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Re: Confusing error message in development version
From: |
Patrice Dumas |
Subject: |
Re: Confusing error message in development version |
Date: |
Mon, 11 Oct 2021 18:28:33 +0200 |
On Mon, Oct 11, 2021 at 04:30:20PM +0100, Gavin Smith wrote:
> Git revision a9aacb0b39967059b8064
>
> If I use a non-existent customization variable, like
>
> ./texi2any.pl test.texi -c OPEN_CODE_QUOTE=\`
>
> the error message is
>
> texi2any: warning: GNUT_set_from_cmdline: unknown variable OPEN_CODE_QUOTE
>
> The reference to GNUT_set_from_cmdline is confusing so whatever this is it
> should be removed from the error message. I'll look into it myself if I
> have time.
It is a bug, the GNUT_set_from_cmdline is supposed to be some context
for translation, as this message can happen in diverse places. I must
have used the wrong function of misued the perl gettext API.
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Pat