On Sunday, 20 May 2012 at 03:53:43 UTC, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
"dnewbie" <r...@myopera.com> wrote in message
news:qufvdhexcdzabuzqr...@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?
It started as a D project, then I've moved it to C.
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).
Understood.
- 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 project file is actually a GNU makefile with special
variables.
I'll see how can I make a makefile that supports multiple
compilers
and compile/link in one step.
- 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 happens when either the destination file already exists, or
when the template file is missing. I'll add a more descriptive
message.
- 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 ;)
Right. I'll improve it as time permits.
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.
Thanks for the feedback!
