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Added some info to the README about the state of the JavaScript-based Closure Compiler

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Jeff Parsons 2016-09-13 16:08:31 -07:00
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@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ OS X users may also need to preface this command with `sudo`:
Now you can run `grunt` anywhere within the PCjs project to build an updated version. If no command-line arguments
are specified, `grunt` runs the "default" task defined by the project's [Gruntfile](Gruntfile.js); that task runs
Google's [Closure Compiler](https://developers.google.com/closure/compiler/) if any of the target files (eg, pcx86.js
or pcx86-dbg.js in the [/versions](versions/) directory) are out-of date.
or pcx86-dbg.js in the [versions](/versions/) directory) are out-of date.
To ensure consistent compilation results, a copy of the Closure Compiler has been checked into the
[/bin](bin/) folder. This version of Closure Compiler, in turn, requires Java v7 or later. Use the following
@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ client or server components use Java.
Newer versions of the Closure Compiler should work as well, and at some point, a newer version will be checked into the
project.
### Building with the JavaScript-based Closure Compiler (and Gulp)
### Building with Gulp (and the JavaScript-based Closure Compiler)
I've started dabbling with [Gulp](http://gulpjs.com/), but the current [gulpfile](gulpfile.js) has a long way to
go before it can replace the [Gruntfile](Gruntfile.js). At the moment, all Gulp builds is a single emulation module with
@ -231,7 +231,11 @@ Here's what I installed to get Gulp working:
npm install --save-dev gulp gulp-concat gulp-rename gulp-replace gulp-header gulp-foreach gulp-wrapper run-sequence
npm install --save-dev google-closure-compiler-js
Running `gulp` should build a new `pcx86.js` in the [/versions](versions/) directory.
Running `gulp` should build a new `pcx86.js` in the [versions](/versions/) directory. However,
please consider Gulp support (and anything built with Gulp) as **experimental** until further notice.
The [JavaScript-based Closure Compiler](https://github.com/google/closure-compiler-js) may not be stable either;
for example, they removed *output_wrapper* support almost immediately after documenting it on their
[blog](https://developers.googleblog.com/2016/08/closure-compiler-in-javascript.html).
Using PCjs
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