Author: crossley
Date: Thu Jan 13 00:59:30 2011
New Revision: 1058382
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1058382&view=rev
Log:
Improved the FAQ about "version and properties" and linked to the
documentation of the new Properties system.
Issue: FOR-734
Modified:
forrest/trunk/site-author/content/xdocs/docs_0_90/faq.xml
forrest/trunk/site-author/status.xml
Modified: forrest/trunk/site-author/content/xdocs/docs_0_90/faq.xml
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/forrest/trunk/site-author/content/xdocs/docs_0_90/faq.xml?rev=1058382&r1=1058381&r2=1058382&view=diff
==============================================================================
--- forrest/trunk/site-author/content/xdocs/docs_0_90/faq.xml (original)
+++ forrest/trunk/site-author/content/xdocs/docs_0_90/faq.xml Thu Jan 13 00:59:30 2011
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
<p>
You have a local copy of the main documentation with your version of
Forrest. Do 'cd site-author; forrest run' and visit
- http://localhost:8888/ in your browser. The most recent documentation
+ <code>http://localhost:8888/</code> in your browser. The most recent documentation
is in SVN trunk which creates the forrest.apache.org website.
</p>
<p>
@@ -167,8 +167,8 @@ forrest -Dproject.start-uri=live-sites.h
</p>
<p>
Another useful technique is to use 'wget' or Apache Ant's Get task to
- retrieve individual files, e.g. Do 'forrest run' and then 'wget
- http://localhost:8888/index.pdf'.
+ retrieve individual files, e.g. Do 'forrest run' and then
+ <code>'wget http://localhost:8888/index.pdf'</code>
</p>
</answer>
</faq>
@@ -1457,11 +1457,27 @@ X [0] /docs_0_80/upgrading_08.ht
<p>
Do <code>'forrest -projecthelp'</code> or <code>'./build.sh'</code> to
find the version number.
+ Also when starting <code>'forrest'</code> or <code>'forrest run'</code>
+ the versions are reported for forrest, java, and ant.
</p>
<p>
- To list the properties, add "forrest.echo=true" to your
+ To list the properties and other stuff, add "forrest.echo=true" to your
forrest.properties file and watch the build messages. Doing
- <code>'forrest -v'</code> will provide verbose build messages.
+ <code>'forrest -v'</code> will provide verbose build messages and other useful
+ information.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ In <code>'forrest run'</code> mode, use the
+ <link href="site:forrestbar">Forrestbar</link> to see the build-info
+ and properties, or access them directly:
+ </p>
+ <dl>
+ <dd><code>http://localhost:8888/build-info</code></dd>
+ <dd><code>http://localhost:8888/module.properties.properties</code></dd>
+ </dl>
+ <p>
+ See the documentation about the new <link href="site:properties">Properties</link>
+ system.
</p>
</answer>
</faq>
Modified: forrest/trunk/site-author/status.xml
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/forrest/trunk/site-author/status.xml?rev=1058382&r1=1058381&r2=1058382&view=diff
==============================================================================
--- forrest/trunk/site-author/status.xml (original)
+++ forrest/trunk/site-author/status.xml Thu Jan 13 00:59:30 2011
@@ -154,6 +154,10 @@
<link href="site:upgrading_09">upgrading to v0.9</link>
</action>
<!-- 2011-01 -->
+ <action context="docs" type="update" dev="DC" importance="high">
+ Improved the FAQ about "version and properties" and linked to the
+ documentation of the new <link href="site:properties">Properties</link> system.
+ </action>
<action context="code" type="update" dev="BMD" due-to="Richard Calmbach,Mathieu Champlon" fixes-bug="FOR-752">
Fix hard-coded path in ForrestLogTargetFactory and
ForrestConfUtils which caused files to be placed in the wrong
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