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Re: Problematic syntax error format
From: |
Emanuele Torre |
Subject: |
Re: Problematic syntax error format |
Date: |
Mon, 13 Nov 2023 22:01:00 +0100 |
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Mutt/2.2.12 (2023-09-09) |
On Mon, Nov 13, 2023 at 01:22:58PM -0700, arnold@skeeve.com wrote:
> Hello.
>
> Thank you for taking the time to submit an issue.
>
> Gawk is following the GNU Coding Standards in the format
> of its messages. See https://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/standards.html#Errors.
>
Hmm, to be fair, GNU Awk is printing
program: filename:location: message
but that page only specifies
program:filename:location: message
program: message
either without filename:location: or without the space between program:
and filename:location:.
> In addition, it has been doing so for literally decades; changing it
> now would undoubtedly break things for other users.
>
I guess you are right.
> I suspect that Vim can be customized to understand a different format
> of output for its :make command; please check its help and perhaps
> do some Internet searching.
Well, yes, I guess I could add some custom error formats for GNU awk
:let &efm = 'awk: %f:%l: %m,gawk: %f:%l: %m,' . &efm
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Arnold
o/
emanuele6