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DO NOT REPLY [Bug 50294] New: Mention obvious things about config format

https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=50294

           Summary: Mention obvious things about config format
           Product: Tomcat 7
           Version: trunk
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P4
         Component: Documentation
        AssignedTo: dev@tomcat.apache.org
        ReportedBy: lmeyer@vmware.com


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It might be obvious to those who work on Tomcat, but sometimes things need to
be spelled out for others. I suggest mentioning at the top of the config
section that configs are schemaless XML and case-sensitive. Patches created
against the docs webapps in 5.5, 6.0, and trunk that are basically like this:

--- config/index.xml    (revision 1036202)
+++ config/index.xml    (working copy)

-<p>The Tomcat configuration files support Apache Ant style variable
-substitution. A system property with the name <code>propname</code> may be
+<p>Tomcat configuration files are formatted as schemaless XML; elements and
+attributes are case-sensitive. Apache Ant-style variable substitution
+is supported; a system property with the name <code>propname</code> may be
 used in a configuration file using the syntax <code>${propname}</code>. All

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DO NOT REPLY [Bug 50294] Mention obvious things about config format

Posted by bu...@apache.org.
https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=50294

Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |FIXED

--- Comment #3 from Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org> 2010-11-24 15:02:12 EST ---
Many thanks for the patches. The updated docs will be included in 7.0.6, 6.0.30
and 5.5.32

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DO NOT REPLY [Bug 50294] Mention obvious things about config format

Posted by bu...@apache.org.
https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=50294

--- Comment #2 from Luke Meyer <lm...@vmware.com> 2010-11-18 17:12:03 EST ---
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DO NOT REPLY [Bug 50294] Mention obvious things about config format

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--- Comment #1 from Luke Meyer <lm...@vmware.com> 2010-11-18 17:11:17 EST ---
Created an attachment (id=26312)
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diff against http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/tomcat/tc6.0.x/trunk/webapps/docs

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