Review request for JDK-8027709: JDK8 docs on -XX:CompileOnly option are incorrect

alexey zhebel alexey.zhebel at oracle.com
Tue Dec 10 07:41:16 PST 2013


I am sorry for another email, but the previous one was rejected. I 
should be a member of the jdk8-dev list now.

Best regards,
Alexey Zhebel

On 10.12.2013 13:05, alexey zhebel wrote:
> Sorry, here are the instructions.
>
> *Scope of Review*
> _Sanity check content only_ as opposed to reviewing the nroff markup 
> itself.
>
> *How To View A Man Page*
> 1. Download the nroff file in a directory
> 2. Bring up a terminal window and change to that directory.
> 3. View a man page with a command of the form "man -M man {pagename}".
> For example, to view the javap man page, run the command:
>
>       $ man -M man javap
>
> Notes:
> - (Linux and Mac only.) The -t option to the man command will
> generate typeset output in PostScript format and send it to stdout:
>
>       $ man -M man -t javap > javap.ps
>
> PostScript can be displayed using Preview (on Mac) and by the Gnome
> Document Viewer (Linux/Gnome). (On Solaris, the man -t option will
> send the output to a printer, which might not be what you want.)
>
> If bullets render as a funny character, set Remote Character Set to 
> UTF-8 in your Putty terminal (Change Settings... > Window > 
> Translation > Remote character set > UTF-8)
>
> *What Changed*
> I fixed descriptions for three options:
> -XX:CompileCommand
> -XX:CompileCommandFile
> -XX:CompileOnly
>
> When viewing a man page, type /-XX:CompileCommand and press Enter to 
> go directly to that option. The other two follow it directly.
> Best regards,
> Alexey Zhebel
> On 10.12.2013 0:54, Vladimir Kozlov wrote:
>> Alexey,
>>
>> Can you show resulting output text? It is difficult to review these 
>> nroff changes.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Vladimir
>>
>> On 12/9/13 12:05 PM, alexey zhebel wrote:
>>> Hi all!
>>>
>>> I fixed the bug from the subject in the source for the tools docs. The
>>> corresponding HTML reference page was reviewed by Kumar and Vladimir.
>>> This request is for the same changes to the nroff man pages which are
>>> single-sourced with the HTMLs.
>>>
>>> Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8027709
>>> Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~azhebel/8027709/webrev/
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>



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