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{{Site Feedback}}
 
{{Site Feedback}}
  
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On this page you can add general site feedback.
 
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== Older requests ==
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* [[Site Feedback/old|Older site feedback]]
* Add some kind of chapters/tree/index on the main page, searching for various documents is harder without it.
 
* You could add a few links on the main Lazarus website to various sections in the Lazarus-CCR('''C'''omponent and '''C'''ode '''R'''epository) like '''Components''', '''Examples''', '''Online Docs''', '''Tutorials'''.
 
** The '''Components''' section should contain various components that are not used for "normal" programming or have similar behaviour to existing IDE components, maybe also platform specific components that can not be implemented in a CrossPlaform fashion.
 
**The '''Examples''' section should contain as many useful examples as possible, many people report that examples made them appreciate the "power" of other RAD tools like Delphi/Kylix, C++Builder, JBuilder and even Visual Basic, so i think examples will also help the Lazarus project too in becomeing the most widely used tool by OpenSource and Commercial software developers.
 
** The '''Online Docs''' section should contain FCL, LCL, IDE, Compiler, Classes organisation and description, various popular API calls, even some OS specific calls.
 
**The '''Tutorials''' section is one of the most important parts for productivity, it should cover various aspects of programming ranging from Console, GUI, Database, Component Design, IDE/Compiler Enhancing to Hardware I/O and even Multimedia, 3D Graphics, Audio, Game Design.
 
  
* The IDE could also have some links in the '''Help''' menu.
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==Categories==
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I created this page https://wiki.freepascal.org/Install_on_aarch64_Arch_or_Manjaro but it doesn't appear in the Install categories page here https://wiki.freepascal.org/Category:Install can anyone tell me why please? - [[User:Dieselnutjob|Dieselnutjob]] [[User talk:Dieselnutjob|talk]] 5 August 2020.
  
* The documentation of '''RTL''', '''FCL''' and '''LCL''' could contain hints on dependencies of functions which will only work after other specific functions have been called (for example: "InitKeyboard" has to be called before "PollKeyEvent" can work as suggested). Otherwise it could be difficult to track errors down using the documentation provided.
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::The system only re-indexes the categories once per day. Even then, MediaWiki sometimes requires someone with server access to run a manual re-indexing process. If your page does not show up after a couple of days, then log a request in the [http://bugs.freepascal.org/ Bugtracker]. [[User:Trev|Trev]] ([[User talk:Trev|talk]]) 08:21, 5 August 2020 (CEST)
  
: The lazarus documentation is located on the lazarus subversion on the directory lazarus/docs. The RTL and FCL documentation is located at http://svn.freepascal.org/svn/fpcdocs/trunk/. It is composed of XML files. Please send a patch improving the documentation in the way you suggested and it will be applied.
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== Image database errors ==
  
== IRC ? ==
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Trying to delete or overwrite existing images results in a database error.
Nowhere on the main site is something written about contact via '''IRC''' or something.
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:: See Bugtracker {{MantisLink|36784}}
: It is a bit hidden, but is there: http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=47
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::: Fixed in the recent upgrade of MediaWiki to version 1.35.6 [[User:Trev|Trev]] ([[User talk:Trev|talk]]) 10:12, 25 May 2022 (CEST)
:: The link is now dead. --[[User:LV|LV]] 16:29, 28 January 2016 (CET)
 
 
 
* I hope you don't mind that I linked from the WikiIndex ( http://wikiindex.org/Free_Pascal_wiki ) to this wiki. --[[User:DavidCary|DavidCary]] 06:25, 2 July 2007 (CEST)
 
 
 
* [[FpcIrcChannel| Site about IRC and links to Webchat]} contains links to the webchat for both lazarus and freepascal
 
  
 
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Categories

I created this page https://wiki.freepascal.org/Install_on_aarch64_Arch_or_Manjaro but it doesn't appear in the Install categories page here https://wiki.freepascal.org/Category:Install can anyone tell me why please? - Dieselnutjob talk 5 August 2020.

The system only re-indexes the categories once per day. Even then, MediaWiki sometimes requires someone with server access to run a manual re-indexing process. If your page does not show up after a couple of days, then log a request in the Bugtracker. Trev (talk) 08:21, 5 August 2020 (CEST)

Image database errors

Trying to delete or overwrite existing images results in a database error.

See Bugtracker Issue #36784
Fixed in the recent upgrade of MediaWiki to version 1.35.6 Trev (talk) 10:12, 25 May 2022 (CEST)

Please, please, please get rid of the animated gif logo! I can't read the page with that thing never stopping.

  • You can get rid of the animated gif logo by logging in and choosing a different skin under My Pages | Preferences | Appearance. I use the Cologne Blue skin and it looks and works fine.
  • You can also flag it with AdBlock - this seems to get rid of it from any site that uses it.
  • easiest: use wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org instead of wiki.freepascal.org : http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Site_Feedback - Arent (talk) 13:00, 22 September 2016 (CEST)

Editor

Is this still alive? Any changes to get update for the mediawiki engine, the editor is so much developed [1] since the version in use in this wiki. Also something like [2] might be handy for indexing ie. FPC category with lots of cluttered subcategories. --LV 15:51, 28 January 2016 (CET)

Layout

Please set default skin to vector instead of monobook in LocalSettings.php so that not-logged-in users (most?) do not see the archaic interface anymore. Arent (talk) 11:13, 21 September 2016 (CEST)

$wgDefaultSkin = "vector";

Help

mediawiki:helppage should point to Help:Contents instead of default https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Contents - Arent (talk) 12:25, 23 September 2016 (CEST)