On 05/05/15 13:27, Rainer M Krug wrote: > Will Furnass <wrfurna...@sheffield.ac.uk> writes: >> >> could LyX be improved to make locating errors less manual >> though? For example, if a mapping was generated at compile time >> from LyX lines to TeX lines then buttons could be added to the >> compilation pane to move the cursor between the lines referenced >> in error messages. > > I am by no means a LaTeX expert -0 so I might be wrong, but - the > LaTeX error messages are already quite cryptic, and the error you > quote (Missing } inserted' error for 'l.1052') means that the > missing "}" is inserted in this line - where it is actually > missing and what is causing this does not even LaTeX know - so > there is no chance that LyX will be able to tell you.
True, but the line number associated with a LaTeX error is a useful clue when fault-finding and being able to quickly move the cursor to the corresponding line in LyX could make fixing broken documents much quicker in many situations. The compilation pane could display a caveat next to buttons for moving the cursor between error line numbers saying something like 'the root cause of this error may not lie at this location'. Will
