I finally discovered Single Window mode for Lazarus and I like it quite a bit more.

Single Window mode

Posted in: s/pascal

🍀 gritty

May 10 · 10 days ago

9 Comments ↓

🚀 stack · May 10 at 16:23:

Yikes! All the joys of an ancient language that is not Lisp, an ancient IDE that is not Emacs or Vim, and all with the worst of modern interface design -- lack of multiple windows! :)

🍀 gritty [OP] · May 10 at 17:18:

@stack haha! the IDE isn't bad, just all the parts were separate windows which got annoying fast when switching. you can have multiple windows and tabs still.

with the language updates, I don't mind it. making my next gemini project fully in freepascal.

🚀 stack · May 10 at 17:34:

I am actually horrified by the 'one-file-at-a-time' editors that won't even split the window. Arduino is perhaps easier for 7-year-olds, but I need about 6 windows for code. As for the other IDE stuff, I couldn't care less.

🚂 MrSVCD · May 10 at 19:54:

@gritty Thank you! I have been looking for this.

🐙 norayr [mod] · May 11 at 14:41:

heh, glad you feel better now.

though i don't use it. i have this personal thing maybe, i also use gimp in multi window mode. i need to see some of my desktop, i need to see it is empty.

that's also why i don't use tiling wms. i need to see the background.

i like when the windows aren't glued together, not imprisoned. have freedom to move.

something like that.

also i think everything should be modular. even window interfaces. and we have lack of it. (:

🍀 gritty [OP] · May 11 at 23:59:

@norayr I understand that. Though if I could get all the laz windows to be on top when switching apps, I'd have stuck with it.

🐙 norayr [mod] · May 12 at 00:35:

i also use insane amount of workspaces. about 15 for pidgin chat windows. again, multi window mode. (: so when i run lazarus i run it on a separate workspace. when i program just with fpc, i use 2-4 terminals usually. in one i write, in other i build, other two, if i have other pascal files opened. but that's me, everybody has the way that works for them.

👽 TKurtBond · May 12 at 19:36:

This *is* a lot easier to use with a tiling window manager. Thanks for pointing it out!

🍀 gritty [OP] · May 12 at 20:19:

no problem!