From owner-freebsd-java Tue Feb 26 9:37:40 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Received: from l04.research.kpn.com (l04.research.kpn.com [139.63.192.204]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 422E937B41A for ; Tue, 26 Feb 2002 09:37:13 -0800 (PST) Received: by l04.research.kpn.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id <1Z1F7WP3>; Tue, 26 Feb 2002 18:37:11 +0100 Message-ID: <59063B5B4D98D311BC0D0001FA7E452205FDA3A1@l04.research.kpn.com> From: "Koster, K.J." To: 'John Utz' Cc: freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: What is ant good for? Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2002 18:37:11 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Dear John, > > '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. > Since Ant scripts can be extended with tags that you yourself define, a DTD for Ant is pretty much impossible. As with all impossible tasks, someone has already undertaken it. Some French dude, I forget who. Look for "Ant DTD" in your favorite search engine. He outlines the problem with DTD's for Ant and gives a partial DTD that you can use. As for XML being cool ... yes. Very cool. Just as cool as jo-jo's were back when I was in highschool. Everyone had to have one. :-) That said, I cannot think of a better syntax for now. > > build.xml's are pretty simple once you understand xml > Just do it. Kees Jan ===================================================== You can't have everything. Where would you put it? [Steven Wright] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message