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[bug-gv] [bug #23199] No error message for errors in opened file
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Sebastian Leske |
Subject: |
[bug-gv] [bug #23199] No error message for errors in opened file |
Date: |
Wed, 07 May 2008 22:29:55 +0000 |
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URL:
<http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?23199>
Summary: No error message for errors in opened file
Project: GNU gv
Submitted by: sleske
Submitted on: Wednesday 05/07/2008 at 22:29
Category: Graphical User interface
Severity: 3 - Normal
Item Group: None
Status: None
Privacy: Public
Assigned to: None
Open/Closed: Open
Discussion Lock: Any
Release: None
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Details:
If I open a file with gv (as a command line argument, or opened via File
menu), there is no error message if gs cannot render the file. Instead, gv
simply shows an empty page.
To test:
gv /bin/ls
Expected:
Some sort of error message that /bin/ls is not a valid Postscript file.
Actual behavior:
gv shows an empty page.
This can be rather confusing, as an invalid PS file is not the same as an
empty one.
Note:
Old versions of gv used to display an error message in this case.
This was apparently changed by the patch for #19632, "quiet and .gv watch
settings are not respected".
This patch seems to suppress _all_ popup messages if option -quiet is set,
even error messages from gs. This seems incorrect to me, as the manpage only
says that -quiet causes gs to be called with -dQUIET. It says nothing about
suppressing all error messages.
If gv is called with -noquiet, opening an invalid file causes an error popup,
as expected. However, -quiet seems to be the default for gv, hence the
observed behaviour.
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