Re: [PATCH] Accept more :tangle-mode specification forms

[Tim Cross]

Timothy <tecosaur@gmail.com> writes:

> * For example, “:tangle-mode 755” will now produce the warning:
>   “1363 is not a valid file mode octal. Did you give the decimal value 755 by
>   mistake?”. Maybe it would be worth adding “if so try o755” or similar?


I think that warning will be confusing for users. They will look at the
value 1363 and be confused where that value came from, likely assuming
they have found a bug in org mode. Perhaps something simpler like

"Decimal 555 is not a valid file mode specification. Did you mean to
specify it as an octal value? If so, prefix it with a 'o'".