• RedShift (4/4) Feb 14 2012 So, I'm just starting to get into D, using the extension for VS
• Bernard Helyer (2/6) Feb 15 2012 Just pop a stdin.readln call at the bottom of your program?
• Matthias Pleh (12/15) Feb 15 2012 This sort of question is better fittet in d.D.learn newsgroup,
• Alf P. Steinbach (18/21) Feb 15 2012 This absolutely seems like a bug in Visual D, as does the resource
• Rainer Schuetze (9/15) Feb 15 2012 As far as I know, the pause happens in C++ only when running without a

"RedShift" <cmpons gmail.com> writes:

So, I'm just starting to get into D, using the extension for VS 
called Visual D. Is there any way to stop the console from 
disappearing like in C++? Like C + F5 (which doesn't seem to 
work). Or like a getline?

"Bernard Helyer" <b.helyer gmail.com> writes:

On Wednesday, 15 February 2012 at 07:27:56 UTC, RedShift wrote:
 So, I'm just starting to get into D, using the extension for VS 
 called Visual D. Is there any way to stop the console from 
 disappearing like in C++? Like C + F5 (which doesn't seem to 
 work). Or like a getline?

Just pop a stdin.readln call at the bottom of your program?

Matthias Pleh <user example.net> writes:

On 15.02.2012 08:27, RedShift wrote:
 So, I'm just starting to get into D, using the extension for VS called
 Visual D. Is there any way to stop the console from disappearing like in
 C++? Like C + F5 (which doesn't seem to work). Or like a getline?

This sort of question is better fittet in d.D.learn newsgroup,
but anyway, I think this helps:


import std.stdio;
import std.c.stdlib;  // import for system

int main(string[] argv)
{
     writeln("Hello D-World!");
     system("PAUSE");
     return 0;
}


^^Matthias

"Alf P. Steinbach" <alf.p.steinbach+usenet gmail.com> writes:

On 15.02.2012 08:27, RedShift wrote:
 So, I'm just starting to get into D, using the extension for VS called
 Visual D. Is there any way to stop the console from disappearing like in
 C++? Like C + F5 (which doesn't seem to work). Or like a getline?

This absolutely seems like a bug in Visual D, as does the resource 
include path thing.

Apart from changing the source code, which I guess you have considered 
and don't want to do, you still have these two more normal options:

   * Run the program from the Windows command line <g>, or

   * Set a breakpoint on the closing brace of `main`, and run
     the program in the debugger (e.g. keypress [F5]). When it
     hits the breakpoint at the end, use [Alt Tab] to go back
     to the program's console window.

For the first option, note that you can right click an editor tab in 
Visual Studio and fire up an Explorer window for that folder.

 From the Explorer window it's then a very short journey to a command 
prompt: hold down Shift and right-click the relevant folder (I guess 
that would be a Debug binaries folder), and in Windwoes 7 choose "Open 
command window here".


Cheers & hth.,

- Alf

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

On 15.02.2012 12:20, Alf P. Steinbach wrote:
 On 15.02.2012 08:27, RedShift wrote:
 So, I'm just starting to get into D, using the extension for VS called
 Visual D. Is there any way to stop the console from disappearing like in
 C++? Like C + F5 (which doesn't seem to work). Or like a getline?


As far as I know, the pause happens in C++ only when running without a 
debugger. Version 0.3.30 has an option in the debugger settings to also 
add this pause.

 This absolutely seems like a bug in Visual D, as does the resource
 include path thing.

The resource include works for me, but I am not sure why. This is part 
of the generated command line:

rc /fo..\bin\Debug\obj\visuald.res /IC:\Program /IFiles\Microsoft 
/ISDKs\Windows\v7.0\\include visuald.rc

I'll fix it...