Hi Carlos,

I will of course add support for FAR archives to my tasks. ;)


Cheers,
Simon

Carlos Rovira wrote:

> Hi Igor,
>
> I think FAR should be split into two actions:
>
> 1 - create FAR file : as Java this should not be inside the compiler, 
> and ANT task would be better.
>
> 2.- Use FAR file by compiler: This, in my opinion, would be better 
> accomplished entirely by hamtasc, as java executable does it.
>
> Simon, what do you think about add a FAR ant task to as2ant? would you 
> consider it?.
>
>
>
> 2006/1/17, Igor V. Sadovskiy <[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>:
>
>     Hello Ralf.
>
>     Yes, of course, I could be done with ANT (unpack zip tp some
>     folder, include
>     temporary directory to the classpath and finally purge it). But I
>     agree with
>     Simon and Carlos - it will be much more convenient to let compiler
>     make all
>     this stuff.
>
>     Also I'm wondering if it's really necessary to unpack FAR archives to
>     temporary folder before including it to the classpath? I'm sure
>     there are
>     libraries allowed to access ZIP content like a usual directories.
>
>     Regards,
>     Igor
>
>     -----Original Message-----
>     From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>     <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>     [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>     <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] On
>     Behalf Of Simon Wacker
>     Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 4:20 PM
>     To: Open Source Flash Mailing List
>     Subject: Re: [osflash] FAR was [Hacked MTASC: ask for new feature]
>
>     Hi Ralf,
>
>     it is definitely possible to do this in ant, but it is much more
>     convenient to use if you do not have to do it, but let the
>     compiler do
>     the job for you. ;) (and let's not forget about the programmers
>     that do
>     not use ant)
>
>
>     Greetings,
>     Simon
>
>     Ralf Bokelberg wrote:
>
>     >Yes, that's what i understood also.
>     >But i wonder, why we should do it inside MTASC, when we can do it
>     in ant
>     >also? Couldn't we add a dependent target, which unzips a
>     library.zip and
>     >adds the directory to the classpath of mtasc?
>     >Cheers,
>     >Ralf.
>     >
>     >Carlos Rovira wrote:
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     >>Hi Ralf,
>     >>
>     >>Ant would be useful to package the classes into a FAR file, but
>     I think
>     >>that Igor wants HAMTASC recognize that file and be able to
>     asimilate it
>     >>(I suppose hamtasc must unpack and process the files inside it)
>     >>
>     >>If not, please Igor, give your vision
>     >>
>     >>FAR file would be a great addition to our arsenal ;)
>     >>
>     >>Cheers,
>     >>
>     >>C.
>     >>
>     >>
>     >>2006/1/17, Ralf Bokelberg < [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>     <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>     <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>>:
>     >>
>     >>    Hi Igor,
>     >>
>     >>    sounds interesting.
>     >>    If i would implement it, i would unpack the zip into a temporary
>     >>    directory and add the name of the newly created directory to the
>     >>    classpath. I wonder, if this can't be done more easily with
>     Ant?
>     >>
>     >>    Cheers,
>     >>    Ralf.
>     >>
>     >>    Igor V. Sadovskiy wrote:
>     >>
>     >>     > Hello Ralf.
>     >>     >
>     >>     >
>     >>     >
>     >>     > I'd like to ask you about adding new feature to the
>     MTASC. It's FAR
>     >>     > (Flash Archive) support. FAR is just like a JAR in Java. It
>     contains
>     >>     > archived AS sources and could be used as element of the
>     >>    classpath. To my
>     >>     > mind it will be great if MTASC and most of well-known IDE
>     >>    supports it. I
>     >>     > could place all third-party libraries to FAR file so my
>     project
>     >>    becomes
>     >>     > quite compact and portable. Libraries packed to the
>     archive could
>     be
>     >>     > easy shared between projects, easy added to the CVS. Library
>     version
>     >>     > control will become really easier. It even will be
>     possible to
>     >>    use Maven
>     >>     > with library repository to build Flash applications.
>     >>     >
>     >>     >
>     >>     >
>     >>     > I already talked with some peoples from OSFlash about (Simon
>     Wacker,
>     >>     > Carlos Rovira and other) and they found this idea
>     interesting too.
>     As
>     >>     > soon as this feature will be implemented we could push
>     this idea
>     >>    to the
>     >>     > flash community. I think all will find FAR useful. Also
>     we will
>     >>    ask for
>     >>     > FAR support by the top used IDE. I think it won't be a
>     big issue to
>     >>     > implement this feature in some IDE.
>     >>     >
>     >>     >
>     >>     >
>     >>     > So what do you think about? Could you add FAR support to the
>     >>    Hacked MTASC?
>     >>     >
>     >>     >
>     >>     >
>     >>     > Regards,
>     >>     >
>     >>     > Igor
>     >>     >
>     >>     >
>     >>     >
>     >>
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