JAL-629 Add a timeout to modal dialogs for command line warning
[jalview.git] / src / jalview / bin / Jalview.java
index 8f467a4..ba418fe 100755 (executable)
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ import jalview.bin.argparser.BootstrapArgs;
 import jalview.ext.so.SequenceOntology;
 import jalview.gui.AlignFrame;
 import jalview.gui.Desktop;
+import jalview.gui.JvOptionPane;
 import jalview.gui.PromptUserConfig;
 import jalview.gui.QuitHandler;
 import jalview.gui.QuitHandler.QResponse;
@@ -139,9 +140,9 @@ public class Jalview
 
   public static AlignFrame currentAlignFrame;
 
-  public ArgParser argparser = null;
+  private ArgParser argparser = null;
 
-  public BootstrapArgs bootstrapArgs = null;
+  private BootstrapArgs bootstrapArgs = null;
 
   private boolean QUIET = false;
 
@@ -274,7 +275,7 @@ public class Jalview
      * 
      */
     {
-      System.out.println("not in js");
+      Console.outPrintln("not in js");
     }
 
     // BH - for event debugging in JavaScript (Java mode only)
@@ -383,29 +384,30 @@ public class Jalview
       }.start();
     }
 
-    if (!quiet() || bootstrapArgs.contains(Arg.VERSION))
+    if (!quiet() || !bootstrapArgs.outputToStdout()
+            || bootstrapArgs.contains(Arg.VERSION))
     {
-      System.out.println(
+      Console.outPrintln(
               "Java version: " + System.getProperty("java.version"));
-      System.out.println("Java home: " + System.getProperty("java.home"));
-      System.out.println("Java arch: " + System.getProperty("os.arch") + " "
+      Console.outPrintln("Java home: " + System.getProperty("java.home"));
+      Console.outPrintln("Java arch: " + System.getProperty("os.arch") + " "
               + System.getProperty("os.name") + " "
               + System.getProperty("os.version"));
 
       String val = System.getProperty("sys.install4jVersion");
       if (val != null)
       {
-        System.out.println("Install4j version: " + val);
+        Console.outPrintln("Install4j version: " + val);
       }
       val = System.getProperty("installer_template_version");
       if (val != null)
       {
-        System.out.println("Install4j template version: " + val);
+        Console.outPrintln("Install4j template version: " + val);
       }
       val = System.getProperty("launcher_version");
       if (val != null)
       {
-        System.out.println("Launcher version: " + val);
+        Console.outPrintln("Launcher version: " + val);
       }
     }
 
@@ -425,7 +427,7 @@ public class Jalview
     // stop now if only after --version
     if (bootstrapArgs.contains(Arg.VERSION))
     {
-      Jalview.exit(null, 0);
+      Jalview.exit(null, ExitCode.OK);
     }
 
     // old ArgsParser
@@ -457,12 +459,13 @@ public class Jalview
       error.printStackTrace();
       String message = "\nEssential logging libraries not found."
               + "\nUse: java -classpath \"$PATH_TO_LIB$/*:$PATH_TO_CLASSES$\" jalview.bin.Jalview";
-      Jalview.exit(message, 0);
+      Jalview.exit(message, ExitCode.OK);
     }
 
     // register SIGTERM listener
     Runtime.getRuntime().addShutdownHook(new Thread()
     {
+      @Override
       public void run()
       {
         Console.debug("Running shutdown hook");
@@ -509,7 +512,7 @@ public class Jalview
     Cache.loadProperties(usrPropsFile);
     if (usrPropsFile != null)
     {
-      System.out.println(
+      Console.outPrintln(
               "CMD [-props " + usrPropsFile + "] executed successfully!");
       testoutput(bootstrapArgs, Arg.PROPS,
               "test/jalview/bin/testProps.jvprops", usrPropsFile);
@@ -541,9 +544,9 @@ public class Jalview
       {
         List<Map.Entry<Type, String>> helpArgs = bootstrapArgs
                 .getList(Arg.HELP);
-        System.out.println(Arg.usage(helpArgs.stream().map(e -> e.getKey())
+        Console.outPrintln(Arg.usage(helpArgs.stream().map(e -> e.getKey())
                 .collect(Collectors.toList())));
-        Jalview.exit(null, 0);
+        Jalview.exit(null, ExitCode.OK);
       }
       if (aparser.contains("help") || aparser.contains("h"))
       {
@@ -551,8 +554,8 @@ public class Jalview
          * Now using new usage statement.
         showUsage();
         */
-        System.out.println(Arg.usage());
-        Jalview.exit(null, 0);
+        Console.outPrintln(Arg.usage());
+        Jalview.exit(null, ExitCode.OK);
       }
 
