[stringtemplate-interest] request: st4 INSTALL file

[Zenaan Harkness]

On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 06:25, Daniel Kasmeroglu
<Daniel.Kasmeroglu at kasisoft.net> wrote:
> Am 21.01.2011 20:19, schrieb Zenaan Harkness:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm not up to speed with building, ant, etc, would someone please
>> draft an INSTALL file for inclusion in the st4 repository?
>>
>> Please include dependencies, what must be in my CLASSPATH, etc.
>>
>> Last time I built ST from source was a couple of years ago or more,
>> and from memory back then I just used javac with a custom classpath...
>> and something similar for the javadocs.
>>
>> In fact, if you have some examples even, please post, and I'm happy to
>> collate into an INSTALL file to add to st4 repo.
>>
> For the classpath (just my personal setup):
>
>        antlr-complete.jar (see http://www.antlr.org/download/antlr-3.3-complete.jar)
>        ST.jar (see http://www.stringtemplate.org/download/ST-4.0b1.jar)
>
> So far this perfectly works for me.

OK, so that's your classpath for compiling or running?


> Regarding you're intentions: Thumbs up. I personally would prefer to get a zipped
> distribution rather than collecting all files (just my 2 cents).

Sorry, I don't understand this. We can download the binary .jar, as
well as the source, as a single file. We can also git clone the repo,
which is what I've done.

What I am wanting is an INSTALL file to go next to the README in the
root of the st4.git repo, to get me started with a local build
process.

I also want to build the javadocs and the jar, in case I need
emergency fixes in the future (had to do this once in the past), so by
getting up to speed with building, I am empowering myself, and by
moving for an INSTALL file we can empower others too.

Thanks for your assistance,
Zen