[Orgmode] Re: [Babel] Error output buffer

[Dan Davison]

Hi Eric, Seb, 

I'd actually just pushed my local fix that I had made to this so
far. Our emails crossed because mine is being held up by gmane as I
forgot to switch the obfuscated gmane reply address for the normal list
address, but here's what will come through eventually:

,----
| Hi Seb,
| 
| I agree, that had been bothering me too. I had fixed it a week or so ago
| in my local set up, and I've just pushed that to master. It wipes the
| error buffer clean at the start of execution (on C-c C-c, and during
| export).
| 
| Dan
`----

Hopfully this is a step in the right direction, although it doesn't
resolve all the problems you outline.

Dan

"Eric Schulte" <address@hidden> writes:

> 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 <address@hidden> 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
>
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