IDE Window: Messages
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The Messages window contains the compiler messages. It can also contain codetools messages, or linker errors, etc..
Overview
When compiling the Messages window is shown automatically. You can see messages appear briefly and vanishing. The IDE classifies the compiler messages. Messages like "compiling unit1.pas" are treated as "progress" lines. These are shown, but hidden as soon as the next messages is shown, so that only the important messages (e.g. hints, notes, warning, errors) are shown. You can choose what lines to show, see filtering below.
Click on a message to jump to the position in the source editor. You can set whether a double click jumps or a single click in Tools -> Options -> Messages Window -> Double click on messages jumps.
When the IDE compiles a project it also compiles changed packages. In this case you see several blocks of messages, each having a header. The header is yellow while compiling, it turns green when compilation was successful, and turns red when there was an error. You can change the colors in the options.
Find
Shows a search function at the bottom of the Messages window. Click on the left button to hide the search. Edit the text to highlight all places containing the text and to jump to the first message (starting from the selected). Click on the arrows to jump to the next or previous place.
Quick fixes
Below Find there can be arbitrary quick fixes. These are added depending on the current message and what IDE add-ons you have installed. See Quick Fixes.
About
Shows a dialog containing information what task has created this output. For example a message from compiling a package gives the reason why the IDE needed to compile the package, the compiler path and parameters.
Clear
Remove all messages.
Copy selected messages to clipboard
Copy all selected lines to the clipboard.
Copy all messages to clipboard
Copy all shown messages to the clipboard.
Copy all messages to the clipboard including those not shown.
Help
Show Help for the current message.
Save all messages to file
Opens a save dialog to choose a filename and save all messages including the hidden messages.
Options
