Re: [hackers] [slock] Exit as soon as possible on input grabbing error

From: Dimitris Papastamos <sin_AT_2f30.org>
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2016 18:15:36 +0100

On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 07:06:14PM +0200, FRIGN wrote:
> On Tue, 30 Aug 2016 18:48:20 +0200
> Markus Teich <markus.teich_AT_stusta.mhn.de> wrote:
>
> Hey Markus,
>
> > The error message strings should not be split over different lines,
> > even if they break the 80 character line length rule. On failure you
> > want to be able to grep for the exact error string in the source code
> > and
> >
> > grep "unable to grab keyboard for screen"
> >
> > would not work anymore with the string broken into multiple lines.
>
> no offense, but this is just stupid. You should feel honored that
> Quentin is among the few here who take sane line-lengths seriously.

Error messages should never be split across multiple lines because
then grep breaks and it is annoying. This is a well known idiom and
has nothing to do with Quentin's contribution record.
Received on Tue Aug 30 2016 - 19:15:36 CEST