On Wed, 25 Aug 2010 22:55:36 -0400 Peter Desjardins <peter.desjardins...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Here are some of the questions I have. Any input will be very helpful. > > * What are some advantages an Ant-based publishing system has over a > shell script system? Clearly Ant is cross-platform, what else? Fairly well known Peter. More chance of others maintaining your script? > > * Is there a typical Ant architecture for large, single-sourced > documentation sets? I've got over 30 large documents being published > to multiple formats. Would I set up a build.xml file for each document > and format permutation and then have a master build.xml file to run > them all at once? I have multiple media in one ant build file. Suggest you review it and group our output as appropriate. There is an 'include' facility in ant which I use for definitions, you could look at that. I guess time spent on design will pay off later, usual ideas. > > * The example on Dave Pawson's site (thanks, Dave!) shows web site > publishing. Does anyone know of example Ant setups for publishing > large manual sets to PDF and online help? I do a 120 page document (embarrassed to say what) using 'book' root element. No problem. > > * Can Ant handle complicated file manipulation like packaging Eclipse > help plugins into an Infocenter WAR file? Will I end up having to > write shell-script code for an Ant task to execute? I call xslt using the java and task, I guess you could do the same for building a war file? Otherwise perhaps run them in bash as a precursor to running ant? > > * What other build control systems should I consider in this > situation? I don't think my colleagues would be very excited about GNU > make files. I'm not too excited about the idea of a CMS to handle > publishing. Anything else? ditto... although Norm seems pretty impressed with his employers kit. Not that I've used Peter. HTH -- regards -- Dave Pawson XSLT XSL-FO FAQ. http://www.dpawson.co.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: docbook-apps-unsubscr...@lists.oasis-open.org For additional commands, e-mail: docbook-apps-h...@lists.oasis-open.org