       // new CLI
@@ -581,13 +584,13 @@ public class Jalview
         try
         {
           Jws2Discoverer.getDiscoverer().setPreferredUrl(jabawsUrl);
-          System.out.println(
+          Console.outPrintln(
                   "CMD [-jabaws " + jabawsUrl + "] executed successfully!");
           testoutput(bootstrapArgs, Arg.JABAWS,
                   "http://www.compbio.dundee.ac.uk/jabaws", jabawsUrl);
         } catch (MalformedURLException e)
         {
-          System.err.println(
+          jalview.bin.Console.errPrintln(
                   "Invalid jabaws parameter: " + jabawsUrl + " ignored");
         }
       }
@@ -617,7 +620,8 @@ public class Jalview
       }
       else
       {
-        System.out.println("Executing setprop argument: " + setprop);
+        jalview.bin.Console
+                .errPrintln("Executing setprop argument: " + setprop);
         if (Platform.isJS())
         {
           Cache.setProperty(setprop.substring(0, p),
@@ -633,20 +637,17 @@ public class Jalview
     {
       headless = true;
     }
-    System.setProperty("http.agent",
-            "Jalview Desktop/" + Cache.getDefault("VERSION", "Unknown"));
+    System.setProperty("http.agent", HttpUtils.getUserAgent());
 
     try
     {
       Console.initLogger();
-    } catch (
-
-    NoClassDefFoundError error)
+    } catch (NoClassDefFoundError error)
     {
       error.printStackTrace();
       String message = "\nEssential logging libraries not found."
               + "\nUse: java -classpath \"$PATH_TO_LIB$/*:$PATH_TO_CLASSES$\" jalview.bin.Jalview";
-      Jalview.exit(message, 0);
+      Jalview.exit(message, ExitCode.NO_LOGGING);
     }
     desktop = null;
 
@@ -671,6 +672,8 @@ public class Jalview
       desktop = new Desktop();
       desktop.setInBatchMode(true); // indicate we are starting up
 
+      mixedCliWarning();
+
       try
       {
         JalviewTaskbar.setTaskbar(this);
@@ -750,7 +753,7 @@ public class Jalview
         }
         else
         {
-          System.out.println("CMD [-nousagestats] executed successfully!");
+          Console.outPrintln("CMD [-nousagestats] executed successfully!");
           testoutput(argparser, Arg.NOUSAGESTATS);
         }
 
@@ -766,7 +769,7 @@ public class Jalview
             // questionnaire
             Console.debug("Starting questionnaire url at " + url);
             desktop.checkForQuestionnaire(url);
-            System.out.println("CMD questionnaire[-" + url
+            Console.outPrintln("CMD questionnaire[-" + url
                     + "] executed successfully!");
           }
           else
@@ -787,8 +790,8 @@ public class Jalview
         }
         else
         {
-          System.out
-                  .println("CMD [-noquestionnaire] executed successfully!");
+          Console.outPrintln(
+                  "CMD [-noquestionnaire] executed successfully!");
           testoutput(argparser, Arg.QUESTIONNAIRE);
         }
 
@@ -807,8 +810,33 @@ public class Jalview
         }
       }
     }
+    else
+    {
+
+      if (getArgParser().isMixedStyle())
+      {
+        String warning = MessageManager.formatMessage(
+                "warning.using_mixed_command_line_arguments",
+                getArgParser().getMixedExamples());
+        Console.warn(warning);
+        Jalview.exit(
+                "Exiting due to mixed old and new command line arguments",
+                ExitCode.INVALID_ARGUMENT);
+      }
+      if (getArgParser().isOldStyle())
+      {
+        String warning = MessageManager
+                .getString("warning.using_old_command_line_arguments")
+                .replace("\n", " ")
+                + "https://www.jalview.org/help/html/features/commandline.html";
+        Console.warn(warning);
+      }
+
+    }
+
     // Run Commands from cli
     cmds = new Commands(argparser, headlessArg);
+    cmds.processArgs();
     boolean commandsSuccess = cmds.argsWereParsed();
 
