Hans Hagen <pra...@wxs.nl> writes: > John Devereux wrote: >> Wolfgang Schuster <schuster.wolfg...@googlemail.com> writes: >> >>> Am 12.03.2009 um 15:06 schrieb John Devereux: >>> >>>> Michael Bynum <mdby...@gmail.com> writes: >>>> >>>>> This has burned me too. It would be nice if the errors were more >>>>> prominent, perhaps repeated at the end of the output? >>>>> Mike >>>> While we are on the subject, is it possible to make it "die" when >>>> incorrect (non-existent) options are passed to a context command? Is >>>> there any way at all of knowing if the option did anything (even by >>>> examining the log?) >>> No, this is not possible and even such a feature would increase >>> the compile time a lot, e.g. I used list with valid names in a earlier >>> version of my letter module and it was 30% slower than the current >>> version and now imagine what happens if you check each key in a >>> assignment list. >> >> OK. It seems strange (coming from a programming background). >> >> If it is only the compile time, then a command line switch might be an >> option. (But it sounds like it is inherently hard to do, now). > > i can probably implement some kind of checking (runtime switch, or > maybe even switch at format generation time) but i will do so only > when i've completely split of the mkiv code
Hi Hans, I really don't want to create work if you think it is not worthwhile. But - as a non-texpert - I do think it is a problem. It is compounded by: - Many command options are not documented, so one experiments a lot - Excess whitespace not only invalidates options, it does so silently. The combination is *very* unexpected, and I don't think it is that well known. At any rate I used context for 5 years without realising something pretty fundamental! (Is it even mentioned in the manual?) Anyway, the option then has no effect, so one tries a few more... Thanks, -- John Devereux ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________
