OK, I will add a -quiet option which leaves out most of the stuff and produces a compact output along the lines you suggest.
Diane, will that meet your needs? Conor -- Conor MacNeill [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cortex eBusiness http://www.cortexebusiness.com.au > -----Original Message----- > From: Peter Donald [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, 14 September 2000 11:13 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Couple of mods to <javac> > > > At 10:08 14/9/00 +1000, you wrote: > >At 08:45 13/9/00 +1100, you wrote: > >>Diane, I don't want to always be disagreeing with you, but I > don't see what > >>is the problem with the current output format. I think that > when the tasks > >>in a target produce some output, it is nice to have some > whitespace before > >>the next target. Perhaps if there is no output from the tasks, > we could skip > >>the blank lines. I have made a quick change which produces this > output when > >>building ant. > >> > >>Buildfile: build.xml > >>prepare: > >>check_for_optional_packages: > >>compile: > >> [copydir] Copying 2 files to F:\Projects\Jakarta\build\ant\classes > >> > >>jar: > >> [jar] Building jar: F:\Projects\Jakarta\build\ant\lib\ant.jar > >> > >>main: > >>javadocs: > >> [mkdir] Created dir: F:\Projects\Jakarta\build\ant\javadocs > >> [javadoc] Generating Javadoc > >> ... > >> > >> > >>Would that meet your needs? > > > > > >how about a --quiet command line option that would produce something like > > > >-------------------------------- > >compile: > > [copydir] Copying 2 files to F:\Projects\Jakarta\build\ant\classes > > > >jar: > > [jar] Building jar: F:\Projects\Jakarta\build\ant\lib\ant.jar > > > >javadocs: > > [mkdir] Created dir: F:\Projects\Jakarta\build\ant\javadocs > > [javadoc] Generating Javadoc > >-------------------------------- > > > >My main problem with it is that I customarily have about 10-20 > targets and > >when I do build majority output nothing (during a rebuild) but the output > >scrolls of screen and I have to change windows and scroll > > grr - damn premature sending of messages :P > > My main problem with it is that I customarily have about 10-20 targets and > when I do build majority output nothing (during a rebuild) but the output > scrolls of screen and I have to change windows and scroll in second window > which is a PITA :P. > > > Cheers, > > Pete > > *------------------------------------------------------* > | "Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want | > | to test a man's character, give him power." | > | -Abraham Lincoln | > *------------------------------------------------------* >
