[jboss-as7-dev] proposed cli changes

[Brian Stansberry]

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).

>> 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
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