On Sun, 10 Feb 2013 20:45:49 -0500 Donald Ziesig <don...@ziesig.org> wrote:
>[...] > I have almost finished a patch that uses an xml file, a new unit and > mods to codecompletion.pas to implement configurable code completion. > > I have a few questions remaining: > > 1) What is the preferred way to specify the name and location of the xml > file? I spent several hours trying to access PrimaryConfigPath or > SecondaryConfigPath from my unit which is in the codetools package. > Right now I am testing with a hard-coded path/file name. You can add those options to the existing options. See ide/codetoolsoptions.pas > 2) What is the preferred way to submit the patch? (In my previous life, > before retirement, all I had to do was submit my code to the Quality > Control unit and wait for their inevitable nasty-grams; the classic of > which was "What is this thing called a 'state machine' you have in your > code?" ;-) ). Attach it to http://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=15922 > 3) I have a separate program to parse the xml file and detect any > possible syntax errors before Lazarus tries to load it. Where should I > put that? What kind of syntax errors? For the xml or for the pascal snippets? Mattias -- _______________________________________________ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus