Re: [jboss-as7-dev] proposed cli changes

On 03/07/2011 03:50 PM, Brian Stansberry wrote: > On 3/7/11 8:41 AM, Alexey Loubyansky wrote: >> >> >> On 03/07/2011 03:33 PM, Alexey Loubyansky wrote: >>> Max, Emanuel and I discussed the usability aspects of the cli today. We >>> agreed on the following: >>> >>> 1) drop the '/' prefix for the commands; >>> > > How does this relate to the discussion of low-level commands vs high level? > > Other than that question, what you describe here sounds fine (including > the 'cd' alias, which I know would be what I'd naturally use). It's basically a switch. In the current impl commands require '/' as a prefix and operations don't require anything. Here it's the opposite. Operations performed at the current level (prefix address) would require ':'. Operations performed at a deeper level than the current one (if they need to specify additional address part) would start with './' then the address part, then ':' + operation name. Or, if you want to start from the root node, you'll have to start with '/'. Commands won't require any prefix.

Alexey >>> 2) instead of '~' signifying the root node use '/'; >>> >>> 3) instead of ',' as a node separator in the address (node path) use >>> '/'. so the format of an operation will look like >>> >>> [node-type=node-name (/node-type=node-name)*] : operation-name >>> ['('param=value (,param=value)*')'] >>> >>> This (2 and 3) will make the path look more linux-like, so hopefully >>> more friendly for an admin. >>> >>> 4) in the same spirit, the tab-completion for operations will start with >>> './', e.g. './subsystem=web/connector=http:read-resource' >> >> or '/' to start from the root (if the current address (prefix) is >> something other than the root). e.g. >> >> [subsystem=web/connector=http] /subsystem-threads:read-resource >> >>> 5) for the command names, Max likes >>> cn (change node) - current /prefix or /to. >>> cwn (current working node) - again current /prefix or /to w/o arguments. >>> >>> I'd even go for cd to change the node. The reason I didn't add it >>> originally was 'directory' doesn't belong here. But cd is kind of habit >>> for this kind of thing, so I could add it as an alias. >>> >>> Any objections or suggestions? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Alexey >>> _______________________________________________ >>> jboss-as7-dev mailing list >>> jboss-as7-dev(a)lists.jboss.org >>> https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/jboss-as7-dev >> _______________________________________________ >> jboss-as7-dev mailing list >> jboss-as7-dev(a)lists.jboss.org >> https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/jboss-as7-dev > > _______________________________________________ jboss-as7-dev mailing list jboss-as7-dev(a)lists.jboss.org https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/jboss-as7-dev