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+###############################################################################
+#
+# @@WARNING_TEXT
+#
+############# WHAT SHOULD WE BUILD? #############
+
+#To build a Product
+#product=/org.blah.blah/blah.product
+#runPackager=true
+
+#To build a Feature
+topLevelElementId=org.cauldron.sigil.all.feature
+topLevelElementType=feature
+
+#The prefix that will be used in the generated archive.
+archivePrefix=eclipse
+
+# The location underwhich all of the build output will be collected.
+collectingFolder=${archivePrefix}
+
+# The list of {os, ws, arch} configurations to build.  This 
+# value is a '&' separated list of ',' separate triples.  For example, 
+#     configs=win32,win32,x86 & linux,motif,x86
+# By default the value is *,*,*
+configs=\
+	*, *, *
+#	win32, win32, x86
+#	macosx, carbon, ppc &\
+#	linux, gtk, ppc &\
+#	linux, gtk, x86 & \
+#	linux, gtk, x86_64 & \
+#	linux, motif, x86 & \
+#	solaris, motif, sparc & \
+#	solaris, gtk, sparc & \
+#	aix, motif, ppc & \
+#	hpux, motif, PA_RISC & \
+#	macosx, carbon, ppc
+
+# By default PDE creates one archive (result) per entry listed in the configs property.
+# Setting this value to try will cause PDE to only create one output containing all 
+# artifacts for all the platforms listed in the configs property.
+#groupConfigurations=true
+
+#The format of the archive. By default a zip is created using antZip.
+#The list can only contain the configuration for which the desired format is different than zip.
+archivesFormat=*,*,* - folder
+#archivesFormat=win32, win32, x86 - antZip& \
+#	linux, gtk, ppc - antZip &\
+#    linux, gtk, x86 - antZip& \
+#	linux, gtk, x86_64 - antZip& \
+# linux, motif, x86 - antZip& \
+#	solaris, motif, sparc - antZip& \
+#	solaris, gtk, sparc - antZip& \
+#	aix, motif, ppc - antZip& \
+#	hpux, motif, PA_RISC - antZip& \
+#	macosx, carbon, ppc - antZip
+	
+#Set to true if you want the output to be ready for an update jar (no site.xml generated)
+outputUpdateJars=true
+
+#Set to true for Jnlp generation
+#codebase should be a URL that will be used as the root of all relative URLs in the output.
+#generateJnlp=false
+#jnlp.codebase=<codebase url>
+#jnlp.j2se=<j2se version>
+#jnlp.locale=<a locale>
+#jnlp.generateOfflineAllowed=true or false generate <offlineAllowed/> attribute in the generated features
+#jnlp.configs=${configs}			#uncomment to filter the content of the generated jnlp files based on the configuration being built
+
+#Set to true if you want to sign jars
+#signJars=false
+#sign.alias=<alias>
+#sign.keystore=<keystore location>
+#sign.storepass=<keystore password>
+
+#Arguments to send to the zip executable
+zipargs=
+
+#Arguments to send to the tar executable
+tarargs=
+
+#Control the creation of a file containing the version included in each configuration - on by default 
+#generateVersionsLists=false
+
+############## BUILD NAMING CONTROL ################
+# The directory into which the build elements are fetched and where
+# the build takes place.
+buildProjectDirectory=@@BUILD_PROJECT_DIR
+buildDirectory=${buildProjectDirectory}/target
+
+# Type of build.  Used in naming the build output.  Typically this value is
+# one of I, N, M, S, ...
+buildType=N
+
+# ID of the build.  Used in naming the build output.
+buildId=Sigil
+
+# Label for the build.  Used in naming the build output
+buildLabel=${buildType}.${buildId}
+
+# Timestamp for the build.  Used in naming the build output
+timestamp=007
+
+#The value to be used for the qualifier of a plugin or feature when you want to override the value computed by pde.
+#The value will only be applied to plugin or features indicating build.properties, qualifier = context 
+#forceContextQualifier=<the value for the qualifier>
+
+#Enable / disable the generation of a suffix for the features that use .qualifier. 
+#The generated suffix is computed according to the content of the feature   
+#generateFeatureVersionSuffix=true
+
+############# BASE CONTROL #############
+# Settings for the base Eclipse components and Java class libraries 
+# against which you are building.
