vips.exe is less chatty

ChangeLog

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 - constant ops clip to target range
 - oops, moreconst and moreeqconst were the same
 - better buffer handling in sinkdisc for single-line images
+- less chatty errors from "vips"
 
 12/5/10 started 7.22.0
 - bump and rename

TODO

@@ -2,52 +2,6 @@
 
   I guess this causes nip2 problems as well? or we call the full name I guess
 
-- change vips error reporting
-
-  what we have now:
-
-	$ vips im_copy
-	usage: vips im_copy in out 
-	where:
-		in is of type "image"
-		out is of type "image"
-	copy image, from package "conversion"
-	flags: (PIO function) (no coordinate transformation) (area operation) (result can be cached) 
-	vips: error calling function
-	im_run_command: too few arguments
-
-	$ vips im_copy ~/pics/babe.jpg /dev/poop.v
-	usage: vips im_copy in out 
-	where:
-		in is of type "image"
-		out is of type "image"
-	copy image, from package "conversion"
-	flags: (PIO function) (no coordinate transformation) (area operation) (result can be cached) 
-	vips: error calling function
-	im_setupout: unable to write to "/dev/poop.v"
-
-  should be:
-
-	$ vips im_copy
-	usage: vips im_copy in out 
-	where:
-		in is of type "image"
-		out is of type "image"
-	copy image, from package "conversion"
-	flags: (PIO function) (no coordinate transformation) (area operation) (result can be cached) 
-
-  ie. no "error calling function" message
-
-  and
-
-	$ vips im_copy ~/pics/babe.jpg /dev/poop.v
-	im_setupout: unable to write to "/dev/poop.v"
-
-  ie. no usage message, no "error calling function" message
-
-
-
-
 
 - lcms2 needs testing
 

libvips/iofuncs/error.c

@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
  * 2/10/09
  * 	- error_exit() moved here
  * 	- gtkdoc comments
+ * 24/6/10
+ * 	- fmt to error_exit() may be NULL
  */
 
 /*
@@ -363,19 +365,27 @@ im_warn( const char *domain, const char *fmt, ... )
  *
  * Sends a formatted error message to stderr, then sends the contents of the
  * error buffer, if any, then terminates the program with an error code.
+ *
+ * @fmt may be %NULL, in which case only the error buffer is printed before
+ * exiting.
+ *
+ * See also: im_error().
  */
 void 
 error_exit( const char *fmt, ... )
 {	
-	va_list ap;
+	if( fmt ) {
+		va_list ap;
 
-	fprintf( stderr, "%s: ", g_get_prgname() );
+		fprintf( stderr, "%s: ", g_get_prgname() );
 
-	va_start( ap, fmt );
+		va_start( ap, fmt );
-	(void) vfprintf( stderr, fmt, ap );
+		(void) vfprintf( stderr, fmt, ap );
-	va_end( ap );
+		va_end( ap );
+
+		fprintf( stderr, "\n" );
+	}
 
-	fprintf( stderr, "\n" );
 	fprintf( stderr, "%s", im_error_buffer() );
 
 	exit( 1 );

tools/iofuncs/vips.c

@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
  * 	- and now we just have --list packages/classes/package-name
  * 13/11/09
  * 	- drop _f postfixes, drop many postfixes
+ * 24/6/10
+ * 	- less chatty error messages
  */
 
 /*
@@ -884,7 +886,7 @@ main( int argc, char **argv )
 	int i, j;
 
 	if( im_init_world( argv[0] ) )
-	        error_exit( "unable to start VIPS" );
+	        error_exit( NULL );
 	textdomain( GETTEXT_PACKAGE );
 	setlocale( LC_ALL, "" );
 
@@ -920,8 +922,7 @@ main( int argc, char **argv )
 
 	if( main_option_plugin ) {
 		if( !im_load_plugin( main_option_plugin ) )
-			error_exit( "unable to load plugin %s",
+			error_exit( NULL ); 
-				main_option_plugin );
 	}
 	if( main_option_cpph ) 
 		print_cppdecls( main_option_cpph );
@@ -933,7 +934,7 @@ main( int argc, char **argv )
 		print_list( main_option_list );
 	if( main_option_usage ) {
 		if( !(fn = im_find_function( main_option_usage )) )
-			error_exit( "unknown operation %s", main_option_usage );
+			error_exit( NULL );
 		usage( fn );
 	}
 	if( main_option_version ) 
@@ -971,24 +972,33 @@ main( int argc, char **argv )
 				name[strlen( name ) - 4] = '\0';
 
 			if( !(fn = im_find_function( name )) )
-				error_exit( "unknown function" );
+				error_exit( NULL );
 		}
 
 		/* Execute it!
 		 */
 		if( im_run_command( name, argc - 1, argv + 1 ) ) {
-			usage( fn );
+			/* If there are no arguments and the operation failed,
-			error_exit( "error calling function" );
+			 * show usage. There are no-arg operations, so we have
+			 * to try running it.
+			 */
+			if( argc == 1 )
+				usage( fn );
+			else
+				error_exit( NULL );
 		}
 	}
 	else if( argc > 1 ) {
 		/* Nope ... run the first arg instead.
 		 */
+		if( !(fn = im_find_function( argv[1] )) )
+			error_exit( NULL );
+
 		if( im_run_command( argv[1], argc - 2, argv + 2 ) ) {
-			if( !(fn = im_find_function( argv[1] )) )
+			if( argc == 2 ) 
-				error_exit( "unknown function" );
+				usage( fn );
-			usage( fn );
+			else
-			error_exit( "error calling function" );
+				error_exit( NULL );
 		}
 	}