Giving up on qtD, I tried gtkD. Not much luck there either. As I've spent most of my day trying to compile qt, I'm not really in the mood to spend many hours trying to get gtk working.

Is anybody actually using D for GUI development on Windows at all..?

c:\d\ext\gtkd>\d\dsss-0.78-x86-windows\bin\dsss.exe build
undemofy

Creating imports for DD-atk

Creating imports for DD-cairo

Creating imports for DD-gdk

Creating imports for DD-gdkpixbuf

Creating imports for DD-gio

Creating imports for DD-glade

Creating imports for DD-glib

Creating imports for DD-gobject

Creating imports for DD-gthread

Creating imports for DD-gtk

Creating imports for DD-gtkc

Creating imports for DD-pango

atk => DD-atk
DD-atk_static.rf: No such file or directory
Command c:\d\dsss-0.78-x86-windows\bin\rebuild.exe returned with code 1, aborting.
Error: Command failed, aborting.

> atk => DD-atk
> DD-atk_static.rf: No such file or directory
> Command c:\d\dsss-0.78-x86-windows\bin\rebuild.exe returned with code 1, aborting.
> Error: Command failed, aborting.

Doesn't dsss have some kind of verbose mode?
Did you try with another build tool?

On 19.07.2011 15:12, Trass3r wrote:
>> atk => DD-atk
>> DD-atk_static.rf: No such file or directory
>> Command c:\d\dsss-0.78-x86-windows\bin\rebuild.exe returned with code
>> 1, aborting.
>> Error: Command failed, aborting.
>
> Doesn't dsss have some kind of verbose mode?
> Did you try with another build tool?

No verbose flag. What other build tool?
rdmd still doesn't understand subfolders on windows, and it doesn't give good error messages:

c:\d\ext\gtkd\demos\gtk>rdmd -v HelloWorld.d
Failed: dmd -v -v -o- "HelloWorld.d" -I"." >HelloWorld.d.deps

The dmd command works, so it's rdmd that fails.

I built the fourth example (http://dsource.org/projects/gtkd/wiki/CodeExamples) using rdmd and it worked fine (regarding gtkD).
(svn version of gtkD)

There's a rdmd bug though. 'rdmd --build-only --chatty -I~/coding/gtkD/src/ -L-ldl test.d'
doesn't directly work cause the .rsp file contains 'dmd'.
But if you execute the command inside the .rsp it builds without problems.

On 19.07.2011 15:29, Trass3r wrote:
> I built the fourth example
> (http://dsource.org/projects/gtkd/wiki/CodeExamples) using rdmd and it
> worked fine (regarding gtkD).
> (svn version of gtkD)
>
> There's a rdmd bug though. 'rdmd --build-only --chatty
> -I~/coding/gtkD/src/ -L-ldl test.d'
> doesn't directly work cause the .rsp file contains 'dmd'.
> But if you execute the command inside the .rsp it builds without problems.

What is the command line?
rdmd segfaults on me using this:

c:\temp>rdmd --build-only --chatty -I\d\ext\gtkd\src t.d
dmd -I\d\ext\gtkd\src -v -o- "t.d" -I"." >t.d.deps

> What is the command line?
> rdmd segfaults on me using this:
>
> c:\temp>rdmd --build-only --chatty -I\d\ext\gtkd\src t.d
> dmd -I\d\ext\gtkd\src -v -o- "t.d" -I"." >t.d.deps

dmd -I~/coding/gtkD/src/ -L-ldl -v -o- 'test.d' -I'.' >test.d.deps
dmd '@/tmp/.rdmd/rdmd.6FC1F920EA8D2136FC5ECC4E5ED4404A.rsp'

with rsp containing:

dmd -I~/coding/gtkD/src/ -L-ldl -of/tmp/.rdmd/tmp/test.d.6FC1F920EA8D2136FC5ECC4E5ED4404A -od/tmp/.rdmd/rdmd-test.d-6FC1F920EA8D2136FC5ECC4E5ED4404A -I. test.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gdk/Cursor.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gtk/Widget.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gtk/Label.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/atk/StateSet.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/pango/PgEngineShape.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gdk/Drawable.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gtkc/gobjecttypes.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/pango/PgAttributeIterator.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/pango/PgContext.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gtk/TextBuffer.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gtk/VBox.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gtk/TextTag.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gtk/Main.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gtk/ActivatableT.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gtk/Builder.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gtk/Clipboard.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gtk/Tooltips.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/glib/Module.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/glib/Quark.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gtk/RcStyle.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gtkc/pango.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/pango/PgFontMap.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gobject/Type.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gdk/Rectangle.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gdk/Font.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gtk/ButtonBox.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gtkc/gio.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gtk/BuildableT.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/pango/PgFontFace.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/atk/ObjectAtk.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/pango/PgCoverage.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/pango/PgTabArray.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/atk/Relation.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gtkc/gdkpixbuf.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/glib/GException.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/pango/PgFontMetrics.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/pango/PgLanguage.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gtk/BuildableIF.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gobject/ObjectG.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gdk/Pixmap.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/pango/PgEngine.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gdkpixbuf/PixbufAnimationIter.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gtk/Box.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gtkc/gthread.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/pango/PgFontset.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gobject/Signals.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gdk/Region.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/pango/PgLayoutLine.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gtkc/atktypes.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gtk/AboutDialog.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gdk/Window.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gtk/IconSource.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gobject/Closure.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/glib/ListG.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gtk/Container.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gtkc/gobject.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gdk/Visual.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gtk/Window.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gobject/TypeModule.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/glib/ListSG.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gdk/Color.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gdk/Display.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gobject/Value.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gdk/Bitmap.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gobject/TypePlugin.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gtkc/gtktypes.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/pango/PgFontFamily.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gdk/Event.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gtkc/giotypes.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gdk/ImageGdk.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gtk/IconSet.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gtkc/glibtypes.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gdk/Colormap.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gtkc/pangotypes.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gdk/GC.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/glib/ScannerG.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gtk/WindowGroup.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/pango/PgLayoutIter.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gtkc/gtk.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gdk/Pixbuf.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gtkc/gthreadtypes.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/pango/PgMatrix.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gthread/Mutex.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gtkc/cairotypes.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gobject/ParamSpec.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gio/IconT.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gtkc/paths.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/glib/PtrArray.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/pango/PgAttributeList.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gtk/Bin.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gtk/TextAttributes.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/glib/ErrorG.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gthread/Thread.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gtk/ObjectGtk.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gdk/Threads.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gtk/TextIter.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gtk/TargetList.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/pango/PgAttribute.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/pango/PgGlyphString.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gtk/ActivatableIF.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/cairo/FontOption.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gtk/Style.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/pango/PgFontDescription.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gio/Cancellable.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gdkpixbuf/PixbufFormat.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/glib/ConstructionException.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gtkc/Loader.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gtkc/cairo.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gtkc/atk.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gtkc/gdktypes.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gobject/Flags.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gio/AsyncResultIF.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gtk/AccelGroup.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gtk/Image.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gtk/Action.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gtk/Dialog.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gtk/TextChildAnchor.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gtk/VButtonBox.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gtkc/gdk.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gtkc/glib.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gtk/TextTagTable.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/glib/MainContext.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gio/Icon.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/pango/PgFont.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/glib/Str.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gtkc/gdkpixbuftypes.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gtk/OrientableT.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gtk/Button.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gtk/OrientableIF.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/glib/TimeVal.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gtk/TextMark.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gobject/Enums.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gtk/HButtonBox.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gthread/Cond.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gio/InputStream.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gio/IconIF.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/glib/Source.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gtk/MainWindow.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/atk/RelationSet.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gdk/Screen.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gtk/Misc.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gtk/Adjustment.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gdkpixbuf/PixbufAnimation.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/glib/StringG.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/gtk/Settings.d ~/coding/gtkD/src/pango/PgLayout.d

On 19.07.2011 15:53, Trass3r wrote:
>> What is the command line?
>> rdmd segfaults on me using this:
>>
>> c:\temp>rdmd --build-only --chatty -I\d\ext\gtkd\src t.d
>> dmd -I\d\ext\gtkd\src -v -o- "t.d" -I"." >t.d.deps
>
> dmd -I~/coding/gtkD/src/ -L-ldl -v -o- 'test.d' -I'.' >test.d.deps
> dmd '@/tmp/.rdmd/rdmd.6FC1F920EA8D2136FC5ECC4E5ED4404A.rsp'
>
> with rsp containing:
(...)

So your command line is simply "rdmd --build-only --chatty -I\d\ext\gtkd\src -L-ldl t.d"?
rdmd calls "dmd -I\d\ext\gtkd\src -L-ldl -v -o- "t.d" -I"." >t.d.deps", and then segfaults (win7x64).

simendsjo Wrote:

> Giving up on qtD, I tried gtkD. Not much luck there either. As I've spent most of my day trying to compile qt, I'm not really in the mood to spend many hours trying to get gtk working.
> 
> Is anybody actually using D for GUI development on Windows at all..?

I use DFL, but that was mostly because I didn't want to depend on QT or GTK.

But even DFL needs updates for the latest compiler and I haven't forked and pushed those I've made.

> So your command line is simply "rdmd --build-only --chatty -I\d\ext\gtkd\src -L-ldl t.d"?

Yes, and in theory that would be enough.
(if it didn't put 'dmd' in the .rsp)

> rdmd calls "dmd -I\d\ext\gtkd\src -L-ldl -v -o- "t.d" -I"." >t.d.deps", and then segfaults (win7x64).

Doesn't segfault on Linux x64. You should compile a debug version of rdmd and see if you get a stacktrace.
github.com/D-Programming-Language/tools

On 19.07.2011 16:19, Trass3r wrote:
>> So your command line is simply "rdmd --build-only --chatty
>> -I\d\ext\gtkd\src -L-ldl t.d"?
>
> Yes, and in theory that would be enough.
> (if it didn't put 'dmd' in the .rsp)
>
>> rdmd calls "dmd -I\d\ext\gtkd\src -L-ldl -v -o- "t.d" -I"."
>> >t.d.deps", and then segfaults (win7x64).
>
> Doesn't segfault on Linux x64. You should compile a debug version of
> rdmd and see if you get a stacktrace.
> github.com/D-Programming-Language/tools

I haven't found the bug, but compiling without optimizing doesn't crash it:

c:\temp>rdmd --chatty -I\d\ext\gtkd\src t.d
dmd -I\d\ext\gtkd\src -v -o- "t.d" -I"." >t.d.deps
dmd "@C:\Users\simen\AppData\Local\Temp\.rdmd\rdmd.0B610F9A43C84525CA4F687638D0E
F2B.rsp"
Error: cannot read file dmd.d

dmd.d...?