     if (commandsSuccess)
@@ -823,14 +851,8 @@ public class Jalview
         }
         else
         {
-          // record usage stats if in headless mode
-          if (Cache.getDefault("USAGESTATS", false)
-                  && !argparser.getBoolean(Arg.NOUSAGESTATS))
-          {
-            Cache.initGoogleTracker(headlessArg);
-          }
           Jalview.exit("Successfully completed commands in headless mode",
-                  0);
+                  ExitCode.OK);
         }
       }
       Console.info("Successfully completed commands");
@@ -839,7 +861,8 @@ public class Jalview
     {
       if (headlessArg)
       {
-        Jalview.exit("Error when running Commands in headless mode", 1);
+        Jalview.exit("Error when running Commands in headless mode",
+                ExitCode.ERROR_RUNNING_COMMANDS);
       }
       Console.warn("Error when running commands");
     }
@@ -870,7 +893,7 @@ public class Jalview
 
     if (file == null && desktop == null && !commandsSuccess)
     {
-      Jalview.exit("No files to open!", 1);
+      Jalview.exit("No files to open!", ExitCode.NO_FILES);
     }
 
     long progress = -1;
@@ -884,7 +907,7 @@ public class Jalview
                         .getString("status.processing_commandline_args"),
                 progress = System.currentTimeMillis());
       }
-      System.out.println("CMD [-open " + file + "] executed successfully!");
+      Console.outPrintln("CMD [-open " + file + "] executed successfully!");
 
       if (!Platform.isJS())
       /**
@@ -900,7 +923,8 @@ public class Jalview
             if (headless)
             {
               Jalview.exit(
-                      "Can't find file '" + file + "' in headless mode", 1);
+                      "Can't find file '" + file + "' in headless mode",
+                      ExitCode.FILE_NOT_FOUND);
             }
             Console.warn("Can't find file'" + file + "'");
           }
@@ -921,7 +945,7 @@ public class Jalview
               format);
       if (af == null)
       {
-        System.out.println("error");
+        Console.outPrintln("error");
       }
       else
       {
@@ -936,7 +960,7 @@ public class Jalview
 
           if (cs != null)
           {
-            System.out.println(
+            Console.outPrintln(
                     "CMD [-colour " + data + "] executed successfully!");
           }
           af.changeColour(cs);
@@ -948,8 +972,8 @@ public class Jalview
         {
           af.parseFeaturesFile(data,
                   AppletFormatAdapter.checkProtocol(data));
-          // System.out.println("Added " + data);
-          System.out.println(
+          // Console.outPrintln("Added " + data);
+          Console.outPrintln(
                   "CMD groups[-" + data + "]  executed successfully!");
         }
         data = aparser.getValue("features", true);
@@ -957,8 +981,8 @@ public class Jalview
         {
           af.parseFeaturesFile(data,
                   AppletFormatAdapter.checkProtocol(data));
-          // System.out.println("Added " + data);
-          System.out.println(
+          // Console.outPrintln("Added " + data);
+          Console.outPrintln(
                   "CMD [-features " + data + "]  executed successfully!");
         }
 
@@ -966,8 +990,8 @@ public class Jalview
         if (data != null)
         {
           af.loadJalviewDataFile(data, null, null, null);
-          // System.out.println("Added " + data);
-          System.out.println(
+          // Console.outPrintln("Added " + data);
+          Console.outPrintln(
                   "CMD [-annotations " + data + "] executed successfully!");
         }
         // set or clear the sortbytree flag.
@@ -976,7 +1000,7 @@ public class Jalview
           af.getViewport().setSortByTree(true);
           if (af.getViewport().getSortByTree())
           {
-            System.out.println("CMD [-sortbytree] executed successfully!");
+            Console.outPrintln("CMD [-sortbytree] executed successfully!");
           }
         }
         if (aparser.contains("no-annotation"))
@@ -984,7 +1008,7 @@ public class Jalview
           af.getViewport().setShowAnnotation(false);
           if (!af.getViewport().isShowAnnotation())
           {
-            System.out.println("CMD no-annotation executed successfully!");
+            Console.outPrintln("CMD no-annotation executed successfully!");
           }
         }
         if (aparser.contains("nosortbytree"))
@@ -992,8 +1016,8 @@ public class Jalview
           af.getViewport().setSortByTree(false);
           if (!af.getViewport().getSortByTree())
           {
-            System.out
-                    .println("CMD [-nosortbytree] executed successfully!");
+            Console.outPrintln(
+                    "CMD [-nosortbytree] executed successfully!");
           }
         }
         data = aparser.getValue("tree", true);
@@ -1001,7 +1025,7 @@ public class Jalview
         {
           try
           {
-            System.out.println(
+            Console.outPrintln(
                     "CMD [-tree " + data + "] executed successfully!");
             NewickFile nf = new NewickFile(data,
                     AppletFormatAdapter.checkProtocol(data));
@@ -1009,7 +1033,7 @@ public class Jalview
                     .setCurrentTree(af.showNewickTree(nf, data).getTree());
           } catch (IOException ex)
           {
-            System.err.println("Couldn't add tree " + data);
+            jalview.bin.Console.errPrintln("Couldn't add tree " + data);
             ex.printStackTrace(System.err);
           }
         }
@@ -1018,9 +1042,9 @@ public class Jalview
         {
           // Execute the groovy script after we've done all the rendering stuff
           // and before any images or figures are generated.
-          System.out.println("Executing script " + groovyscript);
+          Console.outPrintln("Executing script " + groovyscript);
           executeGroovyScript(groovyscript, af);
-          System.out.println("CMD groovy[" + groovyscript
+          Console.outPrintln("CMD groovy[" + groovyscript
                   + "] executed successfully!");
           groovyscript = null;
         }
@@ -1034,14 +1058,14 @@ public class Jalview
 
