[Bf-committers] New feature: Console output space type (requestfor input).

[Joseph Gilbert]

Matt Ebb wrote:

> Rather than simple printf it would be great to see something like  
> BIF_Notify("message here", PRIORITY_URGENT) or BIF_Error("message  
> here", PRIORITY_HARMLESS) or BIF_Log("message here", LOG_RENDERSTATS)  
> or BIF_Debug("message here") or whatever.

I really like this idea. Some BIF_Notify (or for python something more 
pythonic like EXPP_Notify) functions with some error, warning priorites 
would be kinda neat :) Maybe this could take care of the XML markup that 
jacque is suggesting?

> it gives an ugly  and archaic impression of Blender (deserved or not) 
> but for the most  part it's just totally ridiculous that Blender is 
> not showing error  messages to users *from Blender itself*.

I agree and have been hoping this could be rectified for ages now. I've 
just learned to love that ganky old window in the background :p

> I'd personally love to see this function as a combined status line /  
> temporary error and notification area ...

I like the way this looks, def better than the blinking popup messages. 
However because the console window is only optionally visible might not 
be a good idea to put it there. I think maybe some syntax highlighting 
might be good though.

> And could potentially be a lot nicer for  debugging and crash 
> reporting since it would persist across different  sessions, etc. not 
> to mention stats junkies (How many times did  Blender crash in the 
> last week?)

I think from the comments here the logging feature is a pretty neccessary.