[xtext-dev] Case-Sensitive Filenames

[Heiko Behrens <heiko.behrens@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all,

while using the latest xtext build (thanks, Dennis) I encountered a  
weird problem that can be boiled down to case-sensitive handling of  
filenames.

e.g. the
org/eclipse/xtext/ui/generator/standardUiAndRuntime.mwe referst to a  
file named
org/eclipse/xtext/generator/standardRuntimeFragments.mwe

but inside the provided Jar resides a file called  
*S*andardRuntimeFragments.mwe.

During our development cycles we are not working with the Jars but are  
using the files from the files system directly. And since most of us  
if not all work with case-insensitive files systems this error has not  
yet been detected.

Even though I would prefer a way to detect such errors I do not have a  
proper solution for this at the moment. Therefore, I would rather try  
to avoid such errors by using naming conventions. That means: We  
either write non-java-files such as Workflow, Check, Xpand, Xtend etc.  
with a capital or a small letter at the beginning.

Since our Java files start with a capital and Windows users might have  
problems to produce files names starting with a lowercase I am  
suggesting to use uppercase letters.

I will than open a bug that describes to error from above as well as  
an action to rename and edit the current files.


Any comments?

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Heiko Behrens
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