On Dec 17, 2008, at 5:54 PM, Richard S. Hall wrote:
The JLine web page says it only depends on Java 1.2 and is licensed under BSD. So, both of those sound really good.
I used Java 1.5 generics in places, though those sections could probably be back-ported.
It does say that it requires a native library under Windows, which could be problematic. Did you port this to use OSGi's bundle native library mechanism? It seems like it targets Windows and POSIX platforms, so it probably won't on other platforms.
JLine uses stty on POSIX and a native Win method to get unbuffered input. I'm guessing using the Bundle-NativeCode manifest header of "/ jline/jline.dll" will work. I'm a Mac user and don't get within 6 miles of a PC, so I'm not much help there. :)
JLine has an UnsupportedTerminal type, which it returns if it's not POSIX or Windows. A simple check for this could default it to a System.in read like in the TUI. The command completion relies on JLine, though.
I have to say...the completion and history support makes one just flat productive. :)
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