Would you like some help? --- Frederic Lavigne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I recently downloaded Ant1.1 and look at the TODO list and I notice this > todo item: > > "* GUI front end -- examine tasks, add task properties, etc. Also, > one button push build of a particular target." > > I like doing UI (see www.L2FProd.com to understand :) ) so I'm currently > working on AntHill, the GUI for Ant. > > During this time, I encountered some problems. > > 1. Bugs related to sourcepath parameter in javac, javadoc task definitions: > AFAIK, all paths used in ant must be resolved by project.resolveFile(...). > But in Javac and Javadoc taskdefs, the srcdir and sourcepath are not > resolved. This makes the build fails if it started from a random directory. > I didn't look at all taskdefs, maybe this happens elsewhere (rmic task?). > For now, I create 2 tasks MyJavac and MyJavadoc and override the setSrcdir > and setSourcepath. > > 2. I present task attributes in a tabular form. I would like to see these > attributes sorted (the most commonly used first). > The simplest solution will be to sort the setter methods in the code in the > smarter order. > > 3. I was looking for a DTD or schema for ant. I understand that as we can > create new taskdefs, we should also provide the corresponding DTD. I didn't > find any answer in the FAQ. > > 4. Is there a mailing list archive somewhere ? > > 5. AntHill is made with JDK1.2. > I will try to support JDK1.1/Swing1.1.1 but I rely on some user interface > library I've done. > I will need to rewrite some code for JDK1.1 (remove references to > collections package for example). > > 6. There is no version available yet (I started AntHill on friday). > I attached a screenshot of the current development version. > > 7. Planned AntHill Features are: > * create/edit/remove targets, tasks (at least!) > * new project, new target from templates > * ide plugin (jbuilder, forte, cafe) ? > * drag'n drop support > * automagically update dependencies when a target is renamed > > Comments, Feature Requests, Suggestions are welcome. > > Best Regards, > > Frederic Lavigne, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > java software at http://www.L2FProd.com > >
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