Re: [docbook-apps] webhelpindexer.jar w/o Ant?

[David Priest <docs@davidpriest.ca>]

I am completely unfamiliar with Java, but familiar with a variety of 
other languages.  I took a look at the code and I don't *think* the 
indexer makes use of any Ant facilities, so I suspect all it needs is to 
be uncoupled from Ant by redefining the method.  I shall take a poke at 
it myself, but hope that someone with actual Java skills does the same!

Kasun Gajasinghe wrote:
>
> On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 5:06 AM, Docs <docs@davidpriest.ca 
> <mailto:docs@davidpriest.ca>> wrote:
>
>     Is there a standalone version of webhelpindexer.jar?  I'm in an
>     Ant-free environment.  I can compile webhelp contents from the
>     command line, but com.nexwave.nquindexer.IndexerTask expects Ant
>     to be in the classpath, making much sadness.
>
>
> Quick answer is, there isn't! WebHelp was first made as a Ant build, 
> so the webhelpindexer is also created as a Ant Task [1]. It needs to 
> extend|org.apache.tools.ant.Task, which means, ultimately 
> webhelpindexer depends on Ant. I understand your situation, but 
> currently I'm afraid, there's no get around except changing the source 
> AFAIK.|
> |The Ant dependency needed by |com.nexwave.nquindexer.IndexerTask, 
> which the main class. So, if you are familiar with Java, you may get 
> webhelpindexer working by changing that file with the help from 
> [1]. In the meantime, I'll see what I can do .
>
> [1] http://ant.apache.org/manual/develop.html
>
> Regards,
> --Kasun
>
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