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Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 5:11 am

Maybe I'm missing something, but how can you determine the exact location of a syntax error? In zMUD, you had the box at the bottom with the arrow pointing out where the error is. In CMUD, you have the "syntax error at row 0 col 1148" which doesn't tell me a whole lot as to where my error is.

Anyone have any suggestions? I've recently imported scripts over to CMUD, and some of the commands were not compatible, so I have to rework it. But to rewrite the entire script is not a pleasant idea, but I'm having difficulty identifying where the error is. Thanks!

Charneus

Wizard Joined: 03 Mar 2001 Posts: 1127 Location: London

If it's Row 0 Col 1148 then you probably need to format the script so that things are on different lines, then you'll see which row (line) it's really on. Or you can just go to the 1148th character on the first line.

Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 6:02 pm

Well, putting it on different lines didn't help, but I didn't realize we could do that on different lines.

It would then tell me Syntax error at row 16 col 94... so I would go through and count 94 characters, and it would be in the middle of a word.

What I wound up having to do to fix it was copy the entire thing, paste it into notepad, then reinsert each line separately and checking the syntax each line. Eventually I found out what the problem was. :\ There needs to be an easier way of doing this...

Charneus

Wizard Joined: 03 Mar 2001 Posts: 1127 Location: London

Remember that the compatibility report will most likely get improved based on feedback. If you still have the example of what the error was and why the compatibility report wasn't helpful in that case then please post it so that Zugg can use the example to help improve things if possible.
From what I gather then the compatibility report pretty much just runs a script against a set of regex rules, rather than actually attempting to understand what's being done.
Also, it did let you know quickly that there was a problem with a script - in zMUD then you'd have no idea that the script wasn't working without clicking through each trigger/alias/whatever and seeing where the errors were - at least you were pointed to the right place in CMUD.

Wizard Joined: 25 Mar 2003 Posts: 1113 Location: USA

Zugg does plan to add the row/col display to the editor eventually. I pointed this same thing out to him, that we get error messages with coordinates we can't see displayed. When you count characters, however, make sure you include all the whitespace.

Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 10:23 pm

Also, you can just click on the alias/trigger/whatever to open it in the settings editor, then press Control-K (or select Syntax Check from the menu) and it should put your cursor at the location of the error.