[GRASS-SVN] r30149 - grass/trunk

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Author: hamish
Date: 2008-02-14 06:26:15 -0500 (Thu, 14 Feb 2008)
New Revision: 30149

Modified:
   grass/trunk/SUBMITTING
Log:
G_important_message(), G_verbose_message()


Modified: grass/trunk/SUBMITTING
===================================================================
--- grass/trunk/SUBMITTING	2008-02-14 11:17:38 UTC (rev 30148)
+++ grass/trunk/SUBMITTING	2008-02-14 11:26:15 UTC (rev 30149)
@@ -137,7 +137,12 @@
     For errors and warnings please use the G_fatal_error() and
     G_warning() functions. General messages for the user should use
     G_message() while debug messages should use G_debug() whenever
-    possible.
+    possible. There are two variants to G_message(): G_verbose_message()
+    which will only display the message if in verbose mode, and
+    G_important_message() which will always show the message unless
+    the module is running in --quiet mode. G_fatal_error() and
+    G_warning() will always be displayed regardless of verbosity setting.
+    Messages sent to any of these functions will be printed to stderr.
 
     G_message() output is not expected to be sent to pipe or file.