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Author[]
Christopher Bratusek
Synopsis[]
Print errors both on the screen and the standard-error
Patch testing[]
- Copy/paste the patch listed below into some file, eg.
TEST.diff
. - If you don't have sawfish sources yet, have one, as described get it from GIT repo.
- Go into the directory where sawfish sources reside, eg.
cd sawfish
- Test if the patch applies cleanly with this command:
patch -p1 --ignore-whitespace --dry-run < TEST.diff
in case of problems try also:-p0
or-p2
- If it applies cleanly, then remove the
--dry-run
from above command and run it again, otherwise ask on the mailing list. - Compile sawfish:
./autogen.sh && make
- Install it for testing, but it depends on your linux distribution.
- It is always better to install sawfish as your distribution package, but it is different for each distribution.
- So you may try
make install
, which will install sawifish in/usr/local/share/sawfish/
(if you have write access). But then make sure that you run the correct version and delete it from that directory afterwards, to avoid any conflicts.
- Se also
- how to prepare a patch - this instruction is useful for patch testing also.
- Patch testing howto for practical tips.
PS: edit this template if you feel that those instructions can be improved.
Patch[]
Index: lisp/sawfish/wm/ext/error-handler.jl =================================================================== --- lisp/sawfish/wm/ext/error-handler.jl (Revision 4263) +++ lisp/sawfish/wm/ext/error-handler.jl (Arbeitskopie) @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ (defcustom error-destination 'standard-error "Display error messages to: \\w" - :type (choice nowhere screen standard-error) + :type (choice nowhere screen standard-error both) :group (misc error-handling)) ;; ring buffer for containing error messages @@ -69,7 +69,11 @@ (display-message text)) ((standard-error) (write standard-error text) - (write standard-error #\newline))))) + (write standard-error #\newline)) + ((both) + (display-message text) + (write standard-error text) + (write standard-error #\newline))))) (define (retrieve-errors) (ring->list error-ring))
Community's reasons for inclusion or rejection[]
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- Please vote with: vote: yes., vote: no., vote: let's try in experimental., vote: pondering. or wait for next release.
- vote: yes. simple patch. in my eyes usefull if beep is disabled and you want to have errors logged + imidiate notification Flashrider [Christopher Bratusek] 16:38, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
- vote: yes. I need a way to generate an error in sawfish, to test it :) They happen sometimes, but how to generate one? Janek Kozicki 20:00, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
- Oh, there has been a misstake in the patch, fixed. How to produce an error: simply add a wrong value to ~/.sawfishrc: ( define-special-variable default-window-animator 'wrong-value ) Flashrider [Christopher Bratusek] 22:17, 14 August 2008 (UTC)
- changed vote to yes (but it will wait for 1.3.5, I think). Now I can see an error message. I wish it was more informative, because I got only "wrong function ()" while "wrong function () : default-window-animator" or anything like that would be better, but perhaps it's not possible with lisp. Janek Kozicki 14:33, 28 August 2008 (UTC)
- vote: let's try in experimental. I'm running it currently, I think that it can go to experimental. I added this patch to experimental branch for testing. Janek Kozicki 16:08, 17 September 2008 (UTC)
- vote: yes. commited rev4307 Flashrider [Christopher Bratusek] 15:21, 21 November 2008 (UTC)