Getting Started with the Open Dylan Command Line Tools

In Open Dylan, you can develop Dylan applications using the IDE (on Windows) or command-line tools.

The compiler executable is called dylan-compiler. There is a helper application called make-dylan-app, which can be used to generate some boilerplate for a new project, and finally there’s dswank which is a back-end for interactive development in Emacs. This document describes these command-line tools.

For help getting started with the IDE on Windows, see the Getting Started with the Open Dylan IDE guide.

• Copyright
• Hello World
• Using Source Registries
• Adding New Libraries
  • Adding a Git Submodule
  • Updating a Git Submodule
  • Setting Up Registry Entries
  • Transitive Dependencies
• A Few More Quick Tips
• Using dylan-compiler interactively
• An example of dylan-environment interactive functionality
• Editor Support
  • Atom
  • Code Mirror
  • Emacs
  • IntelliJ
  • Light Table
  • Sublime Text
  • Textmate
  • Vim
• Dylan Interactor Mode for Emacs (DIME)
• Debugging with GDB or LLDB
  • Which compiler backend are you using?
  • Debugging with the C backend
  • Debugging with the HARP backend
• Notes for Windows Users
  • dylan-compiler
  • Build Products Location
  • Setting Environment Variables
• Environment Variables
• Cross Compilation
• Platform Specific Projects
  • LID File
  • LID File Inheritance
  • Registry
  • Code Layout