The input line is too long. The syntax of the command is incorrect.

[bmatthew1]

Running the latest build on the current version of Windows.

When running Basic4GLj.bat from a Command-Prompt, I get the following error...

The input line is too long.
The syntax of the command is incorrect.

In Basic4GLj.bat the following line contains too many characters...

set CLASSPATH=%APP_HOME%\lib\app.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\RSyntaxTextArea.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\library-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\lwjgl-javadoc.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\lwjgl-natives-macos-arm64.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\lwjgl-openal-javadoc.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\lwjgl-natives-windows-x86.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\lwjgl-stb-natives-windows-arm64.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\lwjgl-glfw-natives-macos-arm64.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\lwjgl-glfw-natives-windows-x86.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\lwjgl-openal-natives-linux-arm64.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\lwjgl-openal-natives-macos.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\lwjgl-opengl-javadoc.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\lwjgl-assimp-natives-macos-arm64.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\lwjgl-assimp-natives-windows-x86.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\lwjgl-glfw-natives-linux.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\lwjgl-opengl-natives-windows.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\lwjgl-stb-natives-windows.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\lwjgl-openal-natives-windows-arm64.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\lwjgl-stb.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\lwjgl-stb-natives-linux.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\lwjgl-glfw-natives-windows.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\lwjgl-natives-linux-arm64.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\lwjgl-glfw.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\lwjgl-opengl-natives-linux-arm32.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\lwjgl-stb-natives-linux-arm32.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\lwjgl-assimp-natives-linux.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\lwjgl-natives-macos.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\lwjgl-openal-natives-macos-arm64.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\lwjgl-glfw-natives-linux-arm64.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\lwjgl-openal-natives-windows-x86.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\lwjgl-assimp-javadoc.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\lwjgl-glfw-javadoc.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\lwjgl.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\CodecIBXM.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\lwjgl-assimp-natives-linux-arm64.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\lwjgl-opengl-natives-macos.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\lwjgl-opengl-natives-windows-arm64.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\lwjgl-assimp-natives-windows-arm64.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\lwjgl-opengl-natives-macos-arm64.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\lwjgl-opengl-natives-windows-x86.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\CodecWav.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\lwjgl-assimp-natives-macos.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\lwjgl-openal-natives-linux-arm32.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\lwjgl-natives-linux.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\lwjgl-stb-natives-windows-x86.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\lwjgl-stb-natives-macos-arm64.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\lwjgl-stb-javadoc.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\lwjgl-assimp.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\lwjgl-glfw-natives-windows-arm64.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\lwjgl-opengl-natives-linux.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\lwjgl-openal.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\CodecJOrbis.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\lwjgl-natives-linux-arm32.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\lwjgl-opengl-natives-linux-arm64.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\lwjgl-natives-windows.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\lwjgl-stb-natives-linux-arm64.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\lwjgl-openal-natives-linux.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\lwjgl-glfw-natives-linux-arm32.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\lwjgl-openal-natives-windows.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\SoundSystem.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\lwjgl-assimp-natives-windows.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\lwjgl-opengl.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\lwjgl-assimp-natives-linux-arm32.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\lwjgl-glfw-natives-macos.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\lwjgl-natives-windows-arm64.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\lwjgl-stb-natives-macos.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\debugServer-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\compiler.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\runtime-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\debugProtocol-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\flatlaf-extras-3.0.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\flatlaf-3.0.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\gson-2.10.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\javax-websocket-server-impl-9.4.49.v20220914.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\javax.websocket-api-1.0.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\javax-websocket-client-impl-9.4.49.v20220914.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\svgSalamander-1.1.3.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\websocket-server-9.4.49.v20220914.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\websocket-client-9.4.49.v20220914.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\javax.websocket-client-api-1.0.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\jetty-annotations-9.4.49.v20220914.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\jetty-plus-9.4.49.v20220914.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\jetty-webapp-9.4.49.v20220914.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\jetty-servlet-9.4.49.v20220914.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\jetty-security-9.4.49.v20220914.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\jetty-server-9.4.49.v20220914.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\jetty-client-9.4.49.v20220914.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\websocket-common-9.4.49.v20220914.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\jetty-http-9.4.49.v20220914.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\jetty-io-9.4.49.v20220914.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\jetty-util-ajax-9.4.49.v20220914.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\jetty-xml-9.4.49.v20220914.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\jetty-jndi-9.4.49.v20220914.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\jetty-util-9.4.49.v20220914.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\websocket-servlet-9.4.49.v20220914.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\javax.servlet-api-3.1.0.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\websocket-api-9.4.49.v20220914.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\javax.annotation-api-1.3.2.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\asm-commons-9.3.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\asm-analysis-9.3.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\asm-tree-9.3.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\asm-9.3.jar

I'm assuming all those files on the Classpath are located in the lib folder so a Wildcard can be used and I can then get the IDE to appear on the screen...

set CLASSPATH=%APP_HOME%\lib\*

[NateIsStalling]

Thanks for the detailed issue report @bmatthew1!
This appears related to a known issue with the .bat scripts Gradle generates for distributions, see gradle/gradle#1989.

Replacing the path with a wildcard appears to be a recommended workaround and shouldn't cause any issues running the app, but I'll look more into if there's an officially supported option or at least include the wildcard workaround in future releases.

[NateIsStalling]

Hi @bmatthew1, this issue should be resolved in the v0.5.0 release with commit 96466a0, but the latest release requires Java 17 to run the Jars from the Command-Prompt.

Installer binaries included with the v0.5.0 release are bundled with OpenJDK 17 and should avoid issues with .bat files as well.