[kepler-dev] eclipse excludes from build system

[Aaron Schultz]

Thanks David, actually I didn't realize I needed to update the 
ant-tasks/eclipse directory as well.

Does that mean I should update the Netbeans and Idea classpaths too?  I 
was under the impression that the IDE files were being dynamically 
generated from a central spot in the build.

Aaron


David Welker wrote:
> Hi Aaron,
>
> I realize that you have already solved this problem, but per your 
> request I am documenting it:
>
> Modifying Ptolemy Includes and Excludes
> ==============================
>
> While it is not generally recommended except for people maintaining 
> the core modules of Kepler it is possible to change the set of files 
> from Kepler that are included and excluded and thus available for use 
> by other modules. To do so, modify the contents of the following files:
>
>   1. <kepler.modules>/build-area/build-settings/ptolemy-includes
>   2. <kepler.modules>/build-area/build-settings/ptolemy-excludes
>
> The ptolemy-includes file is processed first (that is, anything not 
> listed matching a pattern in ptolemy-includes is excluded) and then 
> ptolemy-excludes (which further eliminates particular files that 
> survived implicit removal but match the patterns in ptolemy-excludes).
>
> Furthermore, keep in mind that such changes will also necessitate 
> changes in files used in IDE generation, especially:
>
>    * <kepler.modules>/build-area/ant-tasks/eclipse/PtolemyClasspath
>
>
>>
>> Hi David,
>>
>> Today I noticed an error in eclipse due to a class being moved in 
>> ptolemy from a folder that we were excluding in kepler into a folder 
>> that we were not excluding.
>>
>> ModelAnalyzer went from ptolemy.data.properties which we exclude
>> to domains.properties.lib which we do not exclude but it had a 
>> dependency on
>> a class in ptolemy.data.properties so Eclipse correctly showed it as 
>> an error
>>
>> I tried including ptolemy.data.properties and several new errors arose
>>
>> I then tried excluding both ptolemy.data.properties and 
>> ptolemy.properties.lib and all errors were fixed
>>
>> Question is...
>> How do we change the ptolemy exclude path in the new build system?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Aaron
>>
>