Index: /applications/editors/josm/plugins/tageditor/build.old.xml
===================================================================
--- /applications/editors/josm/plugins/tageditor/build.old.xml	(revision 14429)
+++ /applications/editors/josm/plugins/tageditor/build.old.xml	(revision 14429)
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<project name="tageditor" default="dist" basedir=".">
+    <property name="josm"                   location="../../core/dist/josm-custom.jar"/>
+    <property name="plugin.dist.dir"        value="../../dist"/>
+    <property name="plugin.build.dir"       value="build"/>
+	<property name="plugin.src.dir"         value="src"/>
+    <property name="plugin.jar"             value="${plugin.dist.dir}/${ant.project.name}.jar"/>
+    <property name="ant.build.javac.target" value="1.5"/>
+		
+    <target name="init">
+    	<!-- make sure we increment the build number ... -->
+    	<buildnumber file="build.number" />	
+    	
+    	<!-- ... and check it back in -->
+        <exec append="false" output="REVISION" executable="svn" failifexecutionfails="false">
+            <env key="LANG" value="C"/>
+            <arg value="commit"/>
+        	<arg value="--message"/>
+            <arg value="inc build number"/>
+            <arg value="build.number"/>
+		</exec>
+        <mkdir dir="${plugin.build.dir}"/>
+    </target>
+    <target name="compile" depends="init">
+        <echo message="creating ${plugin.jar}"/>
+        <javac srcdir="src" classpath="${josm}" debug="true" destdir="${plugin.build.dir}">
+            <compilerarg value="-Xlint:deprecation"/>
+            <compilerarg value="-Xlint:unchecked"/>
+        </javac>
+    </target>
+    <target name="dist" depends="compile,revision">
+        <copy todir="${plugin.build.dir}/resources">
+            <fileset dir="resources"/>
+        </copy>
+        <copy todir="${plugin.build.dir}">
+        	<fileset dir="${plugin.src.dir}">
+        		<include name="**/*.dtd"/>
+        	</fileset>        			
+        </copy>
+    	<jar destfile="${plugin.jar}" basedir="${plugin.build.dir}">
+            <manifest>
+                <attribute name="Author" value="Karl Guggisberg"/>
+                <attribute name="Plugin-Class" value="org.openstreetmap.josm.plugins.tageditor.TagEditorPlugin"/>
+                <attribute name="Plugin-Date" value="${version.entry.commit.date}"/>
+                <attribute name="Plugin-Description" value="Provides a dialog for editing tags in a tabular grid."/>
+                <attribute name="Plugin-Link" value="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/JOSM/Plugins/TagEditor"/>
+                <attribute name="Plugin-Mainversion" value="1504"/>
+                <attribute name="Plugin-Version" value="${version.entry.commit.revision}"/> 
+            </manifest>
+        </jar>
+    </target>
+    <target name="revision">
+    	
+    	<!-- extract the SVN revision information for file build.number -->
+        <exec append="false" output="REVISION" executable="svn" failifexecutionfails="false">
+            <env key="LANG" value="C"/>
+            <arg value="info"/>
+            <arg value="--xml"/>
+            <arg value="build.number"/>
+        </exec>
+        <xmlproperty file="REVISION" prefix="version" keepRoot="false" collapseAttributes="true"/>
+        <delete file="REVISION"/>
+    </target>
+    <target name="clean">
+        <delete dir="${plugin.build.dir}"/>
+        <delete file="${plugin.jar}"/>
+    </target>
+    <target name="install" depends="dist">
+        <property environment="env"/>
+        <condition property="josm.plugins.dir" value="${env.APPDATA}/JOSM/plugins" else="${user.home}/.josm/plugins">
+            <and>
+                <os family="windows"/>
+            </and>
+        </condition>
+        <copy file="${plugin.jar}" todir="${josm.plugins.dir}"/>
+    </target>
+	
+	<target name="commit">
+        <exec append="false" output="REVISION" executable="svn" failifexecutionfails="false">
+            <env key="LANG" value="C"/>
+            <arg value="commit"/>
+        	<arg value="--message"/>
+            <arg value="manual build"/>
+            <arg value="../../dist/tageditor.jar"/>
+		</exec>
+	</target>
+	
+</project>
Index: /applications/editors/josm/plugins/tageditor/build.xml
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--- /applications/editors/josm/plugins/tageditor/build.xml	(revision 14428)
+++ /applications/editors/josm/plugins/tageditor/build.xml	(revision 14429)
@@ -1,12 +1,63 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+** This is a template build file for a JOSM  plugin.
+**
+** Maintaining versions
+** ====================
+** see README.template 
+**
+** Usage
+** =====
+** To build it run
+** 
+**    > ant  dist
+**
+** To install the generated plugin locally (in you default plugin directory) run 
+** 
+**    > ant  install
+** 
+** The generated plugin jar is not automatically available in JOSMs plugin configuration
+** dialog. You have to check it in first. To check in run 
+**
+**   > ant publish 
+**
+-->
+<project name="tageditor" default="dist" basedir=".">
+	
 
