I've been fortunate to test out some of Michael's work on ASDoc tooling, I can say they are well worth it :) As for the compiler hooks, I guess we'll have to wait for Adobe to donate the new Falcon compiler before we can start having fun with those ideas.
On 4 January 2012 23:45, Jonathan Campos <jonbcam...@gmail.com> wrote: > Go for it > > On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 4:40 PM, Michael Schmalle <m...@teotigraphix.com > >wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I do not have a lot of experience with the actual compiler and asdoc tool > > but that has not stopped me from having fun with parsers and AST. :) > > > > I am wondering if there is any interest in creating some apis in the > > compiler that jive with the asdoc tool(modifying the asdoc tool). I'm > going > > to be looking into the source code of this tomorrow so I will have a > clear > > understanding of what the work would be. > > > > My idea is this; If we could allow public api in both tools that expose > > themselves through java it would allow 3rd party developers and > > applications that could be made to enhance the documentation process > > through formatters and asdoc editor applications. > > > > This a highlevel idea but I have already written such an application > using > > the jasblocks and asblocks AST framework, that are used to create a user > > interface into creating asdoc comments and such through visual editing of > > descriptions and tags. > > > > No more typing /** ... */ is what I mean, the editor using the AST > > reinserts the comment using tokens. > > > > I have found taking the actual documentation process out of the IDE's > code > > view allows for better documentation and actual revelation that creating > > great docs can be fun. > > > > Any interest? > > > > Mike > > > > > > > > > -- > Jonathan Campos > Dallas Flex User Group Manager > http://www.d-flex.org/ > blog: http://www.unitedmindset.com/jonbcampos > twitter: http://www.twitter.com/jonbcampos > -- regards, Roland -- Roland Zwaga Senior Consultant | Stack & Heap BVBA +32 (0)486 16 12 62 | rol...@stackandheap.com | http://www.stackandheap.com
