New User Questions

[Mike]

I've downloaded the dmd d compiler for Win32 but I have a few questions about how to use the compiler, before I install it and try it out. How do you actually use this thing? Do you write text files then pass command line instructions to tell the compiler what text files to compile or is there some sort of IDE that goes with this? Also I've seen some IDEs listed on google for d, can you use in a way similar to say the .net IDE? For instance are all of them just text editors or can you compile it from the program and do any of them have debuggers with breakpoints ect..? If any of you guys could recomend one to try.

One other question. If I make a program using the dmd compiler does it have to be open source since part of the d compiler is under the gpl or would that just apply to people making other d compilers?

thanks in advance for your help,

Mike

ps I'm using windows xp