Author: markt
Date: Wed Jan 23 19:19:34 2013
New Revision: 1437637
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1437637&view=rev
Log:
Fix https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=54461
Improve the documentation for the compiler attribute in the Jasper how-to
Modified:
tomcat/trunk/webapps/docs/jasper-howto.xml
Modified: tomcat/trunk/webapps/docs/jasper-howto.xml
URL:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/tomcat/trunk/webapps/docs/jasper-howto.xml?rev=1437637&r1=1437636&r2=1437637&view=diff
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--- tomcat/trunk/webapps/docs/jasper-howto.xml (original)
+++ tomcat/trunk/webapps/docs/jasper-howto.xml Wed Jan 23 19:19:34 2013
@@ -96,9 +96,14 @@ attribute is always set when Jasper is u
classpath is created dynamically based on the current web application.</li>
<li><strong>compiler</strong> - Which compiler Ant should use to compile JSP
-pages. See the Ant documentation for more information. If the value is not
set,
-then the default Eclipse JDT Java compiler will be used instead of using Ant.
-No default value.</li>
+pages. The valid values for this are the same as for the compiler attribute of
+Ant's
+<a
href="http://ant.apache.org/manual/Tasks/javac.html#compilervalues";>javac</a>
+task. If the value is not set, then the default Eclipse JDT Java compiler will
+be used instead of using Ant. There is no default value. If this attribute is
+set then <code>setenv.[sh|bat]</code> should be used to add
+<code>ant.jar</code>, <code>ant-launcher.jar</code> and <code>tools.jar</code>
+to the <code>CLASSPATH</code> environment variable.</li>
<li><strong>compilerSourceVM</strong> - What JDK version are the source files
compatible with? (Default value: <code>1.6</code>)</li>
@@ -202,9 +207,8 @@ tens of JARs. On fast servers, this will
for even large JSP pages.</p>
<p>Apache Ant, which was used in previous Tomcat releases, can be used instead
-of the new compiler by simply removing the <code>lib/ecj-*.jar</code> file,
-and placing the <code>ant.jar</code> and <code>ant-launcher.jar</code> files
-from the latest Ant distribution in the <code>lib</code> folder.</p>
+of the new compiler by configuring the compiler attribute as explained above.
+</p>
</section>
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