Totally agree Keith. I have also received an email from Philippe offlist and I will now definitely give Flashdevelop a test run. Looking forward to it - I must be mad ;-)
Stefan > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Keith Peters > Sent: 27 December 2005 20:38 > To: 'Open Source Flash Mailing List' > Subject: Re: [osflash] FlashDevelop: Project build and -mx parameter > > Stefan, > I totally hear and understand you. I was really excited about > MTASC and FLAMES a while back, but it seemed I spent more > time tweaking the system than I did actual development on > projects. Well, maybe not "more time", but the ratio was not > good enough. I'm back to mostly using the Flash IDE as a > compiler. But FlashDevelop has given me hope for MTASC. If > they get the -mx param into the project build, it might work > out well for me. > > Keith > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stefan Richter > > Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2005 3:06 PM > > To: 'Open Source Flash Mailing List' > > Subject: Re: [osflash] FlashDevelop: Project build and -mx parameter > > > > Maybe I will need to revisit some of the Osflash tools (as > I am sure > > they have improved greatly) but my experience a few months > ago using > > Eclipse and MTASC (and Flashout) was that (after a painful setup > > process which took me through some obscure update routines) > I tried to > > compile an ARP based project (which compiled fine in the > IDE) and it > > threw a gazillion errors, some of which where related to the mx > > packages. > > Frankly I am not that much of a pro that I worry about 'errors' in > > Macromedia's code. Their component framework works for me > (most of the > > time) and I have not got the skills nor the time to rewrite > or fix it. > > > > I didn't have time to dig deeper so I compiled using Flash > even though > > I would prefer using MTASC as it would be a lot quicker. > > I am not saying that this is a big deal (and for most > people here it > > isn't as you seem to tweak everything until it works) but I would > > expect that many developers would drop some of the open > source tools > > (for the time being at > > least) simply because they 'appear' to prevent a working app from > > compiling. > > > > If I need to work on another machine tomorrow and it has Flash > > installed then I want to be able to check out my project > and work on > > it, no matter what tools I have used on my office PC. Right > now I am > > not sure I could do that using an open source setup. If I am wrong > > then please tell me so and I will reinstall MTASC and Flashdevelop > > first thing tomorrow morning. > > > > I don't want to sound too harsh but having to do any kind of > > hoop-jumping exercise just because I have used the MM > components in my > > existing project then that isn't a very good workflow > (especially so > > if you are new to open source flash) and it is an area that > needs to > > be improved. > > > > Remember this comes from someone who has spent 2 days until > FAME was > > fully up and running (granted, at the time there wasn't much > > documentation around so it would be quicker now) so you can't say I > > haven't tried... > > > > Stefan > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Keith Peters > > > Sent: 27 December 2005 18:08 > > > To: 'Open Source Flash Mailing List' > > > Subject: Re: [osflash] FlashDevelop: Project build and > -mx parameter > > > > > > That makes sense, theoretically. I assume the patch only > > adds types, > > > fixes local var issues, etc. per definition of > > > refactoring: improving the internal structure of the code without > > > changing the external behavior. > > > Still makes me wary though. > > > > > > Keith > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marcelo > > de Moraes > > > > Serpa > > > > Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2005 11:04 AM > > > > To: Open Source Flash Mailing List > > > > Subject: Re: [osflash] FlashDevelop: Project build and > > -mx parameter > > > > > > > > I may be wrong, but I don´t see any big differences on yours > > > > application´s code when you use the patched classes as > > the patch is > > > > only intended to make them compile with MTASC. > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > osflash mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > osflash mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > osflash mailing list > [email protected] > http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org > _______________________________________________ osflash mailing list [email protected] http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org
