And feel free to attach the PDF to a JIRA issue. Maybe we'll just put it on the site and link to it from our plain text files.
Thanks for contributing, -Alex On 7/25/13 1:08 AM, "Erik de Bruin" <e...@ixsoftware.nl> wrote: >Terry, > >First: thank you for you excellent contribution! > >Please keep in mind we're all volunteers and have to work within the >framework Apache.org provides us. While this sometimes limits us, I >think the pros far outweigh the cons. I might be helpful to check what >the possibilities are and discuss your contribution on the list >beforehand, specifically to avoid situations like this. I would love >to have seen you spend those hours on creating a Wiki entry or on an >HTML version for the site, instead of creating a PDF. > >That said, your contribution is appreciated and will sure make it's >way into the Apache Flex documentation. > >Thanks, > >EdB > > > >On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 9:46 AM, Terry Corbet <terry.cor...@gmail.com> >wrote: >> This is absolutely antediluvian. An author spends several hours >>composing a >> document to help you market your product and you can only accept 7-bit >> ASCII. LibreOffice is a pretty decent open source project that >>produces a >> world-class result, but they do not give me an Export option to reduce a >> thoughtfully formatted document to a piece of junk. >> >> They have an option for Mediawiki Text, and here is my work product in >>that >> format. I still use VI a lot, so I can read it in VI, but I have no >>idea >> what you will use. >> >> ==================================== >> <center>FlashDevelop for Flex</center> >> >> <center>July 25, 2013</center> >> >> >> = Background = >> This document is intended to provide a brief description of the use of >> FlashDevelop for Flex/AIR applications. It is offered to the Apache Flex >> community by someone who uses the toolkit, but has no connection with >>the >> open source project other than making a pittance of a PayPal payment in >> thanks for the help the product has been to my own Flex/AIR development >> projects over these many years. Hopefully other developers will post >>similar >> guides for whatever IDE they have found most suitable to their work. >> >> FlashDevelop is used as an IDE for development and test of software >>destined >> for different platforms, using different languages and frameworks. I >>don't >> have the demographic facts, but I suppose, just from monitoring the >>active >> community lists, that the large user base is still heavily biased >>towards >> the original community of Flash folks, long since expanded into Flex and >> AIR. Flash, Flex and AIR developers will find a strong contingent of >>cohorts >> who eat, drink and sleep the Adobe development libraries. >> >> >> == Download/Install == >> Their [http://www.flashdevelop.org/ Home Page]<nowiki> will get you >>just a >> click away from downloading the current production version [4.4.2 RTM >>as I >> write this]. </nowiki>The installer menu pretty much tells it all: >> >> >> ==== Installation options ==== >> * '''Install Flex SDK''': Download and install the latest Flex SDK. >> * '''Install AIR SDK''': Download and install the latest AIR SDK for >>Flex >> SDK. >> * '''Install AIR SDK (ASC2)''': Download and install the latest AIR SDK >>with >> ASC 2.0 compiler. >> * '''Install Flash Player''': Download and install the latest standalone >> Flash Player. >> * '''Install JS Compiler''': Download and install the latest Google >>Closure >> compiler. >> >> Personally, I select everything. Yes, everything is quite a lot of >>megabytes >> coming down the pike, but they have a robust set of servers, so even >>with my >> lame old 1.5MB ADSL service, I normally see at least 280-300KBs >>arriving at >> my doorstep and that means the whole thing is done in less than 15 >>minutes. >> If you don't want to download everything, just the Adobe Flex 4.6 base >>from >> build <tt>'''23201B'''</tt>, you can drink your cup of coffee a lot >>quicker >> and start using it in about 5 minutes. >> >> >> == Hey, What about Apache Flex? == >> Like I said, up front, I don't work for FlashDevelop, so I can't speak >>for >> them. What I can say is that I am sure that when Apache Flex releases >>start >> rolling out on a more regular basis, if the user community asks them to >> include the minimum necessary Apache Flex framework, they will happily >>do >> so. <nowiki>They are real nuts concerning code completion [as you can >>tell, >> I am not], so I am sure they would wire up their editor to access the >>files >> necessary to handle code-completion on the latest/greatest Experimental >> Sparc Components.</nowiki> >> >> As for me, I am perfectly happy with the current integration >>methodology, >> which could not be simpler. FlashDevelop projects each point to whatever >> Flex/AIR framework they like. I currently happen to have three of those >> laying around and I just open the drop down list of SDKs and select the >>one >> I want to compile and test against. I have a version of Flex 4.6 with >>AIR >> 3.8 to which I have made Monkey Patches, so sometimes I need to be >>pointed >> there. Or, I have a pure version of Flex 4.6 with AIR 3.7 that was >>produced >> and completely merged by FlashDevelop when I installed the current >>release >> of their product. >> >> And I have another framework which >><tt>'''Project=>Properties=>SDK'''</tt> >> tells me is known as "Apache Flex 4.10.0 FP11.1 AIR3.7" because that is >>what >> it says in the required '''flex-sdk-description.xml''' files and that, I >> think, is the only necessary point to be made here. As long as the >> download/install process, whether orchestrated by Apache or by >>FlashDevop, >> or by you or me using command line tools, results in a valid directory >>as >> mandated by Flex, the IDE is properly engineered to identify it and use >> whichever <tt>'''swf-version'''</tt> and >><tt>'''playerglobal.swc'''</tt> you >> need. >> >> >> == Hey, What about Falcon? == >> Yeah, what about that? FlashDevelop, if you want to just build Flash >> applications rather than Flex/AIR applications will create two valid >> frameworks from which you choose on a project-by-project basis. If you >> develop for Flash, the <tt>'''bin'''</tt> directory in that framework >>will >> compile with <tt>'''ASC2.0</tt>.''' If you develop for Adobe or Apache >> Flex/AIR the '''bin''' directory in that framework will compile with the >> <tt>'''fcsh'''</tt> wrapper for the old reliable <tt>'''mxmlc'''</tt> >> compiler. >> >> >> >> ==================================== >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 12:16 AM, Justin Mclean >><jus...@classsoftware.com> >> wrote: >>> >>> HI, >>> >>> > So how do I get you a ready-for release PDF document with formatting >>>and >>> > fonts chosen for readability? >>> >>> Plain text only please - I'm not sure what we could do with a PDF >>> document. >>> >>> Justin >> >> > > > >-- >Ix Multimedia Software > >Jan Luykenstraat 27 >3521 VB Utrecht > >T. 06-51952295 >I. www.ixsoftware.nl
