Getting Started with the Open Dylan Command Line Tools

This guide explains how to use the Open Dylan command-line tools to develop and deliver Dylan applications.

For help getting started with the IDE (Windows only), see Getting Started with the Open Dylan IDE.

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

• Hello World
• Using Source Registries
  • OPEN_DYLAN_USER_REGISTRIES
  • Registry Search Order
• Managing Dependencies
  • 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
  • Emacs
  • IntelliJ
  • Sublime Text
  • Textmate
  • Vim
• Dylan Interactor Mode for Emacs (DIME)
• Debugging with GDB or LLDB
  • Which compiler back-end are you using?
  • Debugging with the C Back-end
  • Debugging with the HARP back-end
• 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
• Copyright