[GRASS-dev] G_program_name to every message / r.li

[Helena Mitasova]

On Jan 7, 2007, at 4:17 PM, Brad Douglas wrote:

> On Sun, 2007-01-07 at 19:00 +0100, Jachym Cepicky wrote:
>> Hallo,
>>
>> I think it would be nice, if G_message, G_warning and G_fatal_error
>> would print module name at the beginning of the message.
>>
>> If the modules are used in scripts, it is sometimes difficult to
>> identify, which C-module, used in the script, caused some problem  
>> or is
>> printing the message. This is the case for e.g. r.report (file  
>> stats.c)
>> too.
>>
>> What about adding G_program_name(); to every message, so that
>>
>>     G_message("Hallo, world!");
>>
>> would produce
>>
>>     g.module: Hallo, world!
>
> Why?  This amounts to spam, IMHO.  Some module names are 30 characters
> wide (I'm looking at you, r.li)!  That's nearly half the terminal
> length.
>
> r.li's modules need to be renamed in keeping with other modules (mixed
> case, length, etc.).  I do not envy anyone who has to use them without
> tab-completion or similar.

this was discussed already and new names were proposed - Serena was  
probably
just waiting to get her CVS access approved?
Serena, now that you have the access can you please change the names -
it would be good to do it ASAP before people start using the long  
names in their scripts.

as for the message, I tend to agree with jachym on this one, I think
it would be useful to have the module name printed along with the  
message -
except for r.li* the modules have quite reasonable names.

Thanks, Helena
>
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