• aberba (14/14) Dec 14 2016 I am trying to get a fellow to try D but just setting up on
• rikki cattermole (5/17) Dec 14 2016 Environment variables don't auto update in Windows.
• rumbu (13/27) Dec 14 2016 If he runs the command in an already open console window, that's
• aberba (2/19) Dec 14 2016 Thanks. The coolest part is cortona. :)
• 01010100b (5/19) Dec 15 2016 I had similar problems with Win7 and the same setup, for some

aberba <karabutaworld gmail.com> writes:

I am trying to get a fellow to try D but just setting up on 
windows 10 has been headache. He's currently remote. Here's the 
problem. (Note I'm a Linux user and haven't used windows 10)


1. He installed dmd 2 but the command "dmd" is not recognized. He 
confirmed and c:\D\dmd2\windows\bin is in system path. Why?

2. He installed visual studio 2015 and visualD(pointed it to dmd 
location during installation), restarted visual studio. Without 
creating a visualD project, "compile and run" does nothing when 
he clicks. We haven't tried creating a project though, just using 
a D file with simple "Hello, world!" code. Syntax highlighting 
work though.

3. He navigated to ...dmd2\windows\bin where "dmd" command works. 
But "dmd -run file.d" says Oplink error, linker exited with code 
...

rikki cattermole <rikki cattermole.co.nz> writes:

On 15/12/2016 12:06 AM, aberba wrote:
 I am trying to get a fellow to try D but just setting up on windows 10
 has been headache. He's currently remote. Here's the problem. (Note I'm
 a Linux user and haven't used windows 10)


 1. He installed dmd 2 but the command "dmd" is not recognized. He
 confirmed and c:\D\dmd2\windows\bin is in system path. Why?

Environment variables don't auto update in Windows.
Gotta logout/restart explorer/restart or even create a new terminal 
instance with no parent processes.

 2. He installed visual studio 2015 and visualD(pointed it to dmd
 location during installation), restarted visual studio. Without creating
 a visualD project, "compile and run" does nothing when he clicks. We
 haven't tried creating a project though, just using a D file with simple
 "Hello, world!" code. Syntax highlighting work though.

 3. He navigated to ...dmd2\windows\bin where "dmd" command works. But
 "dmd -run file.d" says Oplink error, linker exited with code ...


File please oh and output during the running of dmd including of the linker.

rumbu <rumbu rumbu.ro> writes:

On Wednesday, 14 December 2016 at 11:06:10 UTC, aberba wrote:
 I am trying to get a fellow to try D but just setting up on 
 windows 10 has been headache. He's currently remote. Here's the 
 problem. (Note I'm a Linux user and haven't used windows 10)


 1. He installed dmd 2 but the command "dmd" is not recognized. 
 He confirmed and c:\D\dmd2\windows\bin is in system path. Why?

If he runs the command in an already open console window, that's 
normal. A new console window launch will be enough to know about 
the recent environment path change.

 2. He installed visual studio 2015 and visualD(pointed it to 
 dmd location during installation), restarted visual studio. 
 Without creating a visualD project, "compile and run" does 
 nothing when he clicks. We haven't tried creating a project 
 though, just using a D file with simple "Hello, world!" code. 
 Syntax highlighting work though.

Visual Studio doesn't work directly with source files, but with 
project files. This is not D-specific. I'm sure that if you edit 
a simple .c file in Visual Studio, it will never launch the C 
compiler. Create a new project (Console Application) and it will 
work.
 3. He navigated to ...dmd2\windows\bin where "dmd" command 
 works. But "dmd -run file.d" says Oplink error, linker exited 
 with code ...

I think this is also a environment variables problem, the linker 
needs some libs and does not know how to find them. Ask Cortana 
for "D2 32-bit Command Prompt", this batch file will open a new 
command prompt with all the environment variables properly set.

aberba <karabutaworld gmail.com> writes:

On Wednesday, 14 December 2016 at 12:06:01 UTC, rumbu wrote:
 On Wednesday, 14 December 2016 at 11:06:10 UTC, aberba wrote:
 [...]

 If he runs the command in an already open console window, 
 that's normal. A new console window launch will be enough to 
 know about the recent environment path change.

 [...]

 Visual Studio doesn't work directly with source files, but with 
 project files. This is not D-specific. I'm sure that if you 
 edit a simple .c file in Visual Studio, it will never launch 
 the C compiler. Create a new project (Console Application) and 
 it will work.
 [...]

 I think this is also a environment variables problem, the 
 linker needs some libs and does not know how to find them. Ask 
 Cortana for "D2 32-bit Command Prompt", this batch file will 
 open a new command prompt with all the environment variables 
 properly set.

Thanks. The coolest part is cortona. :)

01010100b <caveman1917 hotmail.com> writes:

On Wednesday, 14 December 2016 at 11:06:10 UTC, aberba wrote:
 I am trying to get a fellow to try D but just setting up on 
 windows 10 has been headache. He's currently remote. Here's the 
 problem. (Note I'm a Linux user and haven't used windows 10)


 1. He installed dmd 2 but the command "dmd" is not recognized. 
 He confirmed and c:\D\dmd2\windows\bin is in system path. Why?

 2. He installed visual studio 2015 and visualD(pointed it to 
 dmd location during installation), restarted visual studio. 
 Without creating a visualD project, "compile and run" does 
 nothing when he clicks. We haven't tried creating a project 
 though, just using a D file with simple "Hello, world!" code. 
 Syntax highlighting work though.

 3. He navigated to ...dmd2\windows\bin where "dmd" command 
 works. But "dmd -run file.d" says Oplink error, linker exited 
 with code ...

I had similar problems with Win7 and the same setup, for some 
reason dmd's sc.ini wasn't being parsed, making the linker fail 
to find the required libraries. I solved it by adding the library 
paths (3 in total) manually to VisualD's options.