Please review the wording, propose a better error message.
Maybe we could add something to help people wanting to
report such bugs, like something along the lines of:
"""
Please send bug report on [email protected],
containing the following informations:
[...]
"""
as per the second attached patch.
--
Vincent Legoll
Index: vcview.py
===================================================================
--- vcview.py (revision 1222)
+++ vcview.py (working copy)
@@ -463,7 +463,10 @@
for d in diffs:
self.emit("create-diff", d)
else:
- misc.run_dialog( _("Invoking patch failed, you need GNU patch.")+ "\n'%s'"%" ".join(patchcmd), parent=self)
+ misc.run_dialog(_("Invoking 'patch' failed. ") +
+ _("Maybe you use an untested version of %s. ") % self.vc.NAME +
+ _("Or you don't have 'GNU patch' installed.") +
+ "\n\n'%s'" % " ".join(patchcmd), parent=self)
def refresh(self):
self.set_location( self.model.value_path( self.model.get_iter_root(), 0 ) )
Index: vcview.py
===================================================================
--- vcview.py (revision 1222)
+++ vcview.py (working copy)
@@ -463,7 +463,30 @@
for d in diffs:
self.emit("create-diff", d)
else:
- misc.run_dialog( _("Invoking patch failed, you need GNU patch.")+ "\n'%s'"%" ".join(patchcmd), parent=self)
+ import meldapp
+ msg = _("""
+ Invoking 'patch' failed.
+
+ Maybe you don't have 'GNU patch' installed,
+ or you use an untested version of %s.
+
+ Please send email bug report to:
+ [email protected]
+
+ Containing the following informations:
+
+ - meld version: '%s'
+ - source control software type: '%s'
+ - source control software version: 'X.Y.Z'
+ - the output of '%s somefile.txt'
+ - patch command: '%s'
+ """) % (self.vc.NAME,
+ meldapp.version,
+ self.vc.NAME,
+ " ".join(self.vc.diff_command()),
+ " ".join(patchcmd))
+ msg = '\n'.join([line.strip() for line in msg.split('\n')])
+ misc.run_dialog(msg, parent=self)
def refresh(self):
self.set_location( self.model.value_path( self.model.get_iter_root(), 0 ) )
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