Hi Brunoais, Java is not and will never be only what comes with the OpenJDK, it's a big (really big) community full of libraries for whatever you wish and even sometimes what you don't wish.
So beside readline, you can also take a look at Jansi https://github.com/fusesource/jansi it's the package used by maven for its colored outputs. Btw you can put a dll inside a jmod. regards, Rémi ----- Mail original ----- > De: "Roger Riggs" <[email protected]> > À: [email protected] > Envoyé: Mardi 15 Novembre 2016 19:17:34 > Objet: Re: Java is too limited when dealing with the Console > Hi Brunoais, > > Largely, because most people don't interact with java from a terminal > and the simple stream > oriented access has been sufficient. Take a look for layered libraries > that can handle > fancier terminals that have color and various positioning (ANSI) escape > sequences > that might meet your needs. > > Roger > > > On 11/15/2016 1:09 PM, Brunoais wrote: >> jLine requires a .dll on windows making it not OS agnostic. If this >> existed in java itself, this problem would not be a problem because >> java internal dll are signed by java and can be included without issues. >> >> But then, why doesn't java have this? >> >> >> On 15/11/2016 15:12, Roger Riggs wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> You might find an open source package like JLine would have the full >>> featured terminal support you are looking for. >>> http://jline.sourceforge.net/ >>> >>> Roger >>> >>> >>> On 11/13/2016 5:35 AM, Brunoais wrote: >>>> Since java 6, a class named Console was created. This class allows >>>> reading and writing directly to the console, including getting input >>>> without echoing for password purposes. >>>> >>>> Unfortunately, that class does not include useful functionality for >>>> java programs to work on the console and output formatted text. The >>>> feature I miss the most is knowing how many columns I have to type >>>> into in order to deliver an easier to read formatted output while >>>> avoiding line wraps that are not coded in. >>>> >>>> There are other things I miss like having multi-line progress bars >>>> (so far I can do single line if it is the last line by using "\r" >>>> and re-writing the line). >>>> >>>> Other times, it is more user friendly to wait for any key press >>>> instead of specifically waiting for "Enter" which will also add more >>>> lines to the console. >>>> >>>> I did some search and found nothing about this. Why hasn't this been >>>> implemented for java code? >>>> >>> >>>
