GNU bug report logs - #1282
Improvement to gud.el error message

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Michael Ernst <mernst <at> alum.mit.edu>

Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 05:05:04 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: fixed

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #20 received at submit <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Michael Ernst <mernst <at> alum.mit.edu>
To: Nick Roberts <nickrob <at> snap.net.nz>
Cc: 1282 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#1282: Improvement to gud.el error message
Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2008 16:40:38 +0100

> If I have a file MyProg.java, with your patch I get:
> 
> Could not find source file MyProg
> 
> i.e. the class name not the filename.

OK.  Feel free to modify the patch based on your more intimate knowledge of
the source code.  The key point is that the error message with no
indication of anything (class name nor filename) is cryptic, and additional
information would be useful.  Thanks!

                    -Michael Ernst
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