On 11 December 2011 23:26, Peter Alexander <[email protected]>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)
