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From: "Eric Schulte" <schulte.eric@gmail.com>
To: "Sébastien Vauban" <wxhgmqzgwmuf@spammotel.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [Babel] Error output buffer
Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2010 07:28:31 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87ipzonmgg.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <80ipzoxsoo.fsf@missioncriticalit.com> ("Sébastien Vauban"'s message of "Tue, 23 Nov 2010 11:03:51 +0100")

This is something that Dan and I have discussed as well.  On the one
hand it would be nice to wipe the buffer between block executions, but
on the other hand when you are say exporting a file and running many
code blocks at once it would be preferable to retain error messages from
all of the code blocks.

I've been thinking that either a we could delete the buffer form all
manual entry points into code block execution so that it is refreshed
between manual code block execs but not between automated (e.g. on
export) code block execs.

Another option would be to separate the error messages with timestamps
as you've proposed, and maybe with some mark that can be jumped to with
a keystroke.

I'm not sure which approach would be best. -- Eric

Sébastien Vauban <wxhgmqzgwmuf@spammotel.com> writes:

> Hi,
>
> A quick wished feature, if you agree on its usefulness.
>
> Currently, all error messages are concatenated to the same buffer, execution
> 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)
>
> - 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

  parent reply	other threads:[~2010-11-23 14:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-11-23 10:03 [Babel] Error output buffer Sébastien Vauban
2010-11-23 14:06 ` Dan Davison
2010-11-23 14:28 ` Eric Schulte [this message]
2010-11-23 15:05   ` Dan Davison
2010-11-23 20:59 ` Eric S Fraga
2010-11-23 21:33   ` Sébastien Vauban
2010-11-26 20:37     ` Eric Schulte
2010-11-26 23:11       ` Sébastien Vauban

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