Re: Why huge Ant files?

Mark McKay wrote:

>
> I'm just migrating to NetBeans 4.0 and starting to deal with it's 
> pecularities.  The first that struck me was the huge Ant file that's 
> generated for a new project.  I'm used to coding my Ant files by hand, 
> and can usually get all the tasks I need, even for a large project, 
> down to at most 15.  I'm also used to frequently running ant tasks 
> from the NB IDE by clicking on the task name.  This new huge task list 
> will make that much more difficult.
>
> What do I do?  Can I still use my old Ant files?  From what I've read 
> of the documentation, all those excessive tasks are necessary for 
> NetBeans to run.  Can I get rid of some of that junk?
>
> Mark McKay


You can still use your old Ant files and if you use only your own files 
you are not constrained by IDE own "native" scripts by any means.

  Milan