Thanks for your attempt to clarify Christof. I must say that I have a hard time understanding it nevertheless so I ask myself how beginners to Pd are expected to understand/use it.
* Christof Ressi <christof.re...@gmx.at> [2019-10-07 13:19]: > Hey, > > > is there a specific reason the log level in Pd's console and the > > -verbose flag do different things? > > I think the idea of -verbose is to "enable" posting messages at log level 4. > "verbose(1, ...)" only sends to the GUI if "sys_verbose" is true. Note that > the log level passed to the "verbose" function starts at -3 instead of 0 > (don't ask me why...), so "verbose(1, ...)" actually results in log level 4. > > I think this is meant as an optimization to avoid spamming the GUI process > with super verbose output. The thing is that code like "if (sys_verbose) > post(...)" should really be replaced with "verbose(1, ...)". > > BTW, I could imagine adding a new "-loglevel" flag which mirrors the GUI's > log levels and filters the console output accordingly when running Pd with > -nogui or -stderr. > > Christof > > > Gesendet: Montag, 07. Oktober 2019 um 12:16 Uhr > > Von: "Peter P." <peterpar...@fastmail.com> > > An: pd-list <pd-l...@iem.at> > > Betreff: [PD] difference between log level and -verbose flag? > > > > Hi dear list, > > > > is there a specific reason the log level in Pd's console and the > > -verbose flag do different things? > > > > The former does not print these valuable error messages about > > abstractions or externals not being loaded. > > > > Wouldn't it be great if these two functions could be combined for > > simpler understanding? > > > > thanks for all ideas! > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Pd-list@lists.iem.at mailing list > > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > > https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Pd-list@lists.iem.at mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list _______________________________________________ Pd-list@lists.iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
