In downloading and inspecting Rhino from mozilla.com, I see no
documentation regarding installation. Going to the web site, I see no
section on installation. There is no INSTALL or README file. The
index.html in the javadoc/ directory has no mention of installation.

How is one to use this tool to do something as simple as syntax-
checking
a script segment in an editor. For instance, with vim and perl you can
highlight a code segment and do:

   !perl -wc

I simply want to be able to do that for Javascript to catch those
stupid
syntax errors you are bound to have from so many levels of bracket.

(Yes, I know about syntax coloring and definitions. I want more.)

P.S. At the risk of alienating people here, I will speak my two cents.
This is not the first time I have had this problem with an
application written in Java. To my mind this is one of the constant
lacks in Java-based applications. There is rarely an installation
nor a regular command line script available for simple use. What is
the deal? Is there some sort of initiation that Java people want to
wreak on the world? Are you not deemed worthy enough to use Java
apps if you haven't gone through some rite of passage? I am not
surprised at the lack of traction Java has, based on this
unfriendliness.

--
Mickey

I don't want to get to the end of my life and find I have just
lived the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as
well. -- Diane Ackerman
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