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reply "Ivan Kazmenko" <gassa mail.ru> writes:
Hi!

When I open Visual Studio with Visual D installed, it shows 
Visual D right in the top-level menu, along with File, Edit, 
View, Debug, etc.  While it seems to contain some C++-to-D 
conversion tools, generally, people won't need the menu in non-D 
projects.  So, it looks kind of unnecessary and intrusive for 
people using the same IDE for writing C++ code (takes up space 
and changes the customary layout).

Now, the the question is: how can I set the things up so that the 
Visual D menu item appears only when a D project is active?  
Currently, I only know how to remove the menu item altogether 
(via right click -> Customize -> Commands -> Delete), which sadly 
makes it unavailable for D projects, too.

Ivan Kazmenko.
Feb 02 2015
parent reply Rainer Schuetze <r.sagitario gmx.de> writes:
On 02.02.2015 10:21, Ivan Kazmenko wrote:

 Hi!

 When I open Visual Studio with Visual D installed, it shows Visual D
 right in the top-level menu, along with File, Edit, View, Debug, etc.
 While it seems to contain some C++-to-D conversion tools, generally,
 people won't need the menu in non-D projects.  So, it looks kind of
 unnecessary and intrusive for people using the same IDE for writing C++
 code (takes up space and changes the customary layout).

 Now, the the question is: how can I set the things up so that the Visual
 D menu item appears only when a D project is active? Currently, I only
 know how to remove the menu item altogether (via right click ->
 Customize -> Commands -> Delete), which sadly makes it unavailable for D
 projects, too.

 Ivan Kazmenko.


I like to use some commands from the Visual D tool set for other 
languages, too. For example I can't work without "Search file", though 
the Solution Explorer has something similar, but way too slow and 
inaccessible. Having "Compile and Run/Debug" available is also useful 
for small D programs without having to create a project.

I understand that having an additional menu entry with multiple 
extensions can take away too much space, but I don't know a way that you 
can set things up to make it disappear automatically. I guess that will 
be the task of Visual D itself. I'll add it to the todo list...
Feb 02 2015
parent "Ivan Kazmenko" <gassa mail.ru> writes:
On Monday, 2 February 2015 at 19:24:38 UTC, Rainer Schuetze wrote:

 I like to use some commands from the Visual D tool set for 
 other languages, too. For example I can't work without "Search 
 file", though the Solution Explorer has something similar, but 
 way too slow and inaccessible. Having "Compile and Run/Debug" 
 available is also useful for small D programs without having to 
 create a project.

 I understand that having an additional menu entry with multiple 
 extensions can take away too much space, but I don't know a way 
 that you can set things up to make it disappear automatically. 
 I guess that will be the task of Visual D itself. I'll add it 
 to the todo list...


Thank you for the reply.

I'll take another look at the menu's uses for C++, then.
 From what you are saying, it may appear helpful here, too.
Feb 05 2015