The page https://minecraft.net/en/download/server suggests starting the server jar using the command line and with nogui.
As you can just execute the jar file and the GUI is probably more easier to use for the "average" user, I expect it to mention the nogui argument for "advanced" users only, but not suggest in generally as the way to go.
Besides that the command provided uses an incorrect file name because for the last versions the jar files are named minecraft_server.X.jar where X is the version.
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Do you mean that you expect it to suggest you can also launch it by running it normally to get it with a gui?
Yes, that is what I meant. I reworded it and it should be clearer now.
Isn't that what it already suggests? Do you mean that you expect it to suggest you can also launch it by running it normally to get it with a gui?
That's a valid point, and I'm guessing that it's a holdover from back when the jar was named
minecraft_server.jarfor all versions (versions onassets.minecraft.nethave jars named that way, but that hasn't been used since 1.5.2).Given that the actual version link is updated, though, it should be reasonable to change the run command link too. I don't know if it's automatically generated or not, but if it is automatically generated, it should be as simple as changing the template.