I generated Appendix E from Ant's source code and XDoclet. The main
piece of this is in Ant's CVS under proposal/xdocs which uses XDoclet to
build XML files describing every task. I then had a small bit of custom
(not in Ant's CVS) build file stuff that did a <concat> and <xslt> into
a very very large HTML file (that was the best way to get the document
into Microsoft Word sadly).
So, nothing hidden or magic about it - although there were many long
nights of Javadoc fixups for Steve and I to get this to generate as
nicely as it did.
An outline - yeah a good idea, but there is also an Index at the back of
our book and part of my <xslt> was to put in the right tags to index
this appendix also! :)
There is a good cross-reference document in Ant's own documentation
which groups the tasks into functional areas (thanks Diane!) - so refer
to that as an outline and then when you're coding, have Appendix E handy
to recall the specific attributes that no one in their right mind should
memorize fully :)
Erik
Matt Benson wrote:
> How was Appendix E generated? I realize it's too late
> to make it in the book, but wouldn't an outline be a
> nice addition to this document? :)
>
> -Matt
>
> --- Erik Hatcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
>>Got $13.50? How about the e-book of Java
>>Development with Ant? :)
>>
>> http://www.manning.com/antbook/
>>
>>And actually, Appendix E of this book is freely
>>available at the above
>>URL (or Ant's own CVS) that details each of Ant's
>>tasks along with
>>attributes and nested elements.
>>
>>I suspect someone has built a PDF file from the HTML
>>docs, but there is
>>not one officially available from Ant itself though.
>>
>> Erik
>>
>>Buonassisi, Vincent wrote:
>>
>>>hi,
>>>
>>>is there a pdf version of the user manual for ant
>>
>>1.5?
>>
>>>thanks,
>>>
>>>vince
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