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  1. JDK
  2. JDK-8216522

improve docs for argument files for javac/javadoc

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      We need to investigate and (probably) improve the documentation for arg files on the javac and javadoc tools reference guides.

      See mail thread beginning here:
      https://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/javadoc-dev/2018-December/000778.html

      And continued here:
      https://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/javadoc-dev/2019-January/000779.html

      There's a good write up here, for the "java" launcher
      https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/tools/java.html#GUID-4856361B-8BFD-4964-AE84-121F5F6CF111
      The spec for the content for javac and javadoc is the same, but there is a slight difference with respect to the file encoding used by javac/javadoc, compared to the encoding expected by java.

            cstein Christian Stein
            jjg Jonathan Gibbons
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