Better error location for external editors

[Ats]

Here’s a classic error message that we can get:

Error in expression for node: Zlibrary
")" expected ")" (line: 86, col: 24)

That’s enough when editing from the ZGE IDE, since it opens the node directly. But I was wondering if it would be possible to also add the real XML position for external editors.
In my case, that would be: line 5122, col 24.

Something like:

")" expected ")"
ZGE line: 86, col: 24
XML line: 5122, col: 24

or

")" expected ")"
ZGE position: line 86, col 24
XML position: line 5122, col 24

or

")" expected ")" (ZGE: 86:24 | XML: 5122:24)

or

")" expected ")" (line: 86 [XML: 5122], col: 24)

(Since only the line will change)


I don’t know if there’s a good or official notation for that.

[Ats]

Maybe

Error in expression for node:
ZLibrary (line: 86, col: 24)
XML (line: 5122, col: 24)
")" expected ")"

Error in expression for node:
ZExpression (line: 2, col: 19)
XML (line: 3467, col: 19)
Unknown function: MoveNebula

Error in expression for node:
MeshExpression (line: 39, col: 4)
XML (line: 12322, col: 4)
invalid StatmentExpr

[VilleK]

There is no easy way to do this. When the project is loaded in memory it is no longer in XML form and have no connections back to it.

[Ats]

Oh. All right