Trying new IDE: I cannot make Dexed work

[Basile B.]

On Saturday, 22 June 2024 at 06:03:55 UTC, Eric P626 wrote:
> On Friday, 21 June 2024 at 11:37:21 UTC, Basile B. wrote:
>> On Friday, 21 June 2024 at 09:04:11 UTC, Basile B. wrote:
>>> [...]
>>> Nowadays he almost entirely uses Dexed to work on another 
>>> language called STYX (dexed supports it too), so DUB support, 
>>> completion support, etc. are not really maintained.
>>
>> Last 3 commits specific to D, most recent one is from 10 
>> months ago.
>> Least recent is almost from 12 months ago.
>>
>> - 
>> https://gitlab.com/basile.b/dexed/-/commit/052e49aa35f7c2097bd714033a5ac75dac5fe992
>> - 
>> https://gitlab.com/basile.b/dexed/-/commit/f06ad0ad8cada35e83ed54b010f3f80dc9426cef
>> - 
>> https://gitlab.com/basile.b/dexed/-/commit/bd2a5d16dfc059910318f0089e581e45d680a0db
>>
>> I was not sure, after my answer, but yes, about the D support, 
>> you can consider dexed as dead.
>
> I am going to give another try to Dexed to see if I can make it 
> work.
>
> Normally, I want the IDE to compile the software just for when 
> I am developing to test if what I am coding works. It's not 
> used to build the final product. Else, I need to use an 
> external builder, go into command line mode and build/run the 
> project. It's just more convenient from the IDE.
>
> Apparently there is a plugin for Geany that supports the D 
> language, I am also going to give a try:
>
> https://github.com/denizzzka/geany_dlang

Yeah but, to come back to the "problem" with new files, seriously 
it's very embarassing when you have to explain something that 
appears obvious. Once you have made your JSON, you just save new 
sources in your src/ folder and then next time you hit F9 the 
build system will handle it. How to explain... like there's no 
problem ?

You see even with styx there's no issue. The IDE handles the 
makefile as a project. When I save a new source I eventually have 
to hit the "refresh" button in the project inspector but that's 
optional.

     ¯\(°_o)/¯