Lazarus 4.0 RC3

[paxnet_be]

Hey guys,
Window Project Options: trying to use another image as app icon than the default. Looks grayed. The cursor is on 0 (instead 1 with the default icon), I cannot move it to resize the image.

Is this a bug in RC3?

Can´t wait to see the definitive version 4.0 !

Kind regards,

pax_be

Lazarus 4.0 (rev lazarus_4_0RC3-55-g9d15c73c91) FPC 3.2.2 x86_64-linux-gtk2

[gues1]

 
The stable version of Lazarus 4.0 has been released since May 5th...

[paxnet_be]

Are you sure?

I downloaded this version from the website a few days ago...

[Thaddy]

Yes, we are sure. Probably wrong website.
So WHICH website? If you navigate from here you will get the true release.

[paxnet_be]

Downloaded from https://sourceforge.net/projects/lazarus/files/Lazarus%20Linux%20x86_64%20RPM/Lazarus%204.0/
Date of the binaries stays on 2025-05-04 and gives the mentioned version info.

[Martin_fr]

Lazarus 4.0 (rev lazarus_4_0RC3-55-g9d15c73c91) FPC 3.2.2 x86_64-linux-gtk2

that is strange...

(g)9d15c73c91 => that is the revision of the final 4.0 release.

Not sure why/how it says RC3 in there

[Fred vS]

See here:  https://forum.lazarus.freepascal.org/index.php/topic,71420.msg557384.html#msg557384

[paxnet_be]

Thanks for the reply Fred vS.
Indeed, it seemed to be the same problem. So I applied your solution, but without success: my icon was not compressed. When I tried to compress it, Lazarus complained that it could not use it.
By the way, I never had that problem, also with Lazarus 3.8 my icon was rendered fine...

[Fred vS]

Indeed, it seemed to be the same problem. So I applied your solution, but without success: my icon was not compressed. When I tried to compress it, Lazarus complained that it could not use it.

Did you convert your .ico to .png and use that .png as icon?

[mattias]

Downloaded from https://sourceforge.net/projects/lazarus/files/Lazarus%20Linux%20x86_64%20RPM/Lazarus%204.0/
Date of the binaries stays on 2025-05-04 and gives the mentioned version info.

That's 4.0 (to be exact: 4.0.0.4), not 4.0RC3. I just double checked and installed it.

[paxnet_be]

That's 4.0 (to be exact: 4.0.0.4), not 4.0RC3. I just double checked and installed it.

So this morning I downloaded the whole package again from https://www.lazarus-ide.org/ - Other - Linux RPM 64 bits.
To make sure I would install this version, I performed an uninstall of the Lazarus and FPC package + deleted the directory ".lazarus" from my home directory.
Then I reinstalled Lazarus from the install dir with the OpenSuse Leap 15.6 command "zypper install *.RPM". This installed the binaries in the order fp-laz, fpc-src, lazarus project...

Sorry Matthias, same result (see screenshot).

[paxnet_be]

Did you convert your .ico to .png and use that .png as icon?

No, I did the reversed handling. Tried with both the .png and .ico, same result. I think, the problem is that I cannot move the cursor to 1. However I can move it when I'm using the default icon.

[dbannon]

pax, just wondering, by changing that icon, what do you expect to change ?

Linux uses the icon in, eg /usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/$APPNAME.png and some times the one pointed to by your desktop file.

I think something uses the embedded but unsure what it is. Generally, the above applies.

(And, I note your new install of Lazarus rc3 now has yesterday's build date - what on earth is happening there ?)

Davo

[paxnet_be]

pax, just wondering, by changing that icon, what do you expect to change ?

That icon should represent the logo of my application. Indeed, it is used by the Linux desktop.