Re: [platform-ant-dev] How to use Ant to build my own projects

["Darin Swanson" <darins@xxxxxxxxx>]

When you use the External Tools history menu (the running man icon)
you are only running the target(s) for the last build that you configured
using
the right click menu (Run Ant...).  Are you sure this includes the
compilation
target?

We are working on improving the external tools integration (which includes
Ant).
Hotkey bug report:
http://dev.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=16618
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HTH
Darins

> Hey all,
>
> New member and user of Eclipse here. What an awesome
> idea. There are just a few issues I have with it, but
> for the most part it rocks. Better than JBuild, FAR
> better than Forte!
>
> Anyway, I have an old text editor that allowed command
> line calls. I would use this to trigger my ant script
> and it worked great. Even better, it allowed hot keys
> like F1 - F12 and so forth to be assigned which made it
> super fast to do a build. So, two things related to Ant.
>
> First, I tried the right-click on the Ant xml script I
> have, did a build, and it seemed to compile. In the
> toolbar I see the little running man icon, and I can
> select my script to build. However, it is now not doing
> any compiling. It seems to run the packaging part into
> the .jar file my build does, but it never seems to pick
> up the source changes and do a compile. When I clicked
> properties, it showed it being in the eclipse folder
> somewhere (forget where), so I changed it to use my
> c:\projects\myproject\scripts\build.xml. Still does the
> same thing. So, the first question is, how can I use my
> build script in my own project /scripts folder? By the
> way, I added a NEW project, but selected my old folder
> for it, where I keep all my projects. I can edit all the
> code just fine, just seems not to pick up any changes
> during the build.
>
>
> Second thing, is there any "hot" keys that I can assign
> to just press a key to do my build as opposed to having
> to use the mouse to right-click on my xml script and do
> the Run Ant and then check the target I want and hit ok,
> OR use the running man icon and selecting it? I find
> using keyboard shortcuts save a lot of time and I am
> hoping eclipse allows the ability to assign a hot key to
> execute an external task. If not, any chance this is
> coming in a version soon?
>
> Thanks.
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