My intent was to have sys_verbose set when you needed extra output to debug a patch (in particular, figuring out why files didn't get found along search paths). But I think any sort of "advice" message could be put on the sys_verbose flag... including some that aren't in Pd vanilla at the moment.
cheers Miller On Thu, Mar 04, 2010 at 07:07:04PM -0500, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote: > > Hey Martin, > > I think this would be a good question for pd-dev, hope you don't mind > that I forwarded it there: > > On Mar 4, 2010, at 2:10 PM, <[email protected]> > <[email protected] > wrote: > > > > >Hi Hans, > > > >Thanks for pointing this out. I guess the new recommended practice > >is to use > > if (sys_verbose) post() > >for non-essential messages, and pd_error() for problems? > >If so I guess I should make my externals consistent with that. > > > >Martin > > > >---------------------------------------- > >>From: [email protected] > >>To: [email protected] > >>Subject: verbose mode > >>Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2010 11:49:01 -0500 > >> > >> > >>Hey Martin, > >> > >>I just saw this check-in. Do you know about the sys_verbose in > >>s_stuff.h and verbose() in m_pd.h? Its the global built-in stuff for > >>verbosity. IOhannes has been trying to make it more useful, but it is > >>somewhat useful now. > >> > >>.hc > >> > >> > >>>---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> > >>>Message: 1 > >>>Date: Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:44:37 +0000 > >>>From: [email protected] > >>>Subject: [PD-cvs] SF.net SVN: pure-data:[13193] > >>>trunk/externals/mrpeach/net > >>>To: [email protected] > >>>Message-ID: > >>>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > >>> > >>>Revision: 13193 > >>>http://pure-data.svn.sourceforge.net/pure-data/?rev=13193&view=rev > >>>Author: mrpeach > >>>Date: 2010-03-02 17:44:36 +0000 (Tue, 02 Mar 2010) > >>> > >>>Log Message: > >>>----------- > >>>Added a verbosity method to stop [tcpclient] printing in the main > >>>window every time it connects/disconnects. > >>>Updated the help patch to match. > >>> > >>>Modified Paths: > >>>-------------- > >>>trunk/externals/mrpeach/net/tcpclient-help.pd > >>>trunk/externals/mrpeach/net/tcpclient.c > >>> > >>> > >>>This was sent by the SourceForge.net collaborative development > >>>platform, the world's largest Open Source development site. > >> > >> > >> > >>---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > >>News is what people want to keep hidden and everything else is > >>publicity. - Bill Moyers > >> > >> > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > There is no way to peace, peace is the way. -A.J. Muste > > > > _______________________________________________ > Pd-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-dev _______________________________________________ Pd-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-dev
