[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Stefano,
I disagree. Those features are nice to have but they add to the
minimal size of an implementation, which would be inappropriate on a
constrained platform such as mobile phone. Also completion would work
much differently on a T9-based input device versus a conventional
keyboard.
The aspect of the OSGi command prompt that MUST be standardised is the
extensibility mechanism, i.e. adding new commands to the shell.
Currently one must implement these extensions differently on each
framework, which limits their value.
Less critical but still IMHO important is a standardised syntax and
set of "core" commands. If these are standard across different
frameworks then technical documentation (manuals, tutorials etc) can
be written without endless instructions to "type X on Equinox, Y on
Felix, Z on Knopflerfish...").
Above this base, each framework should be free to implement whatever
value-add features it like such as history and completion, but I don't
think those features should be part of the specification.
Regards,
Neil
I agree on your statements but my idea was to define a "Command" service
API which allows an easy implementation of the feature that I described.
Keeping that in mind I don't think that an History feature require any
special method on the Command service(the implementation will be
demanded to the Console implementation), but a getArguments() method
will be very useful on the Command service in order to easy implement a
Option completion. A concrete example is JLine APIs
(http://jline.sourceforge.net/apidocs/index.html) where a Completor
interface is defined for make easier the implementation of completion
feature by the Console.
On 3/11/08, Stefano Lenzi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Peter Kriens wrote:
The OSGi is currently working on a standard in this area. We have
finished the RFPs and started working on the RFC. So if you have inputs,
please let them be known.
I think that:
- Command History
- Command and Option completion. Also either Command and Option
completion should provide help information during the listing of the
available chooses
are a *must have* user requirement of the standard console.
My two cent,
Stefano "Kismet" Lenzi
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