dpj for Windows

[Alex Rønne Petersen]

On 20-05-2012 05:53, 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?
>
> 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).

Compiling it all in one go can be really slow for small edits in large 
projects, though.

>
> - 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 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 *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 ;)
>
> 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.
>
>

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Alex Rønne Petersen
alex at lycus.org
http://lycus.org