Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-jakarta-ant-user-archive@apache.org Received: (qmail 69164 invoked from network); 29 Jul 2002 15:54:24 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO nagoya.betaversion.org) (192.18.49.131) by daedalus.apache.org with SMTP; 29 Jul 2002 15:54:24 -0000 Received: (qmail 8043 invoked by uid 97); 29 Jul 2002 15:54:37 -0000 Delivered-To: qmlist-jakarta-archive-ant-user@jakarta.apache.org Received: (qmail 8027 invoked by uid 97); 29 Jul 2002 15:54:37 -0000 Mailing-List: contact ant-user-help@jakarta.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Help: List-Post: List-Id: "Ant Users List" Reply-To: "Ant Users List" Delivered-To: mailing list ant-user@jakarta.apache.org Received: (qmail 8015 invoked by uid 98); 29 Jul 2002 15:54:36 -0000 X-Antivirus: nagoya (v4198 created Apr 24 2002) Organization: UCAR/Unidata Keywords: 200207291554.g6TFsF903896 Message-ID: <3D456527.6040306@unidata.ucar.edu> Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 09:54:15 -0600 From: John Caron User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:0.9.4) Gecko/20011128 Netscape6/6.2.1 X-Accept-Language: en,pdf MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ant Users List Subject: Re: about books available on ant References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Rating: daedalus.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N X-Spam-Rating: daedalus.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N The oreilly book is better than nothing, but i am disapointed in it. the people who wrote it are quite knowledgeable but i think they never vetted it against real users. they dont fully document all the possible command contents, and their index is very sparse, which is fatal as a reference book. for example, i want to set an argument for the JVM in the command. the only reference on page 152 is to see the "argument data type" in Chapter 4. Why in the world dont they just document the element? "jvmarg" does not apear in the index, so i get to thumb through chapter 4, which i read once through 2 months ago. well, it doesnt mention but i assume its the same as , except its for the JVM. when i use it, i get the message from ant: [java] JVM args ignored when same JVM is used. what so you suppose that means? the oreilly book doesnt say, so im kind of dead in the water. i realize these are just minor problems of learning ant, but thats why i buy these kinds of books, even a few hours saved is worth $50. I just found out about the manning book, which i am going to have a look at. Amitkumar_J_Malhotra@ril.com wrote: > hello everybody, > i am a newbie and wanted to ask your opinions on the two books available on > ant, there is one from manning publications and one from o'reilly . > since i am an absolute fresher, which of the book according to you would be > a better one to start with ant. > your suggestion's will be appreciated. > > regards, > amit > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > For additional commands, e-mail: > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: For additional commands, e-mail: