On Sep 8, 12:49 pm, Emilian Bold <[email protected]> wrote: > You go here:http://www.mozilla.org/rhino/ > > See the BIG downloads link:http://www.mozilla.org/rhino/download.html > > You get the zip. > > You go back. > > You see the BIG documentation > link:https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Rhino_documentation
Yes, I sure did. But is there any installation info? No, there is not. > > You see > > "Rhino Shell > Interactive or batch execution of scripts." Yes, I sure did. But is there any installation info? No, there is not. > > That looks easy enough. It takes you > here:https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Rhino_Shell > > where you see how to execute the shell. You do? I see: java org.mozilla.javascript.tools.shell.Main [options] script-filename- or-url [script-arguments] I do that, but no dice. Now I am not stupid enough to believe that it is built into my Java, but how do you make that operate? Is it as simple as copying js-14.jar to /usr/share/java? Or what? > > If you want to embed, you have a nice > tutorial:http://www.mozilla.org/rhino/tutorial.html > > Note: You might also want to read about the Java > classpathhttp://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/tooldocs/windows/classpath.html > > I would say that all in all everything is pretty clear, INSTALL file > or not. > > PS: You must be kidding with your rant. Learning a bit about Java > might also help with your frustrations. I don't want to learn about Java. I want to use a Java application. There is no installation information. Searching on install and installation in this group yields no hits. Searching for "rhino installation" yields nothing on the web. > > --emi > > On Sep 8, 2009, at 7:34 PM, mckyj57 wrote: > > > In downloading and inspecting Rhino from mozilla.com, I see no > > documentation regarding installation. Going to the web site, I see no > > section on installation. There is no INSTALL or README file. The > > index.html in the javadoc/ directory has no mention of installation. > > > How is one to use this tool to do something as simple as syntax- > > checking > > a script segment in an editor. For instance, with vim and perl you can > > highlight a code segment and do: > > > !perl -wc > > > I simply want to be able to do that for Javascript to catch those > > stupid > > syntax errors you are bound to have from so many levels of bracket. > > > (Yes, I know about syntax coloring and definitions. I want more.) > > > P.S. At the risk of alienating people here, I will speak my two cents. > > This is not the first time I have had this problem with an > > application written in Java. To my mind this is one of the constant > > lacks in Java-based applications. There is rarely an installation > > nor a regular command line script available for simple use. What is > > the deal? Is there some sort of initiation that Java people want to > > wreak on the world? Are you not deemed worthy enough to use Java > > apps if you haven't gone through some rite of passage? I am not > > surprised at the lack of traction Java has, based on this > > unfriendliness. > > > -- > > Mickey > > > I don't want to get to the end of my life and find I have just > > lived the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as > > well. -- Diane Ackerman > > _______________________________________________ > > dev-tech-js-engine-rhino mailing list > > [email protected] > >https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-tech-js-engine-rhino _______________________________________________ dev-tech-js-engine-rhino mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-tech-js-engine-rhino
