1Lazarus(1) Free Pascal RAD IDE Lazarus(1)
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6 Lazarus - is a Rapid Application Development (RAD) for the Free Pascal
7 Compiler (FPC) including an Integrated Development Environment (IDE).
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15 This binary is an integrated development environment for the Free Pas‐
16 cal Compiler (FPC) which is an advanced Turbo Pascal and Delphi (7.0)
17 compatible multi-target Pascal compiler.
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19 The IDE uses FPC(1)
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21 The current main supported targets are Linux, Mac OS X, Freebsd, and
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27 This manpage is meant for quick-reference only. Lazarus comes with an
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33 The user interface of the IDE has been designed to be similar to Del‐
34 phi. It provides the user with a user friendly, but rather powerful
35 editor, a form editor, an extensive on-line help system and a debugger.
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37 A windowing system is the base of the user interface. The user will
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