+# Base location for anything the build needs to compile against.  For example,
+# in most RCP app or a plug-in,  the baseLocation should be the location of a previously
+# installed Eclipse against which the application or plug-in code will be compiled and the RCP delta pack.
+
+base=@@TARGET_PLATFORM
+baseLocation=${base}/eclipse
+#Os/Ws/Arch/nl of the eclipse specified by baseLocation
+baseos=win32
+basews=win32
+basearch=x86
+
+#this property indicates whether you want the set of plug-ins and features to be considered during the build to be limited to the ones reachable from the features / plugins being built
+filteredDependencyCheck=false
+
+#this property indicates whether the resolution should be done in development mode (i.e. ignore multiple bundles with singletons)
+resolution.devMode=false
+
+#pluginPath is a list of locations in which to find plugins and features.  This list is separated by the platform file separator (; or :)
+#a location is one of:  
+#- the location of the jar or folder that is the plugin or feature : /path/to/foo.jar or /path/to/foo
+#- a directory that contains a /plugins or /features subdirectory
+#- the location of a feature.xml, or for 2.1 style plugins, the plugin.xml or fragment.xml
+#pluginPath=
+
+skipBase=true
+eclipseURL=http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/
+eclipseBuildId=3.3RC2
+eclipseBaseURL=${eclipseURL}/eclipse-platform-${eclipseBuildId}-win32.zip
+
+
+############# MAP FILE CONTROL ################
+# This section defines CVS tags to use when fetching the map files from the repository.
+# If you want to fetch the map file from repository / location, change the getMapFiles target in the customTargets.xml
+
+skipMaps=true
+mapsRepo=:pserver:anonymous@example.com/path/to/repo
+mapsRoot=path/to/maps
+mapsCheckoutTag=HEAD
+
+#tagMaps=true
+mapsTagTag=v${buildId}
+
+
+############ REPOSITORY CONTROL ###############
+# This section defines properties parameterizing the repositories where plugins, fragments
+# bundles and features are being obtained from. 
+
+# The tags to use when fetching elements to build.
+# By default thebuilder will use whatever is in the maps.  
+# This value takes the form of a comma separated list of repository identifier (like used in the map files) and the 
+# overriding value
+# For example fetchTag=CVS=HEAD, SVN=v20050101
+# fetchTag=HEAD
+skipFetch=true
+
+
+############# JAVA COMPILER OPTIONS ##############
+# The location of the Java jars to compile against.  Typically the rt.jar for your JDK/JRE
+#bootclasspath=${java.home}/lib/rt.jar
+
+# specific JRE locations to compile against. These values are used to compile bundles specifying a 
+# Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment. Uncomment and set values for environments that you support
+#CDC-1.0/Foundation-1.0= /path/to/rt.jar
+#CDC-1.1/Foundation-1.1=
+#OSGi/Minimum-1.0=
+#OSGi/Minimum-1.1=
+#JRE-1.1=
+#J2SE-1.2=
+#J2SE-1.3=
+#J2SE-1.4=
+#J2SE-1.5=
+#JavaSE-1.6=
+#PersonalJava-1.1=
+#PersonalJava-1.2=
+#CDC-1.0/PersonalBasis-1.0=
+#CDC-1.0/PersonalJava-1.0=
+#CDC-1.1/PersonalBasis-1.1=
+#CDC-1.1/PersonalJava-1.1=
+
+# Specify the output format of the compiler log when eclipse jdt is used
+logExtension=.log
+
+# Whether or not to include debug info in the output jars
+javacDebugInfo=true
+
+# Whether or not to fail the build if there are compiler errors
+javacFailOnError=true
+
+# Enable or disable verbose mode of the compiler
+javacVerbose=true
+
+# Extra arguments for the compiler. These are specific to the java compiler being used.
+#compilerArg=
+
+# Default value for the version of the source code. This value is used when compiling plug-ins that do not set the Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment or set javacSource in build.properties
+javacSource=1.5
+
+# Default value for the version of the byte code targeted. This value is used when compiling plug-ins that do not set the Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment or set javacTarget in build.properties.
+javacTarget=1.5
+
+