Re: [ajdt-dev] POLL: How do you use ".lst" files with AJDT in Eclipse?

["Ron Bodkin" <rbodkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Matt,

The primary uses I make of .lst files are to include or exclude development-time aspects and to debug problems in the compiler (of which there have been a lot fewer lately) by making it easy to auto-generate a list project files to compile from the command line. The former is a bit brittle (since you constantly need to update to include new source files). It would be great to allow wildcards to select files and exclusions (more like ant)... But using nested .lst files might also provide a more robust way of handling development-time aspects (include all core files in normal source folders then add additional options in debug.lst that aren't in the normal source folders).

I don't use nested .lst files nor put compiler options in the files (though I might try the latter). I generally include all my aj sources in AJDT projects and use ant (or maven) to handle proper building with options.

Ron Bodkin
Chief Technology Officer
New Aspects of Software
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> ------------Original Message------------
> From: Matt Chapman <mchapman@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: ajdt-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx, aspectj-users@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Tue, Jun-15-2004 6:35 AM
> Subject: [ajdt-dev] POLL: How do you use ".lst" files with AJDT in Eclipse?
> 
> Background: As you probably know, the "ajc" compiler can be given an
> argfile option: "ajc -argfile sources.lst" for example, or alternatively
> "ajc @sources.lst". The source.lst file can contain a list of files,
> references to other .lst files, and also compiler options.
> 
> For the next release of AJDT we're looking at improving the usability of
> defining build configurations from inside Eclipse (see ajdt-dev for
> further discussions on this topic). We naturally want to do this in a way
> which is intuitive for Eclipse users, whilst also providing some level of
> support for existing .lst files. So if you use AJDT, or might do so in the
> future, it would really help us if you could say how you currently use
> .lst files, including the following two specific issues:
> 
> 1. Do your .lst files contain references to other .lst files? If so, do
> you tend to have one top level .lst file which includes various sub-level
> files, or something more complex?
> 2. Do you tend to include compiler options in your .lst files?
> 
> Please also say if you never use .lst files in your AJDT projects at
> all.
> 
> Many thanks,
> 
> Matt.
> 
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