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[nongnu] elpa/j-mode 0d2ba51 26/56: Adding warning about executable name


From: ELPA Syncer
Subject: [nongnu] elpa/j-mode 0d2ba51 26/56: Adding warning about executable name clash with a Java package
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2021 11:20:48 -0400 (EDT)

branch: elpa/j-mode
commit 0d2ba5112b994608f8d036412d7f23069e7d6843
Author: Zachary Elliott <zach@nyu.edu>
Commit: Zachary Elliott <zach@nyu.edu>

    Adding warning about executable name clash with a Java package
---
 README.md | 11 ++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d34e1c5..20aa5d5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ documentation for the [J programming 
language](http://www.jsoftware.com).
 `j-mode` has been added to the el-get package managment system and can now
 be installed via the `el-get-install` function.
 
-To install the project manually fetch the source via git or direct download, 
+To install the project manually fetch the source via git or direct download,
 place in your load path and load / require normally.
 
 ```lisp
@@ -47,6 +47,15 @@ The module provides the following key bindings for 
convenience
 * <kbd>C-c C-r</kbd> Executes the current region
 * <kbd>C-c C-c</kbd> Executes the current buffer
 
+NB. Java on many Linux systems provides an executable which is sadly named
+`jconsole`. This means that there is a good chance `j-mode` will attempt to
+start the Java console up instead of the J console when beginning a new REPL
+session. The easiest fix for this, as I doubt that we can convince the Java
+packagers to rename their executable, is to set the `j-console-cmd` variable
+provided by `j-console.el`. This can be done either directly or via the
+`custom-set-variables` block.
+
+
 ## J Help
 
 `j-help` provides access to the



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