On 04/12/2012 05:59, Felipe Ferreira da Silva wrote:
I would like to propose and discuss about a new graphical user
interface for the next major releases. Nowadays, most of the RAD tools
use a docked interface(MonoDevelop, Delphi, VS), and in some cases
they are stylish(like the recent Visual Studio versions). I think that
a better-looking IDE would not just make the programming task more
pleasant, but also could attract more people to Pascal.
I know about the existence of AnchorDocking package for a
docked IDE, but I think that if such feature were built-in, the IDE
could be improved with appropriated features for a docked app - and
since the forms would be still undockable, the user could switch back
to the "Delphi7-like" interface.
My propose is ask if you guys would mind if I work on some
projects with a different interface and made in Lazarus(of course) to
you evaluate. I'm good at create components and customize to give them
a stylish appearance like in the case of VS. But I would like to know
from you guys first.
While I personally use the floating approach, I am all for getting a
finished, and excellent docking solution.
Not that I have a problem, if it has to go into the IDE, I find the
package based approach more desirable. (e.g. I have actually plans to
move existing stuff, like the debugger, out of the IDE into a package).
Packages mean code separation (even more than units), and therefore
better maintainability, and test-ability (if automated tests are written
/ automated test on the IDE itself, are a constant source of pain, I
know, I maintain one).
Moving it to a package, does not necessary mean to do it, without
changes in the IDE. The necessary methods can always be added to IDEIntf.
Anyway, "improved with appropriated features": Which ones do you think
can not be done in a package? (Assuming that all needed methods and
hooks, are added to IDEIntf)?
--
_______________________________________________
Lazarus mailing list
Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org
http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
