Re: [Lazarus] Lazarus for writing 3D Desktop Environment/Window manager for Linux?

2021-06-24 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys via lazarus
On 24/06/2021 1:52 pm, Chavoux Luyt via lazarus wrote: > The idea is a "game-like" first-person shooter interface where > instead of a desktop with various virtual desktops or a start menu, you > have a house (or a castle or whatever) in which you move, open different > doors with different rooms,

Re: [Lazarus] Lazarus for writing 3D Desktop Environment/Window manager for Linux?

2021-06-24 Thread Sven Barth via lazarus
Chavoux Luyt via lazarus schrieb am Do., 24. Juni 2021, 14:53: > (although it would have been nice if Lazarus could add packages like > Delphi without needing to recompile the whole IDE - compile the package to > a .dll or .so and simply link into it from the IDE?). > Simply using ordinary

Re: [Lazarus] Lazarus for writing 3D Desktop Environment/Window manager for Linux?

2021-06-24 Thread R.Smith via lazarus
On 2021/06/24 14:52, Chavoux Luyt via lazarus wrote: Questions: 1. Is it possible to write a 3D desktop environment (with similar functionality to KDE/Gnome) in Lazarus? 2. Is Lazarus a good tool for writing such a desktop environment? Why/why not? 3. Are there better alternatives

Re: [Lazarus] Lazarus for writing 3D Desktop Environment/Window manager for Linux?

2021-06-24 Thread Michael Van Canneyt via lazarus
On Thu, 24 Jun 2021, Chavoux Luyt via lazarus wrote: Hi Background: I have played a bit with Lazarus over the years, but have never used it to write any big or commercial projects (I have used both older versions of Delphi, C++ Builder and Visual Studio with C# for that). However, it seems

[Lazarus] Lazarus for writing 3D Desktop Environment/Window manager for Linux?

2021-06-24 Thread Chavoux Luyt via lazarus
Hi Background: I have played a bit with Lazarus over the years, but have never used it to write any big or commercial projects (I have used both older versions of Delphi, C++ Builder and Visual Studio with C# for that). However, it seems to me as if modern Lazarus has everything and more than