From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Eric S Fraga Subject: Re: [Babel] Error output buffer Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2010 20:59:50 +0000 Message-ID: <87ipzn92nt.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> References: <80ipzoxsoo.fsf@missioncriticalit.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=41077 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PKzyB-0006n0-UA for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Nov 2010 16:00:09 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PKzyA-0002qD-Mk for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Nov 2010 16:00:07 -0500 Received: from vscane-b.ucl.ac.uk ([144.82.108.141]:45016) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PKzyA-0002pu-H8 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Nov 2010 16:00:06 -0500 In-Reply-To: <80ipzoxsoo.fsf@missioncriticalit.com> (=?utf-8?Q?=22S=C3=A9b?= =?utf-8?Q?astien?= Vauban"'s message of "Tue, 23 Nov 2010 11:03:51 +0100") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: =?utf-8?Q?S=C3=A9bastien?= Vauban Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org S=C3=A9bastien Vauban writes: > Hi, > > A quick wished feature, if you agree on its usefulness. > > Currently, all error messages are concatenated to the same buffer, execut= ion > after execution, which makes it *difficult to distinguish between the new > errors*, and the ones already seen previously. > > Different propositions: > > - delete the contents of the buffer before every code execution > > - add something visible after every execution, like a separator line or a= ^L > character (new page, than can easily be displayed as a rule) I like this one (above), especially if you could append the date+time to the formfeed and, ideally, some indication of the source code block responsible for what follows. The latter is important because I often have multiple source code blocks with the same language and it would be nice to distinguish between them in terms of error output. Having the srcname appear would be great, if it's possible. thanks, eric > - always show the last lines in a different color > > - in the same spirit, use two alternate colors for the messages (like in = some > HTML tables, for odd/even rows) > > - add a timestamp with the date, before every code execution. > > This is not exhaustive, just some (funny for some of them) ideas I have in > mind in order to make the messages more visible than they currently are. > > Thanks. > > Best regards, > Seb --=20 : Eric S Fraga (GnuPG: 0xC89193D8FFFCF67D) in Emacs 23.2.1 : using Org-mode version 7.3 (release_7.3.123.g950be)