RFR: 8340133: Investigate if the java launcher could give hints about JShell [v3]

[Jan Lahoda]

On Thu, 17 Oct 2024 06:02:50 GMT, Jaikiran Pai <jpai at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Jan Lahoda has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
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>>   Adjusting the concise help as suggested: 'using main class of a JAR archive' and '<JarFile>.jar'/'<SourceFile>.java'
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> src/java.base/share/classes/sun/launcher/resources/launcher.properties line 247:
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>> 245: \  --module-path <module path>\n\
>> 246: \      a "{0}"-separated list of directories and JAR archives to search for modules\n\n\
>> 247: \For more details about this launcher:   java --help\n\
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> Hello Jan, perhaps we should avoid the use of "launcher" here and instead reword it as:
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> For additional help on usage: java --help\n\

Sorry, but it feels a bit incomplete - it does not say usage of what. I don't quite see the issue with the word "launcher". The `java` command is a launcher for user programs, is it not?

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/21411#discussion_r1808234314