RE: [platform-ant-dev] how to use Ant correctly

["Newcomb, Michael-P57487" <Michael.Newcomb@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the response. I looked at the documentation and couldn't really find out how to do what I want. So, let me give you an example of what I want to do:

 

I want download/checkout a version of <insert favorite open-source tool> from jakarta/sourceforge/codehaus/java.net etc.

I then want to import/open/? the code/build/external-jars into Eclipse (for all the cool stuff).

I then want Eclipse to execute the build.xml that comes with the project.

 

I don't want it to copy the source into a workspace, I just want it to work with the structure I get from the project.

 

 I can't believe that Eclipse is incapable of working on a project with a predefined directory structure and build system. If it can, I need some help setting it up to do that.

 

Thanks,

Michael

 

 

"In my view having your project dependent on hand-crafted build scripts is a bad thing :)"

 

Hmmm... better not mention that to the people on java.net/codehaus/sourceforge... hehe.

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From: platform-ant-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:platform-ant-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John Arthorne
Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 10:58 AM
To: Eclipse Ant integration developers list.
Subject: Re: [platform-ant-dev] how to use Ant correctly

I don't think everyone will agree 
with that.  In my view having your project dependent on hand-crafted build 
scripts is a bad thing :) 

In any 
case, you can use Eclipse and delegate all the building to Ant.  See Help 
> Help Contents > Workbench User Guide > Getting started > Ant & 
External tools tutorial > Use cases for Ant in Eclipse > Ant buildfiles as 
project builders.

"Newcomb, Michael-P57487" <Michael.Newcomb@xxxxxxxxx>
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25/08/2005 10:46 AM

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I think everyone would agree that having your project dependent upon 
Eclipse is a bad thing.

However, I want to use Eclipse to edit my code and build the project on my machine.

So, how do I set up Eclipse so it will use my build.xml file? I tried building a project from a build.xml file, but I have several javac commands and it wants me to pick one?

I can't believe that Eclipse is so restrictive, so, what am I doing wrong?

Any tutorials?

Thanks,
Michael _______________________________________________
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