NAME¶
Lazarus - is a Rapid Application Development (RAD) for the Free Pascal Compiler
(FPC) including an Integrated Development Environment (IDE).
SYNOPSIS¶
lazarus
DESCRIPTION¶
This binary is an integrated development environment for the
Free Pascal
Compiler (FPC) which is an advanced
Turbo Pascal and
Delphi
(7.0) compatible multi-target Pascal compiler.
The IDE uses
FPC(1)
The current main supported targets are
Linux, Mac OS X,
Freebsd, and
Windows.
The other targets are either based on older versions of the compiler or are
still in development.
This manpage is meant for quick-reference only. Lazarus comes with an online
manual, which is updated constantly, while this man page can be out of date.
Usage¶
The user interface of the IDE has been designed to be similar to Delphi. It
provides the user with a user friendly, but rather powerful editor, a form
editor, an extensive on-line help system and a debugger.
A windowing system is the base of the user interface. The user will usually open
a few text editor windows in which he will design his program, during which he
can regularly check and debug through the use of hot keys. The high speed of
the compiler ensures that programmers can do this often and therefore allows
speedy development of code.
Help files¶
No help files are provided by default. The user must download the Lazarus and
Free Pascal documentation in HTML format and install it into the IDE using the
Help->Configure Help. Files can also be installed in this menu and can be
useful for source code that ships with HTML files as documentation.
AUTHORS¶
Lazarus development team (see
http://lazarus.freepascal.org )
SEE ALSO¶
- startlazarus(1) lazbuild(1) fpc(1)