[Lazarus] Dockable IDE

[Hans-Peter Diettrich]

My experience with the 0.9.30.4 and trunk versions suggests that docking 
will be discontinued in Lazarus?

The LCL, IDE and Win32 widgetset contain code that breaks Delphi 
compatible drag-dock deliberately, for no obvious reason or benefit. It 
looks to me as if none of the core developers understands the 
implementation and use of dragging in general and drag-dock in detail. 
Postponing required fixes to rev. 0.99 will make it almost impossible to 
support a dockable IDE any more, due to the many breaks in the current 
IDE code.

While a dockable IDE can be achieved in 0.9.30.4 with a few simple 
patches, I could not find out what breaks docking in the trunk IDE at 
all - the dockable IDE windows simply disappear, including the source 
editors and messages windows :-(


Can we agree to make the IDE dockable again *now*, or should I stop 
waiting for another usable IDE?

DoDi