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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.

-- 
Pat



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