2016-04-07 0:55 GMT+02:00 Simon Albrecht <simon.albre...@mail.de>:
> On 07.04.2016 00:49, Thomas Morley wrote:
>>>>
>>>> 3 Would it be possible to write in the compiler error a hint for the
>>>> user?
>>>> Something like:
>>>>
>>>> Error: markup outside of text script or \lyricmode
>>>> \chordmode {c} _\markup {test}
>>>>
>>>> Maybe you want to do
>>>> \chordmode{c _\markup {test}}
>>>> ?
>>>>
>>> If I run the wrong example, I get
>>> document.ly:3:18: error: markup outside of text script or \lyricmode
>>> \chordmode {c}
>>> \markup {test}
>>> and no markup shows up. I’d say that’s enough hints.
>>>
>>> Best, Simon
>>
>> And how to distinguish from
>> \chordmode {c} \markup {test}
>> which is viable code?
>> So no error at all.
>> Guessing what a user may have intended is very difficult task.
>
>
> Who did you direct that to? I wanted to confirm that the warning now given
> was enough.
>
> Best, Simon
Hi Simon,
I agree the warning is enough, but wanted to add, even if we would
consider a more verbose and detailed error massage the cause of the
error might not be guessable that easy as Gianmaria suggests.
Sorry, not being clear enough,
Harm
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