Re: lout 3.07

[Andres Aravena]

On Fri, 5 Apr 1996, Basile STARYNKEVITCH wrote:

> Scaling overwide paragraphs is a very good idea. May I suggest that
> the warning message tells the scale factor?; eg instead of having (I'm
> louting the user guide after changing some font size) 
> 
> 
> lout file "ap_qck" (from "all" line 41):
>    113,9: word @F { fixed-width font } horizontally scaled (too wide for 
> 3.547c paragraph
> )                                                   
> 
> I would prefer   
> 
>    113,9: word @F { fixed-width font } horizontally scaled 0.76 (too wide for 
> 3.547c paragraph)

Maybe it has been discused before, but I prefer the GNU error format:

ap_qck:113:9:word @F { fixed-width font } horizontally scaled 0.76 (too 
wide for 3.547c paragraph)

this way it's easier to find errors using emacs or jed.

just my 2 cents..

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