On Wed, 2011-09-07 at 23:33 +0200, John Williams wrote:
In article <1315430123.8060.2.camel@duiker>, John-Mark Bell
<jmb(a)netsurf-browser.org> wrote:
> > Unfortunately this warning box resists the efforts of the NoError
> > utility module to close it, and the content doesn't appear in SysLog's
> > WIMP log like it might with other multitasking programs.
> It would: NetSurf doesn't use Wimp_ReportError for those windows.
Could it be persuaded to do so in future - for the convenience of RISC OS
users?
No. Wimp_ReportError is single tasking and fundamentally rubbish.
> > Really, I should improve my script to avoid the empty
window being
> > generated, but I am curious as to what, if anything, this warning
> > message actually means and as to how helpful it is to have it appear in
> > this indecipherable form?
> Without a log file, there's nothing we can tell you.
How may I provoke the generation of a log file?
By running NetSurf, doing the thing you want, and then quitting it. The
log file will be in <Wimp$ScrapDir>.WWW.NetSurf, as always.
John-Mark.