DVM - D Version Manager 0.4.3

[Chris via Digitalmars-d-announce]

On Wednesday, 3 September 2014 at 13:10:28 UTC, Jacob Carlborg 
wrote:
> On 03/09/14 11:08, Chris wrote:
>
>> If I install dmd 2.066 with dvm, it won't overwrite or change 
>> anything?
>
> No, the whole idea is to have multiple compilers installed 
> simultaneous.
>
>> I'll soon be moving my code from 2.065 to 2.066, but I want to 
>> keep
>> 2.065 around for a while to maintain existing code till the 
>> transition
>> is complete.
>
> Yes, that's the whole idea.
>
>> And how do I integrate it with dub?
>
> It doesn't have a direct integration with Dub. But that's the 
> other part of the idea. Just run "dvm use <compiler_version>" 
> to set the version you want to use. When Dub runs DMD it will 
> use the one you chose earlier. It works with any tool invoking 
> DMD in the same session as you run "dvm use".

Thanks. I thought so, I just wanted to be 100% sure it really 
works this way, before doing anything. Hit-and-miss can cause 
some serious headaches when dealing with different dmd compilers.

Thanks also for the great tool. This will make the transition a 
lot easier.

> This all works on the command line. If you have some form of 
> IDE chose the location where DVM installs the compilers. On 
> Posix this will be ~/.dvm and on Windows this will be 
> C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\dvm. Then either pick any 
> of the following:
>
> * <path_to_dvm>/bin/dmd-<version> - for a specific compiler 
> version
>
> * <path_to_dvm>/bin/dvm-current-dc - the compiler you chose 
> last time with "dvm use <version>"
>
> * <path_to_dvm>/bin/dvm-default-dc - the default compiler, set 
> with "dvm use <version> -d"