I'm not sure that I understand why you mentioned changing Flash Builder's default source path. That seems mostly tangential here.
I'm saying that the compiler shouldn't care whether it's named "src", "source", or "whatever-i-want-to-call-it". It should simply default to putting "bin" in the parent of that folder. A warning might be a good temporary workaround, but generalizing this behavior is significantly better, in my opinion. - Josh On Thu, Jun 1, 2017 at 9:26 AM, Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com.invalid> wrote: > I think "src" is for Flash Builder. I don't know what it would take to > get FB to default to something else. I know I have lots of projects with > just a "src" folder. > > I agree it is confusing. We could output a warning or error if you > haven't specified -output, -js-output and don't have "src" or > "src/main/flex" folders. Something like "Warning: output folder not > specified and src or src/main/flex folders not specified. Output will be > in <name of output folder". > > Would that help eliminate confusion? That's easy for someone to add to > MXMLFlexJSPublisher.java. > > Thoughts? > -Alex > > On 6/1/17, 8:52 AM, "Josh Tynjala" <joshtynj...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >I think I had some trouble trying to get -output to accept a directory for > >a JS-only project, and that's when I figured out that -js-output exists. > >Maybe I was doing something wrong at the time. Or maybe it didn't quite > >work properly yet. > > > >Although, I still think it's confusing to those who don't realize that > >"src" and "src/main/flex" get special treatment and then "bin" ends up > >somewhere else if they happen to choose a different name for a new > >project. > >Between me and Santanu, that's two people who had to waste time on > >figuring > >out why "bin" ended up somewhere we didn't expect. I could live without it > >being the current working directory if "bin" would simply go into the > >parent directory of the directory containing the main class by default, > >regardless of whether it's named "src" or not. If "src/main/flex" is the > >only special case, that's better, in my opinion. > > > >- Josh > > > >On Thu, Jun 1, 2017 at 8:16 AM, Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com.invalid> > >wrote: > > > >> And if you just use -output and not -js-output the bin folder will be > >> where you specified -output, and if you specify > >> -output=somefolder\somefile.swf the output will be in somefolder\bin. > >> > >> The logic is trying to say: > >> 1) If you specify -output as a SWF, we will use the parent folder of the > >> SWF > >> 2) If you specify -output as a folder, we will use that folder > >> 3) If you specify -js-output, we will use that regardless of what you > >>used > >> for -output > >> 4) If you didn't specify -output or -js-output then > >> A) If you have a src folder or src/main/flex folder we will use the > >> parent of src > >> B) Otherwise we will use the parent folder of the main source file. > >> > >> I don't agree that CWD is the right default. For me, I've always had a > >> folder full of test cases and am not always changing folders. I think > >>the > >> regular Flex MXMLC worked this way as well so I didn't want to change > >>that > >> pattern. > >> > >> 4A is just a convenience for those who follow certain common patterns so > >> they don't have to do as much typing on the command line. It might also > >> "do the right thing" for Flash Builder users. I think Maven always > >> specifies the output folder. > >> > >> My 2 cents, > >> -Alex > >> > >> On 6/1/17, 7:48 AM, "Josh Tynjala" <joshtynj...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> >In that case, the SWF will use the -output option: > >> > > >> >mxmlc -output=path/to/MyProject.swf -js-output=. source/MyProject.as > >> > > >> >- Josh > >> > > >> >On Thu, Jun 1, 2017 at 7:30 AM, piotrz <piotrzarzyck...@gmail.com> > >>wrote: > >> > > >> >> Ahh..Ok now it is clear. What about if we have > >> >> -compiler.targets=JSFLEX,SWF - > >> >> So -js-output will be also the place where SWF file will landed? - If > >> >>yes > >> >> in > >> >> that case this param could have different name. > >> >> > >> >> Thanks, > >> >> Piotr > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> ----- > >> >> Apache Flex PMC > >> >> piotrzarzyck...@gmail.com > >> >> -- > >> >> View this message in context: http://apache-flex- > >> >> development.2333347.n4.nabble.com/FlexJS-Why-FlexJS- > >> >> compiler-statically-looks-for-src-folder-tp61991p61997.html > >> >> Sent from the Apache Flex Development mailing list archive at > >> >>Nabble.com. > >> >> > >> > >> > >
