
    TERMITE
    A Graphical Front End for Ant
    Copyright (c) 2001 P. Taylor Goetz <ptg@instanceone.com>
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    What is it?

    Termite is a simple graphical front-end for the Ant build system.
    Termite is written in Java, and uses Swing components for the user
    interface.

    Termite may be run as a stand-alone application, and can also be
    installed as an extention to Borland's JBuilder 4 IDE.

    Termite is free sofware. Send any bug reports, feature requests,
    comments, questions, etc. to ptg@instanceone.com.

    Termite is currently a closed-source project. However, if there is
    sufficient interest from contributors, I will open-source it. If
    you are interested in contributing send email to
    ptg@instanceone.com



    Features

       * Syntax checking.
       * Verbose, color-coded build output.
       * Easy target selection.
       * Project reloading.
       * Ability to view project source.
       * Compatible with Ant 1.x and later.

    How do I use it?

    Run Termite (or select "Termite" from the JBuilder "Tools" menu),
    and open an Ant project file (typically "build.xml"). Termite will
    then load the project and check the syntax of the project file. If
    the syntax of the file is valid, a list of targets defined in the
    project file will appear in a drop-down list.

    Select a target, and click the build button. The selected target
    will be executed. Output generated by Ant (build events) will
    appear in the output tab.

    If you make changes to the project file, you will need to reload
    the project by clicking on the "reload" button. Termite will
    re-read the project, check it's syntax, and update the list of
    targets.

    Installation

    Installing Termite as a stand-alone application:

      1. Download, install and configure Ant.
      2. Extract the contents of the Termite zip file to a folder on
         your hard drive.
      3. Edit the existing termite.bat file (Windows) or create a
         batch file or shell script to launch Termite.

         The following libraries must be included in the Java
         classpath:
           1. Termite.jar
           2. <ANT_HOME>/lib/ant.jar
           3. <ANT_HOME>/lib/parser.jar
           4. <ANT_HOME>/lib/jaxp.jar
           5. <JAVA_HOME>/lib/tools.jar

         The executable class name is:
         com.instanceone.jbant.Termite

      4. Run the script or batch file to launch Termite.

    Installing Termite as a JBuilder Extension:

      1. Copy "Termite.jar" to <JBUILDER_HOME>/lib/ext
      2. Copy <ANT_HOME>/lib/ant.jar to <JBUILDER_HOME>/lib/ext
      3. Restart JBuilder. There should now be a "Termite" menu item
         in JBuilders "Tools" menu.

    NOTE:

    The termite plug-in for JBuilder looks for a "build.xml" file in
    the project directory of the current JBuilder project and attempts
    to load that file. If the file does not exist, you will be warned.
    After dismissing the warning you can use Termite's open project
    function to open any build file on your hard drive.

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