Changes between Version 1 and Version 2 of MessageStandardization

Timestamp:

08/02/09 03:32:27 (16 years ago)

Author:

martinl

Comment:

how to format

MessageStandardization

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 '''In progress''', see http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/Development_Specs
+= Message Standardization =
+
+== How should Errors/Warnings/Messages be formatted ==
+
+ * Only user derived variables should be bracketed, not GRASS derived variables. for example:
+{{{
+ Yes: Creating raster map <%s>.  Pass 1 of 7 ...
+ No:  Creating <raster> map <%s>.  Pass [1] of [7] ...
+}}}
+
+ * strings '''&lt; &gt;'''
+ ** e.g. Raster map <%s> not found
+ * numbers '''[ ]'''
+ ** e.g. Line [%d] deleted
+
+ : ? The [bracketed] parenthetical disrupts the flow of the phrase and doesn't help enhance clarity of meaning. IMHO, this reads better without [] brackets: "''Line %d deleted.''" [] Brackets should be used when value is outside of the phrase: ''"Unknown line [%d]"''. --HB
+
+'''Discussion:'''
+
+Statistics [2007-04-11]:
+
+|| symbol || number of code lines (2007-04-11) || 2008-02-14 (6.3svn)
+|| <%s> || 637 || 1406
+|| [%s] || 690 || 427
+||'%s'  || 354 || 370
+|| <%d> || 12  || 7
+|| [%d] || 207 || 13
+||'%d'  || 3   || 1
+
+{{{
+TYPES="<%s> \[%s\] '%s' <%d> \[%d\] '%d'"
+
+for TYPE in $TYPES ; do
+  NUM_HITS=`grep -rI "$TYPE" * | grep -v '/.svn/\|^dist.i686-\|locale/po/' | wc -l`
+  echo "$TYPE  $NUM_HITS"
+done
+}}}