It has been in the source code for quite a while and some few people and I have tested it, but I didn't tell anybody else about it: There is a new expert in GExperts for editing the current project's unit search path. It looks like this: It offers the same functionality as the Search … Continue reading New Edit Path expert in GExperts
Category: Delphi
Need help testing a GExperts bugfix
I have just applied patches that are supposed to fix some Unicode issues with Russian characters. These apply to the following editor experts: Expand Macro Template Locate / Move to matching delimiter Previous / Next Identifier reference My tests so far have shown no changes on how these work on my source code, but I … Continue reading Need help testing a GExperts bugfix
Minor Delphi Ide Explorer enhancement
I just added some minor enhancements to my Delphi Ide Explorer expert: For TShortCut properties it now also displays the text representation for the shortcut. For TShortCutList properties (TAction.SecondaryHotkeys) it now displays "<no shortcut>" if the list is emtpy rather than an empty string For TStrings properties it now displays "<empty>" if the list is … Continue reading Minor Delphi Ide Explorer enhancement
chat.openapi.com is really amazing
Since everybody and his brother is talking about the new chat engine from openapi I had to try it myself, and lo and behold it is amazing. I asked it about various topics and the answers I got were at least plausible. Being a Delphi developer I of course ended up asking it questions about … Continue reading chat.openapi.com is really amazing
All known Generics bugs fixed in GExperts code formatter
I have just finished fixing all known bugs in the GExperts code formatter that were related to Generics. On top of that I fixed a few others. I am sure there are still more though, but because I rarely use Generics I haven't seen them yet. So I need your help: If you have a … Continue reading All known Generics bugs fixed in GExperts code formatter
Change order of experts in GExperts Expert Manager
Prompted by a post on Delphi Praxis, I just added a new feature to the Expert Manager expert in GExperts (lots of experts here 😉 ): It can now change the order in which the experts are loaded into the IDE. This may be important e.g. if you are using Andreas Hausladen's Delphi Speed Up … Continue reading Change order of experts in GExperts Expert Manager
added support for TColor and Local Variables to dzDebugVisualizer
After making the source code of dzDebugVisualizer available I got interested in Debug Visualizers in general and had a look at how they are supported in Delphi 11. I wrote a visualizer for TColor, based on an old EDN article (now only in the Internet Archive). And after that I simply added that functionality to … Continue reading added support for TColor and Local Variables to dzDebugVisualizer
dzDebugVisualizer source code available
Several years ago I wrote a Delphi IDE plugin to extend the functionality of the "Evaluate and Modify" dialog as well as the Watches window called dzDebugVisualizer and even released an update for it. Back then I wasn't sure whether I wanted to open source it or possibly commercialize it. I am now sure that … Continue reading dzDebugVisualizer source code available
dzBdsLauncher 1.0.9 released
I just released dzBdsLauncher 1.0.9. If started with a .bdsproj file, it will now not just assume that a .dpr file must exist but will check for it and if it does not exist, will try for a .dpk file.
dxgettext homepage down
The homepage of GnuGetText for Delphi (dxgettext) seems to be down (it redirects to www.delphidk.dk which my DNS cannot resolve). Here is the last archived version on the Internet Archive.