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Thanks. But I still don't know how to do it. Obviously, I wouldn't like to
browse C source files. In fact it was about 5 years ago when I last wrote a
program in C, so even if I downloaded the sources, it wouldn't help.
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A quick search of the manual for regex finds
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.geany.org/manual/current/#build-settings-section">http://www.geany.org/manual/current/#build-settings-section</a> for how
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I could setup Geany so that it automatically opens files referenced
from error messages (if they are not opened yet). It can also
navigate to the good line number. How can I use non-capturing groups
in the error parsing regex?<br>
<p>Here is an example. There are two kinds of error messages that I
can get - because there can be an error in the compiler that I'm
working on, and also there can be an error in the file that is
being compiled:<br>
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<tt>Error message (type one): <br>
<br>
File "/home/gandalf/Python/Lib/shopzeus/scripts/ssdlc.py", line
23, in <module><br>
<br>
Regexp (type one):<br>
<br>
\s*File\s\"([^\"]+)\", line (\d+), in\s*(.*)<br>
<br>
<br>
Error message (type two):<br>
<br>
/home/gandalf/Python/Lib/shopzeus/demos/ssdl/test/test.ssdl:53:9:Syntax
error<br>
<br>
Regexp (type two):<br>
<br>
([^:]+):([^:]+):[^:]+:([^:]+)<br>
</tt>
<p>Both of these errors can happen then I press F8, so I would like
to capture both messages if possible. This is what I have tried:<br>
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<p>(?:\s*File\s\"([^\"]+)\", line (\d+),
in\s*(.*))|(?:([^:]+):([^:]+):[^:]+:([^:]+))<br>
</p>
<p>But it does not capture errors in the compiler. Maybe my regular
expression is wrong. Or maybe the non-capturing group "?:" does
not work.<br>
</p>
<p>Here are some things that don't work:<br>
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<ul>
<li>Cannot make a difference between warnings and errors. Now I
know that this is a limitation of Geany and I can live with it.
It would be a good improvement though.<br>
</li>
<li>My compiler actually can tell the column number of the error
too. Geany cannot interpret column numbers in error messages,
right? This could be a good improvement too. ( Should I post
this as a request on the dev list? )</li>
<li>It is a bit off topic. When using GNU style error messages
under Windows, parts of the error messages are ambiguous.
Because the parts should be separated with colons, but under
Windows the file names can contain colons too. I understand that
this is a limitation of the GNU standard, not Geany. And I know
that I could use a different error message format. But I'm
hesitant to do it. What is better: follow the standard, or make
it working? Is there a way to have both?</li>
</ul>
<p>Otherwise, I'm quite satisfied now. :-) Thank you for your help!<br>
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<p>Best,<br>
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<p> Laszlo<br>
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