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18.2 Printing plain messages ¶

Function: mbfl_message_string STRING ¶

Output a message to the selected output channel. Echo a string composed of: the selected program name, a colon, a space, STRING. No newline character is appended to the message. Escape characters supported by printf are allowed in STRING.

Function: mbfl_message_verbose STRING ¶

Output a message to the selected output channel, but only if the evaluation of the function mbfl_option_verbose() returns true.

Echo a string composed of: the selected program name, a colon, a space, STRING. No newline character is appended to the message. Escape characters supported by printf are allowed in STRING.

Function: mbfl_message_verbose_end STRING ¶

Output a message to the selected output channel, but only if the evaluation of the function mbfl_option_verbose() returns true. Echo the string. No newline character is appended to the message. Escape characters supported by printf are allowed in STRING.

If STRING is empty: this function just prints a newline when verbose execution is enabled.

Function: mbfl_message_error STRING ¶

Output an error message to the selected output channel. Echo a string composed of: the selected program name, a colon, a space, the string error, a colon, a space, STRING, a newline character. Escape characters supported by printf are allowed in STRING.

Function: mbfl_message_warning STRING ¶

Output a warning message to the selected output channel. Echo a string composed of: the selected program name, a colon, a space, the string warning, a colon, a space, STRING, a newline character. Escape characters supported by printf are allowed in STRING.

Function: mbfl_message_debug STRING ¶

Output a message to the selected output channel, but only if the evaluation of the function mbfl_option_debug() returns true. Echo a string composed of: the selected program name, a colon, a space, STRING, a newline character. Escape characters supported by printf are allowed in STRING.