Working through the tutorial.

dcoder · Joined: 04 May 2010 Posts: 5

Hello. First time poster to dsource.org and I hope to learn this pretty cool language. Anyways,

I am working through the 'Fundamental Section' of the dsource.org tutorial.

I compiled the quadratic example

http://dsource.org/projects/tutorials/wiki/QuadraticEquationExample

the example works, but, it the writef's don't get printed in a timely manner. I basically enter 3 numbers on a blank screen, hit enter, and then I see the prompts.

What do I do to this example so that it can print the prompts?

I am using

$ dmd --help
Digital Mars D Compiler v2.042
Copyright (c) 1999-2010 by Digital Mars written by Walter Bright
Documentation: http://www.digitalmars.com/d/2.0/index.html

Thanks!!

jcc7 · Joined: 22 Feb 2004 Posts: 657 Location: Muskogee, OK, USA

dcoder · Joined: 04 May 2010 Posts: 5

Thanks for the reply. Sorry for the late follow up, busy. Sad

Anyways, you are right, it works I am using Windows XP, and when I run it from a dos prompt, it works. I get the prompts asking for a,b, and c when I expect them.

However, when I run it using cygwin, (where I initially encountered the problem), I get the problem I initially described.

So, here's what I do:

1. compile quadratic equation using dmd in my dos prompt and save it to the directory: C:\dsource\tutorials\QuadraticEquation.exe

2. run the quadratic program from dos prompt. GOOD.
3. type bash, a cygwin program, run the program. GOOD.

4. Open an xwindow (cygwin). cd to:
/cygdrive/c/dsource/tutorials

5. Run quadratic program. BAD.

6. Now compile program in xwindows under
/home/me/QuadraticEquation.exe

7. Run it under Xwindows. BAD.
8. Open up a dos prompt, and go to /cygwin/home/me
run quadratic equation. GOOD.

So, this is probably not a D programming issue? It's either my bash shell or something particular to x windows?

You have any suggestions? thanks.