Re: Quit and Error in org-export--dispatch-action

[Kyle Meyer]

Hi Takaaki,

Takaaki Ishikawa <address@hidden> writes:

> The org-export provides a quitting option for user by typing `q`.
> This is nice feature but it is implemented with an error function.
> For me, it is not actually an error, it is one of the user actions,
> and when `debug-on-error` is `t`, the Backtrace buffer will be
> popped up every time. It is annoying.

True, that shouldn't be treated as a plain error.

> Please find a patch to replace error function with a simple message.
> What do you think?
>
>[...]
>
> --- a/lisp/ox.el
> +++ b/lisp/ox.el
> @@ -6929,8 +6929,8 @@ options as CDR."
>        (org-export--dispatch-ui options first-key expertp))
>       ;; q key at first level aborts export.  At second level, cancel
>       ;; first key instead.
> -     ((eq key ?q) (if (not first-key) (error "Export aborted")
> -                 (org-export--dispatch-ui options nil expertp)))
> +     ((eq key ?q) (if first-key (org-export--dispatch-ui options nil expertp)
> +                 (message "Export aborted") '(ignore)))

Hmm, what about instead replacing the call to `error' with a call to
`user-error'?  If that works for you, could you send an updated patch
with a commit message?  (Org's commit message conventions are described
at <https://orgmode.org/worg/org-contribute.html#commit-messages>.)