Development of dmd on windows is painfull.

[12345swordy]

On Wednesday, 6 January 2021 at 00:40:24 UTC, 12345swordy wrote:
> On Tuesday, 5 January 2021 at 16:13:30 UTC, Basile B. wrote:
>> On Tuesday, 5 January 2021 at 14:09:02 UTC, 12345swordy wrote:
>>> On Tuesday, 5 January 2021 at 04:20:57 UTC, Basile B. wrote:
>>>> On Tuesday, 5 January 2021 at 03:39:01 UTC, 12345swordy 
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> I am using the visual studio project from rainer for dmd 
>>>>> development and I am struggling to get run.d to run one 
>>>>> test instead of all of them, without modifying the run.d 
>>>>> file. I have talk to other on discord and they seemed to 
>>>>> agree with me.
>>>>>
>>>>> -Alex
>>>>
>>>> How about using an external tool [1] and check the "Prompt 
>>>> for arguments" option ?
>>>> The argument will be the test to run.
>>>>
>>>> [1] : 
>>>> https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/ide/managing-external-tools?view=vs-2019
>>>
>>> Have you try it and have it running on your machine?
>>>
>>> -Alex
>>
>> I'm on linux but this work similarly.
>> First goes into the test folder and build the runner
>>
>>    $ rdmd --build-only run.d
>>
>> Then setup the tool
>>
>> Command: run.exe
>> Arguments: <leave empty>
>> Initial Directory: <leave empty or select the folder where is 
>> located run.exe>
>> and check "Prompt for Arguments"
>>
>> then when you execute the tool you type the test name, incl. 
>> the folder, for example "compilable/bug33.d"
>
> I shouldn't have to run this via console in order to test this. 
> This is just plan ridiculous. There are developmental virtual 
> machines for windows that is free for software development on 
> windows. We should not be stuck forever in the console era.

I meant "...software development on linux" not windows. 
Regardless I had figure it out already and it is not an idea 
solution.