Lazarus

Release Notes: This release is based on fpc 2.4.2 and contains a large number of new features.

Release Notes: This release fixes compiling a test application without saving (missing project1.lrs). The Lazarus directory is now set correctly by the deb package. Some other small fixes are also included.

Release Notes: In this major release, the IDE has many source editor improvements like display of "double width" fonts (such as Eastern, Japanese, Chinese, and Arabic), better code folding, highlighting, syncro editing, and persistent blocks. The debugger has assembler windows, easier exception handling, and breakpoint properties. The LCL now uses GTK2 as the default widgetset on Linux and BSD and includes the TMonitor class for multi-monitor support. Refactoring of LCL reduced the minimum size of executables by about 15%. The support of TFrame support has improved, so you can visually nest designers in the IDE.

Release Notes: This version improves support for application icons. Option dialogs were improved by using frames. Several bugs were fixed.

Release Notes: The LCL now uses Unicode strings encoded as UTF-8 on all platforms. Lazarus now runs natively under Mac OS X using the "Carbon" widget set. The LCL internal graphic system was rewritten for more consistency, more flexibility, better Delphi compatibility, icon support, and native image lists. The IDE designer now allows you to connect form components, like databases on TDataModule.