Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-ant-user-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 30071 invoked from network); 12 Jun 2009 19:44:30 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.3) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 12 Jun 2009 19:44:30 -0000 Received: (qmail 72137 invoked by uid 500); 12 Jun 2009 19:44:40 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-ant-user-archive@ant.apache.org Received: (qmail 72072 invoked by uid 500); 12 Jun 2009 19:44:40 -0000 Mailing-List: contact user-help@ant.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: List-Help: List-Post: List-Id: "Ant Users List" Reply-To: "Ant Users List" Delivered-To: mailing list user@ant.apache.org Received: (qmail 71971 invoked by uid 99); 12 Jun 2009 19:44:40 -0000 Received: from nike.apache.org (HELO nike.apache.org) (192.87.106.230) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Fri, 12 Jun 2009 19:44:40 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.0 required=10.0 tests=SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (nike.apache.org: domain of milu71@gmx.de designates 213.165.64.20 as permitted sender) Received: from [213.165.64.20] (HELO mail.gmx.net) (213.165.64.20) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with SMTP; Fri, 12 Jun 2009 19:44:29 +0000 Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 12 Jun 2009 19:44:08 -0000 Received: from e178018067.adsl.alicedsl.de (EHLO wladimir) [85.178.18.67] by mail.gmx.net (mp071) with SMTP; 12 Jun 2009 21:44:08 +0200 X-Authenticated: #48488578 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX18IbnZ2h30ISnWqT3GLPzQdHxqfWPlbCU9RQM47LC yjaOs8/VsFUN1V Received: by wladimir (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Fri, 12 Jun 2009 21:44:07 +0000 Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 21:44:07 +0200 From: Michael Ludwig To: Ant Users List Subject: Re: Doing Ant builds Message-ID: <20090612194407.GB2728@wladimir> References: <831738.69607.qm@web39802.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <192656A3-ABD0-4CD4-B756-080CB3FEAFB2@mac.com> <3857FC6108BAB64EB2EFAA867AD1F65771BEA40D5D@NLCLUEXM03.connect1.local> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-FuHaFi: 0.63 X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org David Weintraub schrieb am 12.06.2009 um 12:22:52 (-0400): > Ant and Make do two things that Batch scripts cannot do: > > 1). Dependency Matrix calculations > 2). Build Avoidance Good summary! > Now to answer other questions: Why XML for Ant? > > XML is a very flexible tool since you can easily have entities > embedded in other entities in a way that's easy to parse. Most people nowadays ignore the physical structure of an XML document, i.e. they ignore external entities, and also parameter entities. But they're damn useful. > I use VIM which does syntax highlighting and automatic indentations > which greatly helps me create my build.xml file. Me too. Just discovered "dit" and "dat". See ":help it", ":h at", ":h tag-blocks". But you probably knew this. Michael Ludwig --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscribe@ant.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: user-help@ant.apache.org