IMHO,<br>GRASS_MESSAGE_FORMAT=gui<br>makes output from G_message and G_percent parsable (not only) for the GUI.<br><br>jachym<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">2007/2/26, Hamish <<a href="mailto:hamish_nospam@yahoo.com">
hamish_nospam@yahoo.com</a>>:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Glynn:<br>[stderr is unbuffered, stdout is buffered]<br>
<br>Thanks for correcting me. This opens more G_message() options.<br><br><br>Martin Landa wrote:<br>> OK, it would be nice to describe *fixed* rules for module verbosity<br>> level, e.g. on the GRASS-wiki and use them when coding new module or
<br>> patching the old one. It will prevent from inconsistency along GRASS<br>> modules in the future.<br><br>I agree. But I'd replace "fixed rules" with "[strongly] recommended<br>guidelines" and expand it to cover lots of consistency issues which the
<br>SUBMITTING files don't cover. IMO hard rules have a bad tendency to<br>incorrectly force a grey question into a black or white answer, and<br>shift a debate from practical solutions to rhetorical bickering.<br><br>
<br>> I think it is better to use G_message() (or more advanced G_ fn) for<br>> *all* module messages. fprintf (stdout, ) should be used for the<br>> *output* not for the messages. It mixed two different things together
<br>> which would be better to separate. I think that mixing messages and<br>> module output would cause problems in the future. All message should<br>> be controlled by GRASS_VERBOSE level or GRASS_MESSAGE_FORMAT.
<br><br>I agree. Although I'm not sure what GRASS_MESSAGE_FORMAT does.<br><br><br>Hamish<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>grass-dev mailing list<br><a href="mailto:grass-dev@grass.itc.it">grass-dev@grass.itc.it
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