RE: poll re: 2.3.x features

[Steven Knight]

On Thu, 30 Nov 2000, Alex Jacques wrote:
> I humbly submit a very small patch that I find very helpful.
> This adds a -Q switch that makes Cons run quieter than the -q switch. In
> particular commands are not echoed as they are executed and indications
> of successful status (e.g. "blah-blah-blah up-to-date") are not printed.
> Warnings and errors are still displayed though. Hence -Q is roughly
> equivalent to GNU Make's -s. I find that this makes it a lot easier to
> find warnings from the compiler, etc., in the output. The problem with
> starting command lines with '@' is that the commands are never
> displayed, so debugging Construct files, etc. is difficult.

Alex--

Good idea, good patch.  I'm inclined to suggest one change in the user
interface:  Rather than adding a separate -Q flag, we can make multiple
-q flags increase the "quietness" level.

        % cons -q .        # run quietly, suppress Install/Remove messages
        % cons -q -q .     # run very quietly, suppress commands and up-to-date
        % cons -q -q -q .  # run very VERY quietly...?

This would allow for a little more flexibility in the future for
fine-tuning which messages get displayed.

        --SK