Re: More verbosity

[c . buhtz]

Dear Bruno,

thanks for the reply to my bug-/feature-report.

Am 05.05.2023 19:53 schrieb Bruno Haible:
> > 1.
> > My primary problem is that xgettext doesn't tell me (on stdout) which
> > source files it reads.
>
> There is no particular message that gets printed for each file
> that gets read. But...

Yes I know. That is why I reported this to request a feature for this. I 
would assume that in first or second verbosity level informations like 
this do appear on stdout.

> > 2.
> > The "--verbose" has no effect. No output is generated. Why then does
> > this option exist?
>
> It has an effect for the extraction from Ruby source files.

Then take this as a bug about the manpage. It is not mentioned there.
Mention that verbosity only works for ruby files.

> > 3.
> > The manpage tell me that "--verbose" does "increase verbosity level".
> > What is the limit of that level? Can I do "-vvvvvvvv"? Where is the
> > limit.
>
> The variable that counts the number of 'v' is an 'int'.

Are you serious with your answer?

Please try to be more empathic to your users. As such I would like to 
know how verbose your software can be. How many levels are there and 
what is the difference.