             if (outputFormat.equalsIgnoreCase("png"))
             {
-              System.out.println("Creating PNG image: " + file);
+              Console.outPrintln("Creating PNG image: " + file);
               af.createPNG(new File(file));
               imageName = (new File(file)).getName();
               continue;
             }
             else if (outputFormat.equalsIgnoreCase("svg"))
             {
-              System.out.println("Creating SVG image: " + file);
+              Console.outPrintln("Creating SVG image: " + file);
               File imageFile = new File(file);
               imageName = imageFile.getName();
               af.createSVG(imageFile);
@@ -1053,7 +1077,7 @@ public class Jalview
               imageName = imageFile.getName();
               HtmlSvgOutput htmlSVG = new HtmlSvgOutput(af.alignPanel);
 
-              System.out.println("Creating HTML image: " + file);
+              Console.outPrintln("Creating HTML image: " + file);
               htmlSVG.exportHTML(file);
               continue;
             }
@@ -1061,7 +1085,8 @@ public class Jalview
             {
               if (file == null)
               {
-                System.err.println("The output html file must not be null");
+                jalview.bin.Console.errPrintln(
+                        "The output html file must not be null");
                 return;
               }
               try
@@ -1073,21 +1098,21 @@ public class Jalview
                 e.printStackTrace();
               }
               BioJsHTMLOutput bjs = new BioJsHTMLOutput(af.alignPanel);
-              System.out.println(
+              Console.outPrintln(
                       "Creating BioJS MSA Viwer HTML file: " + file);
               bjs.exportHTML(file);
               continue;
             }
             else if (outputFormat.equalsIgnoreCase("imgMap"))
             {
-              System.out.println("Creating image map: " + file);
+              Console.outPrintln("Creating image map: " + file);
               af.createImageMap(new File(file), imageName);
               continue;
             }
             else if (outputFormat.equalsIgnoreCase("eps"))
             {
               File outputFile = new File(file);
-              System.out.println(
+              Console.outPrintln(
                       "Creating EPS file: " + outputFile.getAbsolutePath());
               af.createEPS(outputFile);
               continue;
@@ -1099,14 +1124,14 @@ public class Jalview
               outFormat = FileFormats.getInstance().forName(outputFormat);
             } catch (Exception formatP)
             {
-              System.out.println("Couldn't parse " + outFormat
+              Console.outPrintln("Couldn't parse " + outFormat
                       + " as a valid Jalview format string.");
             }
             if (outFormat != null)
             {
               if (!outFormat.isWritable())
               {
-                System.out.println(
+                Console.outPrintln(
                         "This version of Jalview does not support alignment export as "
                                 + outputFormat);
               }
@@ -1115,19 +1140,19 @@ public class Jalview
                 af.saveAlignment(file, outFormat);
                 if (af.isSaveAlignmentSuccessful())
                 {
-                  System.out.println("Written alignment in "
+                  Console.outPrintln("Written alignment in "
                           + outFormat.getName() + " format to " + file);
                 }
                 else
                 {
-                  System.out.println("Error writing file " + file + " in "
+                  Console.outPrintln("Error writing file " + file + " in "
                           + outFormat.getName() + " format!!");
                 }
               }
             }
           } catch (ImageOutputException ioexc)
           {
-            System.out.println(
+            Console.outPrintln(
                     "Unexpected error whilst exporting image to " + file);
             ioexc.printStackTrace();
           }
@@ -1136,7 +1161,7 @@ public class Jalview
 
