Re: RFR: 8340133: Investigate if the java launcher could give hints about JShell

2024-10-09 Thread Goetz Lindenmaier
On Tue, 8 Oct 2024 15:28:17 GMT, Jan Lahoda wrote: > Currently, running `java` without any parameters will lead to an output that > is a full `--help`, which is over 100 lines (on my computer at least), and it > feels overwhelming. And many people might actually want to run JShell/REPL, > not

Re: RFR: 8340133: Investigate if the java launcher could give hints about JShell

2024-10-09 Thread Kevin Bourrillion
On Tue, 8 Oct 2024 15:28:17 GMT, Jan Lahoda wrote: > Currently, running `java` without any parameters will lead to an output that > is a full `--help`, which is over 100 lines (on my computer at least), and it > feels overwhelming. And many people might actually want to run JShell/REPL, > not

Re: RFR: 8340133: Investigate if the java launcher could give hints about JShell

2024-10-09 Thread Magnus Ihse Bursie
On Tue, 8 Oct 2024 15:28:17 GMT, Jan Lahoda wrote: > Currently, running `java` without any parameters will lead to an output that > is a full `--help`, which is over 100 lines (on my computer at least), and it > feels overwhelming. And many people might actually want to run JShell/REPL, > not

Re: RFR: 8340133: Investigate if the java launcher could give hints about JShell

2024-10-09 Thread Magnus Ihse Bursie
On Wed, 9 Oct 2024 07:44:49 GMT, Jan Lahoda wrote: > I was thinking of a different way to say , that would not > loose the descriptiveness, but none so far. Any more descriptive/specific > suggestions than ? I understand why you ended up with that choice of words, since it is not trivial to

Re: RFR: 8340133: Investigate if the java launcher could give hints about JShell

2024-10-09 Thread Weijun Wang
On Tue, 8 Oct 2024 15:28:17 GMT, Jan Lahoda wrote: > Currently, running `java` without any parameters will lead to an output that > is a full `--help`, which is over 100 lines (on my computer at least), and it > feels overwhelming. And many people might actually want to run JShell/REPL, > not

Re: RFR: 8340133: Investigate if the java launcher could give hints about JShell

2024-10-09 Thread Jaikiran Pai
On Tue, 8 Oct 2024 15:28:17 GMT, Jan Lahoda wrote: > Currently, running `java` without any parameters will lead to an output that > is a full `--help`, which is over 100 lines (on my computer at least), and it > feels overwhelming. And many people might actually want to run JShell/REPL, > not

Re: RFR: 8340133: Investigate if the java launcher could give hints about JShell

2024-10-09 Thread Jan Lahoda
On Tue, 8 Oct 2024 15:38:01 GMT, Magnus Ihse Bursie wrote: > Yay! This looks so much better than the default blob. I think you are on the > right track, but the actual message can do with some fine tuning. For > instance, `` seems a bit ... untypically non-formal. What > about just ``? I am n

Re: RFR: 8340133: Investigate if the java launcher could give hints about JShell

2024-10-08 Thread Magnus Ihse Bursie
On Tue, 8 Oct 2024 15:28:17 GMT, Jan Lahoda wrote: > Currently, running `java` without any parameters will lead to an output that > is a full `--help`, which is over 100 lines (on my computer at least), and it > feels overwhelming. And many people might actually want to run JShell/REPL, > not

RFR: 8340133: Investigate if the java launcher could give hints about JShell

2024-10-08 Thread Jan Lahoda
Currently, running `java` without any parameters will lead to an output that is a full `--help`, which is over 100 lines (on my computer at least), and it feels overwhelming. And many people might actually want to run JShell/REPL, not the `java` launcher, but it is difficult find out about JShel