svn commit: r1306778 - /ofbiz/trunk/README

[jacopoc]

Author: jacopoc
Date: Thu Mar 29 10:04:39 2012
New Revision: 1306778

URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1306778&view=rev
Log:
Attempt to update and simplify the quick start notes in the README file: your feedback is appreciated (please also help to improve the English). Thanks

Modified:
    ofbiz/trunk/README

Modified: ofbiz/trunk/README
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/ofbiz/trunk/README?rev=1306778&r1=1306777&r2=1306778&view=diff
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--- ofbiz/trunk/README (original)
+++ ofbiz/trunk/README Thu Mar 29 10:04:39 2012
@@ -1,36 +1,21 @@
 
 Welcome to Apache OFBiz!
 
-All you need to run OFBiz is a
-1.6 (version 6) JDK (not just the JRE, the full JDK).
+All you need to run OFBiz is a 1.6 (version 6) JDK
+(not just the JRE, the full JDK).
 http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp
 
-You can load the demo data (strongly advised) with the following command
-on the command line: (being in the OFBiz directory)
+You can load the demo data (strongly advised) with the following
+command on the command line from the OFBiz home folder (in Unix-like
+operating systems type "./ant" rather than "ant"):
 
-linux/unix/osx:
-./ant run-install
-
-windows:
 ant run-install
 
-Once that is properly setup just run the executable jar file
-that comes with OFBiz, which is ofbiz.jar. To do this on the
-command line you would run:
-
-java -Xms128M -Xmx512M -XX:MaxPermSize=128m -jar ofbiz.jar
-
-or
-
-linux/unix/osx:
-./ant run
+Then start OFBiz with the following command:
 
-windows:
 ant run
 
-You will also find several platform dependent startup scripts in the "tools" folder
-(for Windows and Unix-based operating systems, the startup scripts are startofbiz.bat
-and startofbiz.sh).
+(or "java -Xms128M -Xmx512M -XX:MaxPermSize=128m -jar ofbiz.jar")
 
 Once OFBiz starts, you can look at the demo storefront at:
 http://localhost:8080/ecommerce
@@ -40,6 +25,14 @@ https://localhost:8443/webtools
 
 You can log in with the user "admin" and password "ofbiz".
 
+You can stop OFBiz with the command:
+
+ant stop
+
+You will also find several platform dependent scripts in the
+"tools" folder (for example for Windows and Unix-like operating
+systems, the startup scripts are startofbiz.bat and startofbiz.sh).
+
 For more details about running a build, or for information on
 getting, building, and running the source please see the
 Apache OFBiz Setup Guide: