On Mon, Sep 13, 2004 at 05:39:00PM +0200, Sven Neumann wrote: > Hi, > > Pedro Gimeno Fortea <usr352@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > On 09/13/04 11:04:06, Sven Neumann wrote: > > > > > The messages aren't meant for user's eyes, I think I mentioned > > > that. The messages don't make any sense for the user and should only > > > ever seen by developers or when we ask users to start gimp from a > > > console window and to tell us if there are messages to be seen. > > > > Doesn't it make sense to prefix Glib errors with something like: "Glib > > Error:" or "System Error:" or "Gimp Error:" (localizing just that > > string) and let the rest appear as-is within the error console? > > No. The user is not supposed to see them, never. Actually no such > messages should ever be emitted. If it does, there's a programming > error. It would not help to show these messages to the user. > spew is beautiful though. i would rather users get over it and even read it. you guys forget that as soon as the shock of the new thing is over, spew is really really interesting. carol
