PR: 32640

Updated FAQ with a reference to the manual for developing new tasks (and some more).
Bonus: some typo fixes.


git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/ant/core/trunk@277195 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68

docs/faq.html

@@ -212,7 +212,10 @@
       </a></li>
                 <li><a href="#adding-external-tasks">
   How do I add an external task that I've written to the
-      page "External Tools and Task"?
+      page "External Tools and Tasks"?
+      </a></li>
+                <li><a href="#create-extensions">
+  How do I create new tasks?
       </a></li>
                 <li><a href="#passing-cli-args">
   How do I pass parameters from the command line to my
@@ -646,7 +649,7 @@
                     <p class="faq">
       <a name="adding-external-tasks"></a>
       How do I add an external task that I've written to the
-      page "External Tools and Task"?
+      page "External Tools and Tasks"?
     </p>
                   <p>Join and post a message to the dev or user mailing
         list (one list is enough), including the following
@@ -673,6 +676,18 @@
         The procedure to add it is the same. The file to patch is <a href="http://cvs.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/~checkout~/ant/xdocs/projects.xml">this</a>
         document. The syntax of that file is the same.</p>
                     <p class="faq">
+      <a name="create-extensions"></a>
+      How do I create new tasks?
+    </p>
+                  <p>Apart from a lot of information on using Ant, the 
+        <a href="manual/index.html">Manual</a> also contains information 
+        on how to extend Ant with new tasks. This information 
+        can be found under "Developing with Ant".</p>
+                        <p>Chances are that someone else already created the task you
+        want to create, it may be wise to see 
+        <a href="external.html">External Tools and Tasks</a> and
+        <a href="projects.html">Related Projects</a> first.</p>
+                    <p class="faq">
       <a name="passing-cli-args"></a>
       How do I pass parameters from the command line to my
         build file?
@@ -869,7 +884,7 @@ shell-prompt&gt; m4 foo.m4 &gt; foo
 </pre>
                         <p>Note: <code>&lt;antcall&gt;</code> tasks do <em>not</em> pass
         property changes back up to the environment they were called
-        from, so you would'nt be able to, for example, set a
+        from, so you wouldn't be able to, for example, set a
         <code>result</code> property in the <code>cond-if-3</code> target,
         then do
         <code>&lt;echo message="result is ${result}"/&gt;</code>
@@ -1108,7 +1123,7 @@ shell-prompt&gt; m4 foo.m4 &gt; foo
       <code>pathelement</code> or <code>classpath refid</code>.
     </p>
                   <p>When <code>ant</code> loads properties from an external
-        file it dosn't touch the value of properties, trailing blanks
+        file it doesn't touch the value of properties, trailing blanks
         will not be trimmed for example.</p>
                         <p>If the value represents a file path, like a jar needed to
         compile, the task which requires the value, javac for example

xdocs/faq.xml

@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@
 
     <faq id="adding-external-tasks">
       <question>How do I add an external task that I&apos;ve written to the
-      page &quot;External Tools and Task&quot;?</question>
+      page &quot;External Tools and Tasks&quot;?</question>
       <answer>
 
         <p>Join and post a message to the dev or user mailing
@@ -279,6 +279,22 @@
         The procedure to add it is the same. The file to patch is <a
         href="http://cvs.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/~checkout~/ant/xdocs/projects.xml">this</a>
         document. The syntax of that file is the same.</p>
+
+      </answer>
+    </faq>
+    
+    <faq id="create-extensions">
+      <question>How do I create new tasks?</question>
+      <answer>
+        <p>Apart from a lot of information on using Ant, the 
+        <a href="manual/index.html">Manual</a> also contains information 
+        on how to extend Ant with new tasks. This information 
+        can be found under &quot;Developing with Ant&quot;.</p>
+        
+        <p>Chances are that someone else already created the task you
+        want to create, it may be wise to see 
+        <a href="external.html">External Tools and Tasks</a> and
+        <a href="projects.html">Related Projects</a> first.</p>
       </answer>
     </faq>
 
@@ -473,7 +489,7 @@ shell-prompt> m4 foo.m4 > foo
 
         <p>Note: <code>&lt;antcall&gt;</code> tasks do <em>not</em> pass
         property changes back up to the environment they were called
-        from, so you would&apos;nt be able to, for example, set a
+        from, so you wouldn&apos;t be able to, for example, set a
         <code>result</code> property in the <code>cond-if-3</code> target,
         then do
         <code>&lt;echo message=&quot;result is ${result}&quot;/&gt;</code>
@@ -770,7 +786,7 @@ shell-prompt> m4 foo.m4 > foo
       <answer>
 
         <p>When <code>ant</code> loads properties from an external
-        file it dosn&apos;t touch the value of properties, trailing blanks
+        file it doesn&apos;t touch the value of properties, trailing blanks
         will not be trimmed for example.</p>
 
         <p>If the value represents a file path, like a jar needed to