-<project name="tageditor" default="dist" basedir=".">
-    <property name="josm"                   location="../../core/dist/josm-custom.jar"/>
+	<!-- 
+		************************************************ 
+		** configure these properties. Most of them will be copied to the plugins
+		** manifest file. Property values will also show up in the list available 
+		** plugins: http://josm.openstreetmap.de/wiki/Plugins.
+		** 
+		************************************************   
+	-->
+	<property name="plugin.author"          value="Karl Guggisberg"/>
+	<property name="plugin.class"           value="org.openstreetmap.josm.plugins.tageditor.TagEditorPlugin"/>
+	<property name="plugin.description"     value="Provides a dialog for editing tags in a tabular grid."/>
+	<property name="plugin.doc.url"         value="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/JOSM/Plugins/TagEditor"/>
+	<property name="plugin.main.version"    value="0.7"/>	
+    <property name="plugin.jar.name"        value="${ant.project.name}.jar"/>
+	
+    
+	<!-- 
+	  ************************************************ 
+	  ** should not be necessary to change the following properties   
+	 --> 
+	<property name="josm"                   location="../../core/dist/josm-custom.jar"/>
+	<property name="plugin.build.dir"       value="build"/>
+	<property name="plugin.src.dir"         value="src"/>
+	<!-- this is the directory where the plugin jar is copied to -->
     <property name="plugin.dist.dir"        value="../../dist"/>
-    <property name="plugin.build.dir"       value="build"/>
-	<property name="plugin.src.dir"         value="src"/>
-    <property name="plugin.jar"             value="${plugin.dist.dir}/${ant.project.name}.jar"/>
-    <property name="ant.build.javac.target" value="1.5"/>
-		
+	<property name="ant.build.javac.target" value="1.5"/>
+	<property name="plugin.dist.dir"        value="../../dist"/>		
+	<property name="plugin.jar"             value="${plugin.dist.dir}/${plugin.jar.name}"/>
+	
+	<!--
+	**********************************************************
+	** init - initializes the build
+	**********************************************************
+	-->
     <target name="init">
     	<!-- make sure we increment the build number ... -->
@@ -18,11 +69,17 @@
             <arg value="commit"/>
         	<arg value="--message"/>
-            <arg value="inc build number"/>
+            <arg value="increment build number"/>
             <arg value="build.number"/>
 		</exec>
         <mkdir dir="${plugin.build.dir}"/>
     </target>
+	
+	<!--
+	**********************************************************
+	** compile - complies the source tree 
+	**********************************************************
+	-->	
     <target name="compile" depends="init">
-        <echo message="creating ${plugin.jar}"/>
+        <echo message="compiling sources for  ${plugin.jar.name} ... "/>
         <javac srcdir="src" classpath="${josm}" debug="true" destdir="${plugin.build.dir}">
             <compilerarg value="-Xlint:deprecation"/>
@@ -30,7 +87,20 @@
         </javac>
     </target>
-    <target name="dist" depends="compile,revision">
-        <copy todir="${plugin.build.dir}/resources">
+
+	<!--
+	**********************************************************
+	** dist - creates the plugin jar 
+	**********************************************************
+	-->	
+	<target name="dist" depends="compile,revision">
+        <echo message="creating ${plugin.jar.name} ... "/>
+		<copy todir="${plugin.build.dir}/resources">
             <fileset dir="resources"/>
+        </copy>
+		<copy todir="${plugin.build.dir}">
+            <fileset dir=".">
+            	<include name="README" />
+            	<include name="LICENSE" />
+            </fileset>
         </copy>
         <copy todir="${plugin.build.dir}">
@@ -39,16 +109,24 @@
         	</fileset>        			
         </copy>
-    	<jar destfile="${plugin.jar}" basedir="${plugin.build.dir}">
+        <jar destfile="${plugin.jar}" basedir="${plugin.build.dir}">
             <manifest>
-                <attribute name="Author" value="Karl Guggisberg"/>
-                <attribute name="Plugin-Class" value="org.openstreetmap.josm.plugins.tageditor.TagEditorPlugin"/>
+                <attribute name="Author" value="${plugin.author}"/>
+                <attribute name="Plugin-Class" value="${plugin.class}"/>
                 <attribute name="Plugin-Date" value="${version.entry.commit.date}"/>
-                <attribute name="Plugin-Description" value="Provides a dialog for editing tags in a tabular grid."/>
-                <attribute name="Plugin-Link" value="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/JOSM/Plugins/TagEditor"/>
-                <attribute name="Plugin-Mainversion" value="1504"/>
+                <attribute name="Plugin-Description" value="${plugin.description}"/>
+                <attribute name="Plugin-Link" value="${plugin.doc.url}"/>
+                <attribute name="Plugin-Mainversion" value="${plugin.main.version}"/>
                 <attribute name="Plugin-Version" value="${version.entry.commit.revision}"/> 
             </manifest>
         </jar>
     </target>
+	
+	<!--
+	**********************************************************
+	** revision - extracts the current revision number for the
+	**    file build.number and stores it in the XML property 
+	**    version.* 
+	**********************************************************
+	-->	
     <target name="revision">
     	
@@ -63,9 +141,21 @@
         <delete file="REVISION"/>
     </target>
+	
+	<!--
+	**********************************************************
+	** clean - clean up the build environment
+	**********************************************************
+	-->		
     <target name="clean">
         <delete dir="${plugin.build.dir}"/>
         <delete file="${plugin.jar}"/>
     </target>
-    <target name="install" depends="dist">
+    
+	<!--
+	**********************************************************
+	** install - install the plugin in your local JOSM installation 
+	**********************************************************
+	-->			
+	<target name="install" depends="dist">
         <property environment="env"/>
         <condition property="josm.plugins.dir" value="${env.APPDATA}/JOSM/plugins" else="${user.home}/.josm/plugins">
@@ -77,5 +167,10 @@
     </target>
 	
-	<target name="commit">
+	<!--
+	**********************************************************
+	** publish - publish the plugin jar 
+	**********************************************************
+	-->			
+	<target name="publish">
         <exec append="false" output="REVISION" executable="svn" failifexecutionfails="false">
             <env key="LANG" value="C"/>
@@ -83,5 +178,5 @@
         	<arg value="--message"/>
             <arg value="manual build"/>
-            <arg value="../../dist/tageditor.jar"/>
+            <arg value="${plugin.jar}"/>
 		</exec>
 	</target>