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Lsp. Seamless support for external editor/changed files so I can use vim without losing changes. Component for markdown rendering. Theme support so apps can swi

Lsp. Seamless support for external editor/changed files so I can use vim without losing changes. Component for markdown rendering. Theme support so apps can switch between light and dark themes at runtime. Honestly theres a lot I miss when I write Lazarus apps.

vintagedave 9mo ago
Try Oxygene. Files are always up to date (you don't even save, if you type, it'll end up on disk, same in reverse if you save with another editor.) Code completion works. IDE supports themes. Most importantly the language is _far_ more modern than Lazarus / FPC. It can import Lazarus (and Delphi) projects, but does not have a form designer built in.
- zeroc8 9mo ago
  and it costs 749 bucks....
  - vintagedave 9mo ago
    You're right re commercial. If it's personal use, twenty bucks a month.
- lelanthran 9mo ago
  I think this response is more than a little unhelpful I wanted >> Theme support so apps can switch between light and dark themes at runtime. You present > IDE supports themes. You don't see the difference? I want to produce apps that decides, at runtime, which theme to use. I also don't know if I'd consider it a Lazarus option if a) It's a different language, not Delphi and b) It has no RAD tools. After all, if I want niche languages with poor support for RAD, I'm spoilt for choice. What I want is for Lazarus to be updated with some modern features, not replace a well-known RAD tool with a niche, expensive, proprietary and little-known language.
  - vintagedave 9mo ago
    You're right, I missed that you wanted styles in your app not IDE. I was thinking IDE especially re the designer, so sorry for missing that. It's not intended to be unhelpful, and I hope the rest of what I wrote, which you didn't quote, and which I _think_ from what you wrote is of interest to you, is ok.

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Lsp. Seamless support for external editor/changed files so I can use vim without losing changes. Component for markdown rendering. Theme support so apps can swi

by lelanthran 9mo ago

vintagedave 9mo ago
Try Oxygene. Files are always up to date (you don't even save, if you type, it'll end up on disk, same in reverse if you save with another editor.) Code completion works. IDE supports themes. Most importantly the language is _far_ more modern than Lazarus / FPC. It can import Lazarus (and Delphi) projects, but does not have a form designer built in.
- zeroc8 9mo ago
  and it costs 749 bucks....
  - vintagedave 9mo ago
    You're right re commercial. If it's personal use, twenty bucks a month.
- lelanthran 9mo ago
  I think this response is more than a little unhelpful I wanted >> Theme support so apps can switch between light and dark themes at runtime. You present > IDE supports themes. You don't see the difference? I want to produce apps that decides, at runtime, which theme to use. I also don't know if I'd consider it a Lazarus option if a) It's a different language, not Delphi and b) It has no RAD tools. After all, if I want niche languages with poor support for RAD, I'm spoilt for choice. What I want is for Lazarus to be updated with some modern features, not replace a well-known RAD tool with a niche, expensive, proprietary and little-known language.
  - vintagedave 9mo ago
    You're right, I missed that you wanted styles in your app not IDE. I was thinking IDE especially re the designer, so sorry for missing that. It's not intended to be unhelpful, and I hope the rest of what I wrote, which you didn't quote, and which I _think_ from what you wrote is of interest to you, is ok.