Installing D on MacOS X Leopard box

[Duke Normandin]

On Tue, 25 May 2010, Michel Fortin wrote:

> On 2010-05-25 09:19:01 -0400, Duke Normandin <dukeofperl at ml1.net> said:
>
> > On Tue, 25 May 2010, Michel Fortin wrote:
> >
> > > If you want to avoid the hassle of installing things manually, you can
> > > also
> > > use the D for Xcode installer which, in addition to installing a plugin
> > > for
> > > Xcode, downloads and installs the latest version of DMD 1 and 2.
> > >
> > > <http://michelf.com/projects/d-for-xcode/>
> >
> > Have it already - thanks! However, _now_ I need a tutorial on how to
> > use XCode, cuz I've been using emacs forever. I dabbled in ObjC for
> > awhile, but never got anywhere with, because I spent most of my time
> > keeping XCode happy. I don't want that to happen with my D
> > experience. Do you know of a _real good_ XCode tutorial?
>
> First, you don't *need* Xcode. The D for Xcode installer installs DMD so it is
> usable on the command line. You shouldn't have any problem using emacs, make,
> and whatever else you may like. If the 'dmd' command doesn't work after
> install, then it's probably something else outside of the DMD installation
> that is causing problems.

Never had a problem with gcc and all the other tools before I
installed D...

> Second, most Xcode tutorials focus on Cocoa and writing GUI applications. I'm
> not sure what you want to know, but personally what I find quite useful to be
> aware of is how the build system works. If that's what you want to learn,
> perhaps this is what you should read:
> <http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/documentation/DeveloperTools/Conceptual/XcodeBuildSystem/>

That URL is exactly what I've been looking for. Thanks.
-- 
duke