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== Introduction ==
 
== Introduction ==
  
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[https://github.com/dlang-community/DCD DCD], the D Completion Daemon, is a cross platform auto-complete service for the D programming language written by Brian Schott.
  
[https://github.com/Hackerpilot/DCD DCD], the D Completion Daemon, is a cross platform auto-complete service for the D programming language written by Brian Schott.
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It's used by several [[Editors|text editors]] and [[IDEs|IDE]] to get IDE-grade features.
  
It's used by several [[Editors|text editors]] and [[IDEs|IDE]] to get IDE-grade features.
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== Technical details ==
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The software is itself written in D.
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The service is based on the socket communication between a server and a client.
  
 
== Features ==
 
== Features ==
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* completion of identifiers (types, variables), version identifiers.
 
* completion of identifiers (types, variables), version identifiers.
* find symbol declaration.
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* find symbol [https://dlang.org/spec/declaration.html declaration].
* retrieve the DDOC comment of a symbol.
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* retrieve the [https://dlang.org/spec/ddoc.html DDOC comment] of a symbol.
 
* retrieve the function parameters.
 
* retrieve the function parameters.
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* get use of a symbol in a whole module.
  
=== Forks ===
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== External links ==
 
 
* [https://github.com/BBasile/DCD/tree/reboot-localusage Basile B.'s fork] implements a feature that allows to rename a symbol localy. A pre build version of this fork is distributed with the IDE Coedit since version 2 update 5.
 
 
 
== See also ==
 
  
* DCD [https://github.com/Hackerpilot/DCD home page]
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* [https://github.com/dlang-community/DCD DCD home page]
  
 
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[[Category:Text editors]]

Latest revision as of 02:02, 8 February 2018

Introduction

DCD, the D Completion Daemon, is a cross platform auto-complete service for the D programming language written by Brian Schott.

It's used by several text editors and IDE to get IDE-grade features.

Technical details

The software is itself written in D. The service is based on the socket communication between a server and a client.

Features

Vanilla

  • completion of identifiers (types, variables), version identifiers.
  • find symbol declaration.
  • retrieve the DDOC comment of a symbol.
  • retrieve the function parameters.
  • get use of a symbol in a whole module.

External links