         while (aparser.getSize() > 0)
         {
-          System.out.println("Unknown arg: " + aparser.nextValue());
+          Console.outPrintln("Unknown arg: " + aparser.nextValue());
         }
       }
     }
@@ -1204,12 +1229,12 @@ public class Jalview
     {
       if (Cache.groovyJarsPresent())
       {
-        System.out.println("Executing script " + groovyscript);
+        Console.outPrintln("Executing script " + groovyscript);
         executeGroovyScript(groovyscript, startUpAlframe);
       }
       else
       {
-        System.err.println(
+        jalview.bin.Console.errPrintln(
                 "Sorry. Groovy Support is not available, so ignoring the provided groovy script "
                         + groovyscript);
       }
@@ -1223,6 +1248,8 @@ public class Jalview
       }
       desktop.setInBatchMode(false);
     }
+
+    cliWarning();
   }
 
   private static void setLookAndFeel()
@@ -1504,7 +1531,7 @@ public class Jalview
       UIManager.put("TabbedPane.tabType", "card");
       UIManager.put("TabbedPane.showTabSeparators", true);
       UIManager.put("TabbedPane.showContentSeparator", true);
-      UIManager.put("TabbedPane.tabSeparatorsFullHeight", true);
+      // UIManager.put("TabbedPane.tabSeparatorsFullHeight", true);
       UIManager.put("TabbedPane.tabsOverlapBorder", true);
       UIManager.put("TabbedPane.hasFullBorder", true);
       UIManager.put("TabbedPane.tabLayoutPolicy", "scroll");
@@ -1554,7 +1581,7 @@ public class Jalview
   /*
   private static void showUsage()
   {
-    System.out.println(
+    jalview.bin.Console.outPrintln(
             "Usage: jalview -open [FILE] [OUTPUT_FORMAT] [OUTPUT_FILE]\n\n"
                     + "-nodisplay\tRun Jalview without User Interface.\n"
                     + "-props FILE\tUse the given Jalview properties file instead of users default.\n"
@@ -1580,7 +1607,7 @@ public class Jalview
                     + "-questionnaire URL\tQueries the given URL for information about any Jalview user questionnaires.\n"
                     + "-noquestionnaire\tTurn off questionnaire check.\n"
                     + "-nonews\tTurn off check for Jalview news.\n"
-                    + "-nousagestats\tTurn off google analytics tracking for this session.\n"
+                    + "-nousagestats\tTurn off analytics tracking for this session.\n"
                     + "-sortbytree OR -nosortbytree\tEnable or disable sorting of the given alignment by the given tree\n"
                     // +
                     // "-setprop PROPERTY=VALUE\tSet the given Jalview property,
@@ -1603,16 +1630,14 @@ public class Jalview
      */
     PromptUserConfig prompter = new PromptUserConfig(Desktop.desktop,
             "USAGESTATS",
-            MessageManager.getString("prompt.google_analytics_title"),
-            MessageManager.getString("prompt.google_analytics"),
-            new Runnable()
+            MessageManager.getString("prompt.analytics_title"),
+            MessageManager.getString("prompt.analytics"), new Runnable()
             {
               @Override
               public void run()
               {
-                Console.debug(
-                        "Initialising googletracker for usage stats.");
-                Cache.initGoogleTracker();
+                Console.debug("Initialising analytics for usage stats.");
+                Cache.initAnalytics();
                 Console.debug("Tracking enabled.");
               }
             }, new Runnable()
@@ -1620,7 +1645,7 @@ public class Jalview
               @Override
               public void run()
               {
-                Console.debug("Not enabling Google Tracking.");
+                Console.debug("Not enabling analytics.");
               }
             }, null, true);
     desktop.addDialogThread(prompter);
@@ -1666,9 +1691,10 @@ public class Jalview
 
