02 11:31

You could easily write a simple app that does this for you.

Bart

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Leledumbo · 2013-11-02 13:23

Indeed, a simple app could be made for that. The IDE currently doesn't
have such a feature.

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howardpc · 2013-11-02 16:53

For current use you can write a simple 'boiler plate' template that
inserts the information you want using the Ctrl-J shortcut. It
involves adding a few appropriate lines to the lazarus.dci file.
See here http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/IDE_Window:_Code_Templates

Once you have done that it is available for all future projects as
well.
Retro-fitting existing .pas and .pp files with the additional lines
would require a simple app to be written.

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vladvons · 2013-11-02 18:18

For big projects would be convenient to store own header template into
lazarus directory. When user choose 'create new pascal
unit/form/component' then Lazarus IDE creates it with predefined
header template + usual code.
Code: [Select]{
Company: My company name
Author: Some author
Creation date: 2013-11-02

GNU license text.....
}

unit Unit1;

interface

uses
  Classes, SysUtils;

implementation

end.

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Leledumbo · 2013-11-03 03:56

QuoteFor big projects would be convenient to store own header template
into lazarus directory. When user choose 'create new pascal
unit/form/component' then Lazarus IDE creates it with predefined
header template + usual code.Since the standard unit template is
hardcoded in TFileDescPascalUnit.CreateSource, you'll need to create
an IDE extension to automatically include the header (if you don't
want to modify the source).

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Researching · 2018-11-28 23:05

[SOLVED: Laz.1.8.4 ]
HOW TO: Modify the original “UNIT.pas” template:
The template is hard-coded inside
\lazarus\components\ideintf\projectintf.pas
So open it, find: “TFileDescPascalUnit.CreateSource”
Understand the code structure
Modify to your wishes.
My version of file: attached projectintf.pas