• frame (12/12) Feb 05 2022 Should the "Import paths" setting in Visual D settings (DMD
• Rainer Schuetze (9/22) Feb 05 2022 It only changes the compiler command line.
• frame (8/14) Feb 06 2022 Yeah, but users can create the property sheet via UI too - no

frame <frame86 live.com> writes:

Should the "Import paths" setting in Visual D settings (DMD 
Directories) be applied to the compiler or has it another purpose?

In the project properties it has the default value %(ImportPaths) 
which does nothing to me.

I do not want to manually specifiy the path for each project in 
my solution so I currently use a workaround via custom project 
property sheet where I can set the path for all at once. This 
sheet also allows to specify user defined variables (macros) 
(which are missing in the default properties) that can be used in 
the sheet again.

I found this workaround very useful, maybe the VisualD docs could 
mention this?

Rainer Schuetze <r.sagitario gmx.de> writes:

I guess you are referring to the VC project integration.

On 05/02/2022 20:06, frame wrote:
 Should the "Import paths" setting in Visual D settings (DMD Directories) 
 be applied to the compiler or has it another purpose?

It only changes the compiler command line.

 In the project properties it has the default value %(ImportPaths) which 
 does nothing to me.
 
 I do not want to manually specifiy the path for each project in my 
 solution so I currently use a workaround via custom project property 
 sheet where I can set the path for all at once. This sheet also allows 
 to specify user defined variables (macros) (which are missing in the 
 default properties) that can be used in the sheet again.
 
 I found this workaround very useful, maybe the VisualD docs could 
 mention this?

This is the msbuild way to do this, but I'd consider it slightly 
advanced usage of it (in contrast to just using the UI - which about 99% 
of users only know about).

I don't think it makes sense to try to document msbuild, but 
documentation could emphasize that the VC integration makes all the 
features of msbuild available.

frame <frame86 live.com> writes:

On Sunday, 6 February 2022 at 07:53:20 UTC, Rainer Schuetze wrote:

 This is the msbuild way to do this, but I'd consider it 
 slightly advanced usage of it (in contrast to just using the UI 
 - which about 99% of users only know about).

Yeah, but users can create the property sheet via UI too - no 
need to know about the file structure or its content. It can be 
easily done in the Project Property Manager window. The only task 
is to create a sheet and adding that existing one to each project.

 I don't think it makes sense to try to document msbuild, but 
 documentation could emphasize that the VC integration makes all 
 the features of msbuild available.

I would expect that every project inherit the path from the 
Import Paths setting but unfortunately this doesn't work so I 
think it's worth to mention this workaround.