Sherlock

Awesome, but this sounds ominous. Could you please elaborate?

From a pure linguistic point of view: Where does the need for reintroducing a purely virtual aka non existent thing come from? There seems to be a need for this that is deep in the compiler. Would be a nice research project, or something the experts can explain.

Tokyo really is quake proof 😉

Not sure about the direction this question is actually heading, but does the structure view help?

Now, that would have been some nice information to begin the discussion.

Thanks and welcome!

But how?

There seems to be a tradeoff going on between VCL-flexibility and FMX-platform...ummm...style adaption. I'm pretty sure you might be able to achieve this with the style thingy, but I never quite understood that. Every time I try to use it, it just frustrates me and I end up building quick workarounds like this. Pretty sad. Does anyone have a nice tutorial for the FMX Style Designer?

Tried it, and this is what it looks like: To the edit I added this line of code to the OnChangeTracking Event: procedure TForm20.Edit1ChangeTracking(Sender: TObject); begin Rectangle1.Visible := Edit1.Text.Length > 5; end; That's it.

Off the top of my head, how about putting a client aligned yellow panel rectangle inside the TEdit, HitTest and TabStop set to False, then set its visibility to whatever you need. Untested idea. Edith adds the need for transparency.

I'll have to see how it feels, pics look OK though.

I second that!

Ok. You almost got me. How is the form designer handled? It is my understanding that most other languages handle layout questions through code entirely. Could it be, that this aspect is underrepresented in LSP?

That is my understanding as well. It helps writing code but in the end you still have to compile it with Delphi though. Being a Delphi Developer since Version 5 this would mean quite the change in behavior. I'm used to pressing Ctrl+F9 every now and then, just to check if it still compiles (aka is ready for shipping 😉). This can't be possible with for example Eclipse, or can it?

I have been waiting for that reply ever since I first used that nick in an other forum back in 2000. 18 years...wow!

SCNR = Sorry, could not resist https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/SCNR

So basically and very bluntly, it is a way to enable the use of Visual Studio for any language... <Rant>I see there are other editors out there, that support the language server protocol, but apart from Eclipse and Sublime Text they are somewhat cumbersome 😉 Now I could refresh my vim knowledge, but both the Delphi IDE and Pythons IDLE (yes, I know that is not really an IDE but for my needs an purposes it is) and sometimes Nano really are enough for me. I have no intention on spending extra money on yet another editor (apart from Eclipse the free editions seem to not offer LSP support) to gain practically nothing apart from being able to use the same editor for both languages. </Rant> This project is fine and well for those languages that come without an IDE, and they might profit from it immensely. But Delphi has everything built in, and the things missing come through add-ons. But, and I can't stress this enough, I am a low level developer and quite the conservative nay-sayer. I may very well miss the big picture, and for those guys that use 5 different languages on a daily basis, being able to use the same IDE definitely makes LSP a very fine thing. So go for it. Should have led with that...I guess.

Sorry I still don't get it.Bear with me please. I'm just a Delphi developer who dabbles in Python. I have never heard of this and still can't see the benefit other than "you can use a different editor". Why is a server needed for that? And what does said server actually do?

Rants could find their way into off topic 😄

I guess getting this to run with D2010 might not be that easy, considering it is written for FMX.

Awww, come on. This is good for the brain. a little mental arithmatic keeps your mind sharp. 😄

Who profits from this how? Or rephrased: What does it do?

Indeed this is a feature I miss as well. The code block should have a "copy code to clipboard" function. And should be foldable...while we're adding features to the code block.

Ooooh! That actually makes sense and sounds sweet! I take back everything I said.

😄 Nice eastern Frisia diagram. Similar to their national flag (white eagle on white background).