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-ide/index.

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