dpj for Windows

[dnewbie]

On Sunday, 20 May 2012 at 03:53:43 UTC, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
> "dnewbie" <run3 at myopera.com> wrote in message
> news:qufvdhexcdzabuzqrvgm at forum.dlang.org...
>> dpj is a mini-ide for the D programming language.
>> http://my.opera.com/run3/blog/2012/05/20/dpj
>>
>
> That's a good start! Not bad. Is it written in D?
>

It started as a D project, then I've moved it to C.

> A few notes:
>
> - It's much faster to just pass all the files to dmd at once and
> compile/link all in one step. So, instead of this:
>
> dmd -wi -c a.d -ofoutput\a.d
> dmd -wi -c b.d -ofoutput\b.d
> dmd -ofa.exe output\a.obj output\b.obj
>
> Just do this:
>
> dmd -wi -ofa.exe -odoutput a.d b.d
>
> It's a lot faster, plus in my experience compiling separately 
> can sometimes
> lead to linking problems (somehting to do with how dmd handles 
> templates, I
> think).

Understood.

>
> - To support things like ldc, gdc and dvm (via ldmd, gdmd,
> dvm-current-dc.bat, etc...), the config file should take a path 
> to the
> actual exe or bat (such as dmd.exe) the users wants to run, 
> instead of just
> the path to "dmd.exe".
>
> So like "dmd_path=C:\D\dmd2\windows\bin\dmd.exe" insetad of
> "dmd_path=C:\D\dmd2\windows\bin"

The project file is actually a GNU makefile with special 
variables.
I'll see how can I make a makefile that supports multiple 
compilers
and compile/link in one step.


>
> - The first couple times I made a new project I got some error 
> about it not
> being able to copy a template. But then it seemed to work ok 
> anyway. I don't
> remember exactly what it said, and it doesn't seem to be 
> happening anymore
> (don't know why) so I can't check.

It happens when either the destination file already exists, or
when the template file is missing. I'll add a more descriptive 
message.

>
> - It *seems* to start up with a default blank project, but you 
> can't use it.
> You still have to go to "File->New project". That's a little 
> confusing.
>
> - It'd be good to be able to select and copy the text in the 
> compilation
> panel at the bottom.
>
> - It'd be intuitive to be able to add files to a project by 
> right-clicking
> "D source files" or whatever and then have "Add file(s)..." in 
> a drop-down
> menu.
>
> - More features and configurability with both building and 
> interface would
> be nice to have in later versions, ie more bells and whistles ;)
>


Right. I'll improve it as time permits.


> I love that the interface is super-fast, light on memory, and 
> uses the
> native system controls. And the automatic build management and 
> "Help" links
> are really nice to have.

Thanks for the feedback!