[patch #6405] Make multiple error messages display in a single dialog

[Ben Pfaff]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/patch/?6405>

                 Summary: Make multiple error messages display in a single
dialog
                 Project: PSPP
            Submitted by: blp
            Submitted on: Tuesday 02/05/08 at 20:49
                Category: None
              Item Group: None
                  Status: Ready For Test/Review
             Assigned to: None
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             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any

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Details:

Currently, each error message is displayed in a separate dialog box.  This is
not a good fit for the upcoming text-import patch, which can easily cause
hundreds of thousands of errors if a field is designated with the wrong format
type.

This patch causes multiple error messages to be displayed in a scrolling text
field within a single dialog box.  When more than 110 messages are issued, it
drops all but the first 100 and last 10 of them, which are usually the ones of
interest in my experience.

In earlier discussion with JMD, we also considered the alternative of making
the error log a permanent window, or perhaps a pane within another window.  I
haven't tried out those possibilities yet.

Comments?



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Date: Tuesday 02/05/08 at 20:49  Name: message-dialog-use-textview.patch 
Size: 16kB   By: blp

<http://savannah.gnu.org/patch/download.php?file_id=14967>

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