Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2002 11:30:08 -0600 (CST) From: John Utz <john@utzweb.net> To: Jeff Dalton <jeff@aiai.ed.ac.uk> Cc: freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What is ant good for? Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0202261123450.8267-100000@jupiter.linuxengine.net> In-Reply-To: <23033.200202261608@todday>
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I am another rabid emacs user. and we use ant at work too. On Tue, 26 Feb 2002, Jeff Dalton wrote: > I've been reading the "tools" discussion, and all I use is emacs, > jdk, and Netscape for reading the on-line documentation. The only > change I'm tempted to make is to start using ant. > > But every time I've looked at anyone's ant script (is script > the right word?), it's seemed alarmingly complex. 'tisnt script! it's xml. xml is *cool*. use psgml and font-lock in emacs and the build.xml file will start to make much more sense, assuming it references a dtd somehow, i forget if they do. > So I'm wondering whether ant does anything that would make it > worth the effort of learning to use it. > > Does it, for instance, work out the dependencies between files > to determine what needs to be recompiled and what doesn't? does all of that and more.... we used to replace a python/make combo that required frequent changes to keep up. build.xml's are pretty simple once you understand xml > -- Jeff > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message > -- John L. Utz III john@utzweb.net Idiocy is the Impulse Function in the Convolution of Life To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message
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