On Monday, December 12, 2011 20:39:11 Manu wrote: > On 12 December 2011 20:09, Hans Uhlig <hans.uh...@teamaol.com> wrote: > > On 12/11/2011 1:26 PM, Peter Alexander 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. > > > > That's because cmd sucks. MS Powershell isn't much better. I have to use > > mintty just to be able to have a sane environment. Linux is a very shell > > oriented OS still even with Kde and Gnome. Microsoft did everything in > > its power to kill off the shell for "useability" reasons. > > And they did a great job. Visual Studio is a fantastically productive > coding environment.
Having a great GUI and a great shell are not mutually exclusive. - Jonathan M Davis