From forrest-dev-return-8065-apmail-xml-forrest-dev-archive=xml.apache.org@xml.apache.org Wed Nov 05 14:04:17 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-xml-forrest-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 40628 invoked from network); 5 Nov 2003 14:04:17 -0000 Received: from daedalus.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (208.185.179.12) by minotaur-2.apache.org with SMTP; 5 Nov 2003 14:04:17 -0000 Received: (qmail 57165 invoked by uid 500); 5 Nov 2003 14:04:12 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-xml-forrest-dev-archive@xml.apache.org Received: (qmail 57130 invoked by uid 500); 5 Nov 2003 14:04:12 -0000 Mailing-List: contact forrest-dev-help@xml.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Reply-To: forrest-dev@xml.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list forrest-dev@xml.apache.org Received: (qmail 56895 invoked from network); 5 Nov 2003 14:04:10 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO footandmouth.calligrafix.com) (194.247.75.7) by daedalus.apache.org with SMTP; 5 Nov 2003 14:04:10 -0000 Received: from hyam.net ([194.247.75.123]) by footandmouth.calligrafix.com (8.12.10/8.12.6) with ESMTP id hA5E32gw031238 for ; Wed, 5 Nov 2003 14:03:02 GMT Message-ID: <3FA9033A.5030904@hyam.net> Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2003 14:03:38 +0000 From: Roger Hyam Reply-To: roger@hyam.net Organization: Hyam.net User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031007 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: forrest-dev@xml.apache.org Subject: Re: Skin Development strategy. References: <3FA269FF.8010206@hyam.net> <3FA2834B.2030302@wkwyw.net> <1068035531.8796.22.camel@g6-350> In-Reply-To: <1068035531.8796.22.camel@g6-350> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-Spam-Rating: daedalus.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N X-Spam-Rating: minotaur-2.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N Yep I did the same. I user a trivial ant build script to copy the skin across. All works fine now. Peter Hargreaves wrote: >>Roger Hyam wrote: >> >>>I am trying to work out the best way of developing a skin. >>> >>>I duplicated another skin into: >>>\build\dist\shbat\context\skins\myskin >>>as a starting point >>> >>>If I make changes to this skin I get them when I use 'forrest' or >>>'forrest run'. A copy of the skin appears in: >>>\build\webapp\skins\myskin >>> >>>I can change this webapp copy of the skin and it shows up live while I >>>am running "forrest run" but if I restart forrest the webapp version is >>>over written. > > > Hi Folks, > I've tried using a soft link (under Linux) from > build/webapp/skins/myskin to the source location. I DON'T recommend it > because it was fine for a while then something destroyed my source!! I > think the ant script changed. In any case, I sometimes find I need to > delete the build directory for a fresh start. > > I DO recommend a "forwardcopy" though. I wrote a simple shell script > (batch file) and stuck it under a convenient gnome button. Its a safer > strategy - although requires one extra action per edit cycle. Depending > on your editor you might be able to trigger it from an edit save. > > Here's looking forward to proper skins from source. > Rgds. > Peter. > > > >