Lots of comments to answer to :)

Well, I didn't really intend to _redistribute_ the compiler, i just proposed an
example of a convenient way to install it, and only proposed a download here,
the official D site, for testing purposes. In the end, it would only be proposed
here...
Ok, so to make everyone happy, I officially ask Walter to grant me the
permission to maintain the installer and propose it to be downloaded from this
forum. :)
The download is down while I don't have the explicit right to do so ;)

I created the installer at first to help me installing dmd on my several machines, some of them being offline, and to avoid having all the dm, dmc, and dmd folders at the root of the partition.

DIDE distributes the D compiler too, but doesn't give the choice where to install it, only at C:\dmd, I think it would be perfect if it was installed on the same partition as the IDE.

By the way, I wonder if it's a bug, or an intended feature that the compiler doesn't work if the top folder is not located at the root (eg. C:\Program Files\dmd\ )

The "download from installation" feature is a good idea too, for online people and those who want a really easy update process, and not hard to implement with Inno Setup (also used for DIDE installation)

But, as far as I just discovered DIDE today, I now think it's up to them to distribute an updated version of all of this... having a full development envirnonment can only be useful for D.

"Marc" <marc.noirotNO@flexSPAMimage.fr> wrote in message news:c9kku0$1s67$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> Hi,
>
> here is a Windows installation for the D compiler version 0.91 :
>
> http://noirotm.free.fr/soft/dmd-0.91-setup.exe
>
> - includes all the dm tools from the dmc and dmd official distributions
> - optionally updates the path so dmd is available from anywhere from within the
> command prompt
> - optionally associates .D files with the compiler so double-clicking on a D
> file will have it compiled

That's really not a good idea. A proper build system is always preferable, even if you write a Ruby script to "intelligently" generate the make scripts for it.

> Hope you will enjoy,
> any comment will be appreciated :)
>
> Marc
>
>

vim

<marc.noiRErot@MOfleximaVEge.fr> wrote in message news:c9l82o$2onq$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> In article <c9kvl7$2c48$1@digitaldaemon.com>, Stewart Gordon says...
> >
> >
> >Not sure what you mean by that....
> >
> >Stewart.
> >
>
> just that even though notepad is the only text editor i can be sure to find on
a
> Windows platform, noone uses it to develop, so i don't see the point to
> associate it with .d files.
> Btw, if anyone knows a nice free editor designed to work with D, i can
> eventually add it to my installation.
>
> -
> Marc
>
>

Marc wrote:
> By the way, I wonder if it's a bug, or an intended feature that the compiler
> doesn't work if the top folder is not located at the root (eg. C:\Program
> Files\dmd\ )
I think it's the space: I've got mine in D:\programs\dmd\.
Sam

In article <ca0l0u$1257$1@digitaldaemon.com>, Sam McCall says...
>
>Marc wrote:
>> By the way, I wonder if it's a bug, or an intended feature that the compiler doesn't work if the top folder is not located at the root (eg. C:\Program Files\dmd\ )
>I think it's the space: I've got mine in D:\programs\dmd\. Sam

If that's true, you can probably fool it by telling it the path is C:\PROGRA~1\dmd.

Arcane Jill

"Stewart Gordon" <smjg_1998@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:c9mvqg$283i$2@digitaldaemon.com...
> Phill wrote:
> <snip>
> > I use notepad for coding Java.
>
> Because you like Notepad for some reason?  Because you can't be bothered to get yourself a better editor?  Or because you haven't made up your mind which one to try out?
>

Sorry with all these posts being made lately, I have
only just noticed your reply.

I started learning Java with notepad, and was having fun, because I am only a hobby programmer I never bothered trying anything else.

Then a few years later I tried Forte, and discovered that you have less
control over things, than if you were to
use notepad(or some other basic thing). I didnt like having to go through
the code and change things(like
variable names and method names and other stuff).

Also I couldnt be bothered trying to learn all of the features in Forte, to
make it worth while using it.
I havent tried anything else beside Forte(that I can remember anyway)
Besides that, I beleive that I learnt more using notepad
then I would have using Forte(or some other point
and click aparatus).

Ah and another annoying thing I remember about
Forte is that it is so damn slow, that it is frustrating.

For D, I use DIDE .

Phill.