Re: [A-A-P-develop] :action depend for D

[Lars I. I. <lar...@ig...>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bram Moolenaar" <Br...@mo...>
>
> I notice you use Global.aap_toolsdir.  That didn't exist yet!  I'll add
> it to Global.py.  To be consistent I'll also add aap_modulesdir.

Yes, I forgot to attach the patch. It was so easy I forgot that I made
the change!

>
> > Also attached is the patch for d.aap that builds ddepcheck in case it
> > couldn't be downloaded. Possibly it looks a bit hairy, but it works.
> >
> > Also, for the bootscript, could you add the files
> > ddepcheck$OBJSUF and ddepcheck.map to the files to be deleted
> > afterwards? (see the d.aap patch for what I mean.)
>
> Apparently the compiler produces these files without asking.  It's OK to
> delete them.  Just make sure the compiler won't overwrite something.
>
> To make sure failure in compiling the program is detected, I suggest
> using this:
>
> # If not downloaded, build it from local copy.
> :progsearch _top.DDEPCHECK ddepcheck
>
> @if not _top.DDEPCHECK:
>     bindir = "`Global.aap_bindir`"
>     toolsdir = "`Global.aap_toolsdir`"
>     :mkdir {force} $bindir
>     :print ddepcheck not found, building from: $toolsdir/ddepcheck.d
>     :progsearch dc dmd
>     :sys $dc -O -of$bindir`os.sep`ddepcheck$EXESUF
$toolsdir`os.sep`ddepcheck.d
>     :del {q} ddepcheck$OBJSUF ddepcheck.map
>     :progsearch _top.DDEPCHECK ddepcheck
>     @if not _top.DDEPCHECK:
> :error Building ddepcheck failed or the program cannot be found.
>
> Now, there is one remaining problem: Aap may be installed on the system
> and the directories are not writable by a normal user.  The best
> solution I can think of is to offer the user a choice:
>
> - become root and install ddepcheck globally (using :asroot)
> - install for the current user only (in $HOME/bin)
> - quit

Hmm, sounds ok. Should I do this or are you onto it?

>
> BTW: Is there a Vim syntax highlighting file for the D language?

AFAIK the only one is this:
http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=379

It is very simple and outdated. But it's the one I use with a couple
of keyword additions (foreach at least). Why? Do you want to
program in D? Or do you want me to make a better one?

Lars Ivar Igesund