Your a legend! Will commit the patches soon ;) - Though I am glad to say that some of the misspellings were not my work this time ;)
At 01:20 AM 6/10/01 +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Hi, > >I spent the day poking through Avalon source, and created a couple of >patches (attached). Except for the first, they're mostly doc fixes and >not very exciting. None of them break API backwards-compatibility. > >linklocaldocs.diff >------------------ > >When the xdocs are generated, the links to Javadocs and other subproject >docs are all "http://jakarta.apache.org/avalon/..";. I suppose that's >safe, because not everyone has generated local javadocs, or downloaded >the other subprojects, but it would be nice to at least let the user >link to local docs (particularly javadocs). > >This patch solves the problem (without upsetting the status quo) by >allowing the user to set Ant variables to specify where external docs >are located. Usually, this would be done in a .ant.properties, so I've >included a "ant.properties.sample" with commented-out examples. > > >cli_docfixes.diff >----------------- > >This patch is mostly fixing typos/spelling and improving javadocs. >Where a mistake is in a non-private method, I fixed the method name and >made a deprecated wrapper with the old name, to ensure >backwards-compatibility. > >I also created a self-contained example of how to use the package, in >package.html. The example is based on Cocoon 2's usage. > >The main functional improvement is the declaration of >CLOption.UNKNOWN_OPT, which makes use of the API clearer (as >demonstrated in the example). This is backwards-compatible as long as >UNKNOWN_OPT=0, as in the patch. > > >docfixes.diff >------------- > >This fixes all grammar errors and typos in src/xdocs that I could find. >Yes, there were lots ;P > >other.diff >---------- > >Misc other typo/spelling fixes scattered across Avalon, none affecting >the API. > > >--Jeff > >Attachment Converted: "g:\applications\eudora\attach\linklocaldocs.diff.gz" > >Attachment Converted: "g:\applications\eudora\attach\docfixes.diff.gz" > >Attachment Converted: "g:\applications\eudora\attach\other.diff.gz" > >Attachment Converted: "g:\applications\eudora\attach\cli_docfixes.diff.gz" >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cheers, Pete *-----------------------------------------------------* | "Faced with the choice between changing one's mind, | | and proving that there is no need to do so - almost | | everyone gets busy on the proof." | | - John Kenneth Galbraith | *-----------------------------------------------------* --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
