help understanding import libraries

[Andrej Mitrovic]

Usually this calls for a a build system, e.g. a build script or
something, that you use for specific projects which require GtkD or
something else.

For example (I'm assuming you're on win32), you could have this batch
file (build.bat):
http://codepad.org/vt0TskPy

And you could invoke it via "build main.d".

The "%%~na" nonsense kills the extension of a file, and then '.exe' is
appended to it. "%*" are any arguments passed to the batch file (in
this case main.d).

Or you could use a makefile, or some semi-automated build system (I
don't use any because none seem stable or they're too complicated).
Typically I use RDMD for quick testing and a batch file or a D script
for building projects.