From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/48289 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Hans Hagen Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: die if a module is missing Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 09:38:42 +0100 Message-ID: <49BA1B92.4020903@wxs.nl> References: <87mybqesxv.fsf@cordelia.devereux.me.uk> <87iqmeepil.fsf@cordelia.devereux.me.uk> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; Format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1236933562 26536 80.91.229.12 (13 Mar 2009 08:39:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 08:39:22 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Fri Mar 13 09:40:38 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Li2wY-0007wd-D7 for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Fri, 13 Mar 2009 09:40:38 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F44C1FB4E; Fri, 13 Mar 2009 09:39:14 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 25637-02; Fri, 13 Mar 2009 09:38:53 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5AAB11FB29; Fri, 13 Mar 2009 09:38:53 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A7161FB29 for ; Fri, 13 Mar 2009 09:38:51 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 28653-01-2 for ; Fri, 13 Mar 2009 09:38:42 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from filter2-ams.mf.surf.net (filter2-ams.mf.surf.net [192.87.102.70]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1309E1FB1F for ; Fri, 13 Mar 2009 09:38:42 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from mail.pragma-ade.net (dsl-083-247-100-017.solcon.nl [83.247.100.17]) by filter2-ams.mf.surf.net (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id n2D8cfoU016422 for ; Fri, 13 Mar 2009 09:38:41 +0100 Original-Received: from [10.100.1.100] (unverified [10.100.1.100]) by controller-1 (SurgeMail 3.9e) with ESMTP id 19070-1840426 for ; Fri, 13 Mar 2009 09:38:41 +0100 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (Windows/20081209) In-Reply-To: <87iqmeepil.fsf@cordelia.devereux.me.uk> X-Originating-IP: 10.100.1.100 X-Authenticated-User: hagen@controller-1 X-Bayes-Prob: 0.0001 (Score 0, tokens from: @@RPTN) X-CanIt-Geo: ip=83.247.100.17; country=NL; region=16; city=Dronten; latitude=52.5333; longitude=5.7167; http://maps.google.com/maps?q=52.5333,5.7167&z=6 X-CanItPRO-Stream: uu:ntg-context@ntg.nl (inherits from uu:default, base:default) X-Canit-Stats-ID: 192986274 - f8aa18b1ace4 X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 192.87.102.70 X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:48289 Archived-At: John Devereux wrote: > Wolfgang Schuster writes: > >> Am 12.03.2009 um 15:06 schrieb John Devereux: >> >>> Michael Bynum writes: >>> >>>> This has burned me too. It would be nice if the errors were more >>>> prominent, perhaps repeated at the end of the output? >>>> Mike >>> While we are on the subject, is it possible to make it "die" when >>> incorrect (non-existent) options are passed to a context command? Is >>> there any way at all of knowing if the option did anything (even by >>> examining the log?) >> No, this is not possible and even such a feature would increase >> the compile time a lot, e.g. I used list with valid names in a earlier >> version of my letter module and it was 30% slower than the current >> version and now imagine what happens if you check each key in a >> assignment list. > > OK. It seems strange (coming from a programming background). > > If it is only the compile time, then a command line switch might be an > option. (But it sounds like it is inherently hard to do, now). i can probably implement some kind of checking (runtime switch, or maybe even switch at format generation time) but i will do so only when i've completely split of the mkiv code Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl ----------------------------------------------------------------- ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________