inserting var behaves differently than const
lazarus / 9-Editor

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MartynX · 2017-06-03 06:55

I recently installed v.1.6.2 on my Win10 Pro laptop and have not
attempted any customization of the IDE Code Editor.

Typing a new procedure, if I add a local const block, after I press
return immediately after const, the editor inserts a line break then
two spaces:  this is fine because it's the way my Delphi has always
worked.

However, if I type var[return], the editor adds a line break and then
inserts a tab character, leaving the caret in column 5. (5?)  Why is
there this difference between var and const and how can I change this
so that I get a linebreak + 2 spaces, like const?  Nothing I've tried
in the Options pop-up seems to cure this.

In Editor | General | Tab | Tab and Indent, 'Tab to spaces' is
checked.

TIA, Martyn

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Handoko · 2017-06-03 08:09

Hello Martynx,
Welcome to the forum.

Have you tried the current stable release 1.6.4 (February 27, 2017)?
Or maybe the development version 1.8.0RC1.

On my Linux Lazarus 1.6.4 Gtk2, it works correctly.

You can get the installers here:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/lazarus/files/

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MartynX · 2017-06-03 08:53

Thanks.

I uninstalled v1.6.2, deleted the Lazarus folder in my user AppData
folder and installed v1.6.4.

That seems to have fixed the problem with var sections but
unfortunately introduced another one which 1.6.2 did not have:

If I start the IDE, so that it pops up a new Project 1 + default form,
and then immediately select File | Close All, the Project1 form closes
but then the IDE menu bar at the top repaints continuously and
Lazarus's CPU usage stays at 25% (this is a 2-core i5 Intel).  If I
then go to File | New console application, the repainting stops and
the IDE pops up the "Project Changed Save changes to project 1?"
dialog, but whether it's talking about the project the IDE opened when
it started or the new console one, it doesn't say.

Should I start a new thread about this menu-repainting problem?

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Handoko · 2017-06-03 09:03

Have you tried to restart your computer?

What you said sounds like a serious bug. Any serious bug usually will
be fix soon.

You may consider to start a new thread.

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Cyrax · 2017-06-03 10:33

Quote from: MartynX on June 03, 2017, 10:53:02 amThanks.

I uninstalled v1.6.2, deleted the Lazarus folder in my user AppData
folder and installed v1.6.4.

That seems to have fixed the problem with var sections but
unfortunately introduced another one which 1.6.2 did not have:

If I start the IDE, so that it pops up a new Project 1 + default form,
and then immediately select File | Close All, the Project1 form closes
but then the IDE menu bar at the top repaints continuously and
Lazarus's CPU usage stays at 25% (this is a 2-core i5 Intel).  If I
then go to File | New console application, the repainting stops and
the IDE pops up the "Project Changed Save changes to project 1?"
dialog, but whether it's talking about the project the IDE opened when
it started or the new console one, it doesn't say.

Should I start a new thread about this menu-repainting problem?

If I recall correctly, that bug was fixed in the trunk and the fix is
in the release candidate of 1.8.0. Maybe you can try the release
candidate to check if it works.

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CCRDude · 2017-06-07 05:24

I can confirm this for Win32. Had this bug new in 1.6.4, and seen it
fixed in the trunk