       } catch (Exception ex)
       {
-        System.err.println("Failed to read from STDIN into tempfile "
-                + ((tfile == null) ? "(tempfile wasn't created)"
-                        : tfile.toString()));
+        jalview.bin.Console
+                .errPrintln("Failed to read from STDIN into tempfile "
+                        + ((tfile == null) ? "(tempfile wasn't created)"
+                                : tfile.toString()));
         ex.printStackTrace();
         return;
       }
@@ -1677,7 +1703,7 @@ public class Jalview
         sfile = tfile.toURI().toURL();
       } catch (Exception x)
       {
-        System.err.println(
+        jalview.bin.Console.errPrintln(
                 "Unexpected Malformed URL Exception for temporary file created from STDIN: "
                         + tfile.toURI());
         x.printStackTrace();
@@ -1694,17 +1720,20 @@ public class Jalview
         tfile = new File(groovyscript);
         if (!tfile.exists())
         {
-          System.err.println("File '" + groovyscript + "' does not exist.");
+          jalview.bin.Console.errPrintln(
+                  "File '" + groovyscript + "' does not exist.");
           return;
         }
         if (!tfile.canRead())
         {
-          System.err.println("File '" + groovyscript + "' cannot be read.");
+          jalview.bin.Console.errPrintln(
+                  "File '" + groovyscript + "' cannot be read.");
           return;
         }
         if (tfile.length() < 1)
         {
-          System.err.println("File '" + groovyscript + "' is empty.");
+          jalview.bin.Console
+                  .errPrintln("File '" + groovyscript + "' is empty.");
           return;
         }
         try
@@ -1712,7 +1741,7 @@ public class Jalview
           sfile = tfile.getAbsoluteFile().toURI().toURL();
         } catch (Exception ex)
         {
-          System.err.println("Failed to create a file URL for "
+          jalview.bin.Console.errPrintln("Failed to create a file URL for "
                   + tfile.getAbsoluteFile());
           return;
         }
@@ -1737,8 +1766,9 @@ public class Jalview
       }
     } catch (Exception e)
     {
-      System.err.println("Exception Whilst trying to execute file " + sfile
-              + " as a groovy script.");
+      jalview.bin.Console
+              .errPrintln("Exception Whilst trying to execute file " + sfile
+                      + " as a groovy script.");
       e.printStackTrace(System.err);
 
     }
@@ -1767,7 +1797,7 @@ public class Jalview
   public void quit()
   {
     // System.exit will run the shutdownHook first
-    Jalview.exit("Quitting now. Bye!", 0);
+    Jalview.exit("Quitting now. Bye!", ExitCode.OK);
   }
 
   public static AlignFrame getCurrentAlignFrame()
@@ -1780,13 +1810,14 @@ public class Jalview
     Jalview.currentAlignFrame = currentAlignFrame;
   }
 
-  protected Commands getCommands()
+  public Commands getCommands()
   {
     return cmds;
   }
 
-  public static void exit(String message, int exitcode)
+  public static void exit(String message, ExitCode ec)
   {
+    int exitcode = ec == ExitCode.OK ? 0 : ec.ordinal() + 1;
     if (Console.log == null)
     {
       // Don't start the logger just to exit!
@@ -1794,11 +1825,11 @@ public class Jalview
       {
         if (exitcode == 0)
         {
-          System.out.println(message);
+          Console.outPrintln(message);
         }
         else
         {
-          System.err.println(message);
+          jalview.bin.Console.errPrintln(message);
         }
       }
     }
@@ -1823,14 +1854,35 @@ public class Jalview
     }
   }
 
+  public enum ExitCode
+  {
+    // only add new ones to the end of the list (to preserve ordinal values)
+    OK, FILE_NOT_FOUND, FILE_NOT_READABLE, NO_FILES, INVALID_FORMAT,
+    INVALID_ARGUMENT, INVALID_VALUE, MIXED_CLI_ARGUMENTS,
+    ERROR_RUNNING_COMMANDS, NO_LOGGING;
+  }
+
   /******************************
    * 
    * TEST OUTPUT METHODS
    * 
+   * these operate only when Arg.TESTOUTPUT has been passed, and variously check
+   * if an expected value / arg was set and report it to the test framework.
+   * 
    ******************************/
   /**
-   * method for reporting string values parsed/processed during tests
+   * report string values parsed/processed during tests When the Bootstrap
+   * argument Arg.TESTOUTPUT is present - reports on debug if given s1 is not
+   * null and not equals s2, warns if given argument is not set, and calls
+   * testoutput(true,a,s1,s2) to report processing progress.
    * 
+   * @param ap
+   *          - ArgParser handling parsing
+   * @param a
+   *          - Arg currently being processed
+   * @param s1
+   *          - expected
+   * @param s2
    */
   protected static void testoutput(ArgParser ap, Arg a, String s1,
           String s2)
@@ -1855,7 +1907,9 @@ public class Jalview
   }
 
