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[Hans Uhlig]

On 12/11/2011 1:26 PM, Peter Alexander wrote:
> On 11/12/11 1:52 AM, Walter Bright wrote:
>> On 12/10/2011 4:46 PM, Peter Alexander wrote:
>>> I think either would be fine, but having to use the command line for
>>> anything on
>>> Windows is a no-no these days in terms of usability.
>>
>> Since dmd is a command line tool anyway, why is it a usability problem
>> to use dman?
>
> Why do you think so many people ask for IDEs? :-)
>
> Windows people are used to Visual Studio doing everything for them. Hit
> F7 to compile, F5 to run under debugger, click on lines to set breakpoints.
>

That's because cmd sucks. MS Powershell isn't much better. I have to use 
mintty just to be able to have a sane environment. Linux is a very shell 
oriented OS still even with Kde and Gnome. Microsoft did everything in 
its power to kill off the shell for "useability" reasons.