Cocoa Interface

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1 Other Interfaces
- 1.1 Platform specific Tips
- 1.2 Interfaces Development Articles
2 Compiling the Cocoa Interfaces
3 Roadmap

[edit] Other Interfaces

Lazarus known issues (things that will never be fixed) - A list of interface compatibility issues
Win32/64 Interface - The winapi interface for Windows 95/98/Me/2K/XP/Vista, but not CE
GTK1 Interface - The gtk1 for Unixes, Mac OS X, Windows
GTK2 Interface - The gtk2 for Unixes, Mac OS X, Windows
Carbon Interface - The Carbon Interface for Mac OS X
Qt Interface - The Qt 4 Interface for Unixes, Mac OS X and linux-based PDAs
Windows CE Interface - For Pocket PC and Smartphones
fpGUI Interface - A widgetset completely written in Object Pascal
Cocoa Interface - The Cocoa Interface for Mac OS X

[edit] Platform specific Tips

OS X Programming Tips - Lazarus installation, useful tools, Unix commands, and more...
WinCE Programming Tips - Using the telephone API, sending SMSes, and more...
Windows Programming Tips - Desktop Windows programming tips.

[edit] Interfaces Development Articles

Carbon interface internals - If you want to help improving the Carbon interface
Windows CE Development Notes - For Pocket PC and Smartphones
Adding a new interface - How to add a new widget set interface
LCL Defines - Choosing the right options to recompile LCL

[edit] Compiling the Cocoa Interfaces

1 - Download PasCocoa from subversion

Instructions here: PasCocoa#Subversion

2- Add the path to PasCocoa to your fpc.cfg file

In a standard installation this file will be located in: /etc/fpc.cfg

Please add the the end of this file the following (remember to adapt it to the paths in your system!):

# Search path for Cocoa bindings
-Fu/Users/felipe/Programas/lazarus-ccr/bindings/objc
-Fu/Users/felipe/Programas/lazarus-ccr/bindings/pascocoa/appkit
-Fu/Users/felipe/Programas/lazarus-ccr/bindings/pascocoa/foundation
-Fu/Users/felipe/Programas/lazarus-ccr/bindings/pascocoa/applicationservices/coregraphics

Since the file is write protected, only administrator accounts will be able to edit it. It is also possible to have a local fpc.cfg file. For more information google or ask in the mailling list.

3 - Compile a test PasCocoa project

In Lazarus, open /Users/felipe/Programas/lazarus-ccr/bindings/pascocoa/example/statusitem/statusitem.lpi (or similar acording to your local paths) and build the project.

This should guarantee that PasCocoa was installed correctly and create the .o files for it.

4 - Compile LCL-Cocoa

In Lazarus go to the Tools-->Configure Build Lazarus menu. Go to advanced, set everything to NONE and only LCL to clean+build, set the widgetset to Cocoa and push the Build button.

You can now build LCL-Cocoa applications by setting the target widgetset to cocoa in the Compiler Options dialog of your projects.