Re: Why huge Ant files?
Navneet Karnani <[email protected]>
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I think the reason for the number of tasks is that the code is structured and allows easy extensibility. - Navneet ----- Original Message ----- From: Milan Kubec <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 2:05:12 PM Subject: 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 >