   /**
-   * method for reporting string values parsed/processed during tests
+   * report values passed via bootstrap arguments
+   * 
+   * TODO: significant code duplication with testouput(Argparser...) - move it
    */
 
   protected static void testoutput(BootstrapArgs bsa, Arg a, String s1,
@@ -1883,14 +1937,15 @@ public class Jalview
   }
 
   /**
-   * report value set for string values parsed/processed during tests
+   * conditionally (on @param yes) report that expected value s1 was set during
+   * CommandsTest tests
    */
   private static void testoutput(boolean yes, Arg a, String s1, String s2)
   {
     if (yes && ((s1 == null && s2 == null)
             || (s1 != null && s1.equals(s2))))
     {
-      System.out.println("[TESTOUTPUT] arg " + a.argString() + "='" + s1
+      Console.outPrintln("[TESTOUTPUT] arg " + a.argString() + "='" + s1
               + "' was set");
     }
   }
@@ -1948,6 +2003,90 @@ public class Jalview
     {
       message = a.argString() + (yes ? " was set" : " was not set");
     }
-    System.out.println("[TESTOUTPUT] arg " + message);
+    Console.outPrintln("[TESTOUTPUT] arg " + message);
+  }
+
+  public ArgParser getArgParser()
+  {
+    return argparser;
+  }
+
+  public BootstrapArgs getBootstrapArgs()
+  {
+    return bootstrapArgs;
+  }
+
+  public static boolean isBatchMode()
+  {
+    return getInstance() != null && (getInstance().desktop == null
+            || getInstance().desktop.isInBatchMode());
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Warning about old or mixed command line arguments
+   */
+  private void mixedCliWarning()
+  {
+    Jalview j = Jalview.getInstance();
+    boolean mixedStyle = j.getArgParser() != null
+            && j.getArgParser().isMixedStyle();
+    String title = MessageManager.getString("label.command_line_arguments");
+    if (mixedStyle)
+    {
+      String warning = MessageManager.formatMessage(
+              "warning.using_mixed_command_line_arguments",
+              j.getArgParser().getMixedExamples());
+      String quit = MessageManager.getString("action.quit");
+
+      Desktop.instance.nonBlockingDialog(title, warning, null, quit,
+              JvOptionPane.WARNING_MESSAGE, false, false, true, 30000);
+
+      Jalview.exit(
+              "Exiting due to mixed old and new command line arguments.",
+              ExitCode.MIXED_CLI_ARGUMENTS);
+    }
   }
+
+  private void cliWarning()
+  {
+    Jalview j = Jalview.getInstance();
+    Commands c = j.getCommands();
+    boolean oldStyle = j.getArgParser() != null
+            && j.getArgParser().isOldStyle();
+    String title = MessageManager.getString("label.command_line_arguments");
+    if (oldStyle)
+    {
+      String warning = MessageManager
+              .getString("warning.using_old_command_line_arguments");
+      String url = "<a href=\"https://www.jalview.org/help/html/features/commandline.html\">https://www.jalview.org/help/html/features/commandline.html</a>";
+      if (Desktop.instance != null)
+      {
+        String cont = MessageManager.getString("label.continue");
+
+        Desktop.instance.nonBlockingDialog(title, warning, url, cont,
+                JvOptionPane.WARNING_MESSAGE, false, true, true, 2000);
+      }
+    }
+    if (j.getCommands() != null && j.getCommands().getErrors().size() > 0)
+    {
+      if (Desktop.instance != null)
+      {
+        String message = MessageManager
+                .getString("warning.the_following_errors");
+        String ok = MessageManager.getString("action.ok");
+        int shortest = 60;
+        List<String> errors = j.getCommands().getErrors();
+        for (int i = 0; i < errors.size(); i++)
+        {
+          shortest = Math.min(shortest, errors.get(i).length());
+        }
+        Desktop.instance.nonBlockingDialog(
+                Math.max(message.length(), Math.min(60, shortest)),
+                Math.min(errors.size(), 20), title, message,
+                j.getCommands().errorsToString(), ok,
+                JvOptionPane.WARNING_MESSAGE, true, false, true, -1);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
 }