Hi Joe
I think a lot of problems that trip us up are not actually errors. For example,
over email we discussed the fiendish case where you had this:
<$data title="$:/state/showeditpreview" text="yes”/>
<$data title="$:/state/sidebar" text="no"/>
The problem is that the terminating double quote for the value “yes” has been
changed to a “smart” curly quote. However, the result was still valid wikitext;
to the parser, it just looks like the attribute “text” has been given the value:
yes”/>
<$data title=
So, I think that the best bet to tackle these sorts of issues is to have a
syntax colouring module for the CodeMirror editor. It works for me when I’m
editing JavaScript: the syntax colouring lets me see that a construction is
being interpreted differently than I expect.
Best wishes
Jeremy.
> On 1 Feb 2019, at 17:33, joearms <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I'm a great fan of what I call "noisy" errors - a noisy error is
> when the systems tells you in no uncertain terms that something is wrong
>
>
> My view is that anything that smells bad should be brought to the attention of
> the programmer in a way they cannot miss.
>
> Recently I've been hit in the face by tiny syntax errors - typically
> <$widget> has no matching </$widget> or my quoted symbols are wrong
> (example "" is matched by a single " and not two quotes) - as a beginner
> I find silent errors *very* frustrating - my eye/brain interface is not yet
> trained
> to the point where the errors hit me in the face.
>
> Would it be possible to make a strict mode where I get told about these
> errors?
>
> If I tag a tiddler with `strict` I'd like to be told when a <$widget> is not
> correctly terminated
> or when any detectable errors are detected.
>
> This could be done with HUGE RED TEXT in the preview window.
>
> I could live with the strict mode being turned off inside quoted blocks - and
> I'd also like
> The <$widget> and matching </$widget> to be in the same tiddler - It would be
> strange
> to start a widget in one tiddler and terminate it in a transclusion. Also
> terminating backtick on the same line.
>
> Maybe this is a "lint" for the TW
>
> Would this be doable?
>
> Cheers
>
> /Joe
>
>
>
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