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@@ -5,5 +5,26 @@ This repository contains the sources for Project Fresnel
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## What is project Fresnel ?
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Project Fresnel is a new UI paradigma for Lazarus projects.
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-Instead of using LCL controls, CSS-based native controls will be used to create your UI.
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+Instead of using LCL controls, CSS-based custom drawn controls will be used to create your UI.
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+## Why is this project needed ?
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+The design of the VCL and LCL is old. In the browser, UX and UI have evolved far beyond
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+what the LCL has to offer, largely thanks to the strength of CSS. The choice for CSS
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+as a mechanism for layouting and display is therefore logical.
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+This will also allow to reuse existing CSS frameworks.
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+## What's with the name ?
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+UI is about look and feel. Look and feel means light.
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+[Fresnel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustin-Jean_Fresnel) is a French
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+Physicist who made important contributions to the wave theory of light.
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+## Goals of project Fresnel:
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+- 100% Pascal code.
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+- Create a set of controls that are independent of the LCL.
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+- The layout and look of the controls are governed by CSS.
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+- A Lazarus application must be able to run LCL forms alongside 'Fresnel' forms.
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+ This will ensure easy porting.
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+- Different drawing backends must be possible.
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Michaël Van Canneyt