Development

To get the latest beta version of FreeMind

Here.

To compile Freemind on your own

If you are a developer, just download the sources, unpack them, find the folder with the file build.xml, and let run the commant ant in that folder.

If you want to be guided and get all the things you need to take care of described in detail, see guide prepared for you by Bob Alexander.

To use concurrent version repository (CVS) with Eclipse

Check out the guide by Bob Alexander.

When working with CVS, remember that it is difficult to change directory and file names under CVS. Moreover, it not easy to remove files completely. Therefore, pay attantion when checking files in. The project manager thanks a lot.

To become a developer

Due to project reasons, we cannot make you a developer with CVS access of FreeMind directly. You have to follow the following steps:

• create a SourceForge user account.
• start to discuss the change/feature/bug in our open discussion forum.
• if the topic is discussed and hopefully accepted, start to change the actual CVS code
• at an early stage of your implementation (and testing), put a version into the patch section of sourceforge and/or send it directly to the current project manager. As this is an open project it may be the case that you have to wait a little time for the first responses, but you should get support, comments and help from the project members soon.
• After having successfully developed and integrated some items, you get the developer rights at the sourceforge page to continue our good work. But this should not change the steps described above.