Use xbuild by default in F# for MonoDevelop

[fsharp]

Use xbuild by default in F# for MonoDevelop

[migueldeicaza]

I thought that the Xbuild support was handled by the F# addin?

[alanmcgovern]

What issue are you having with xbuild support? It's the sole build engine for our Android product for more than a year now.

[funnelweb]

• fsc.exe was not being installed in lib/mono/4.5. I think this was my mistake
• The Microsoft.FSharp.targets has had some issues to do with resource files. Some fixes in fsharp/fsharp@369f7bd

I'm going to be compiling more projects using xbuild later today. For example I'll try to bootstrap the F# compiler using xbuild.

-- ben

[funnelweb]

Yes, you're right, it's using it as the default if you enable xbuild. All looks good now, I'm compiling F# projects happily using xbuild after latest F# fixes - tag 3.0.6 in https://github.com/fsharp/fsharp

[alanmcgovern]

My point was that you can force f# projects to always build with xbuild regardless of the IDE setting. This is probably what you want to do.

[funnelweb]

Sounds right. Any idea how we do that? Now the fsharpbinding implements IDotNetLanguageBinding and overrides Compile with some logic which cracks the project file etc. on its own

https://github.com/fsharp/fsharpbinding/blob/master/MonoDevelop.FSharpBinding/FSharpLanguageBinding.fs

Do we replace this by an invocation of xbuild? If so, do you know where there some sample code for that?

-- ben

p.s. another one problem we have is that FSharp.Core is showing up as undefined in MonoDevelop's solution pad (though xbuild finds it on a build). If you know anything about that would be grateful for pointers #30

[alanmcgovern]

@mhutch, What's the correct way to opt all F# projects in to using XBuild by default?

[mhutch]

useXBuild="true" on the DotNetProjectSubtype where the targets are registered

[alanmcgovern]

They use a DotNetProject, not a DotNetProjectSubtype

[funnelweb]

We can change if you think it is the right thing to do to move things
forward