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On 11 December 2011 23:26, Peter Alexander <peter.alexander.au at gmail.com>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.
>

Hilite a keyword or function, press F1, and the documentation appears
instantly... ;)
The moment a chm appears in the distro, there'll be a bug in VisualD to
make F1 work.

(Side note: I still seriously think you should consider collaborating with
VisualD and including it in the windows distribution directly. Put an
option in the installer, hook up the installation paths during installation)
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