Lazarus Lazarus is a cross-platform IDE for the Free Pascal compiler. It tries to offer a Delphi-like programming experience through its own 'Lazarus Component Library' and supporting many platforms like Windows, OSX, Linux, BSD, Android, iOS and more. An application created using Lazarus on one platform can generally compile and execute on any platform for which a Free Pascal compiler exists. For desktop applications a single source can target Mac, Linux, and Windows, with little or no modification. Lazarus is a free and open source development tool for the Free Pascal Compiler. The purpose of this project is to serve as a Code Repository, Wiki Knowledgebase and support site for converting existing components and libraries to work with Lazarus and the Free Pascal Compiler.
This portal provides an overview of development for macOS (previously marketed as Mac OS X until 2012 and OS X until 2016) with Lazarus and Free Pascal. Development of macOS software is easy with Lazarus using the Cocoa (64 bit) widgetset. The Carbon widgetset is also available but only for 32 bit software and only up to macOS 10.14 Mojave. Apple removed the Carbon framework from macOS 10.15 Catalina (2019) - that operating system and future versions will no longer run any 32 bit software. Other widgetsets like Qt are also supported, but their use requires additional effort. Free Pascal can also be used to develop software for Mac OS Classic and older versions of macOS (before Tiger). |
Platform Portals:Android - Embedded - FreeBSD - iOS - Linux - Mac - WinCE - Windows Topic Portals:New Users - Database Development - Game Development - Hardware and Robotics - HowTo Demos - Science and Technology - Web Development Categories:Mac OS Classic - macOS - Unix - Objective Pascal - Objective C |
Lazarus For Macos
This box describes the installation and use of Lazarus and Free Pascal. |
Basic development techniques with Lazarus and Free Pascal are described here, as well as hints for special optimization approaches.
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Lazarus For Mac
FPC supports several APIs on macOS. |
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