Log level doesn't work as expected

[yzhang-gh]

At first, with the default settings, I got this result

Step 1: xelatex  "report1"
Step 2: bibtex "report1"
Step 3: xelatex  "report1"
Step 4: xelatex  "report1"

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LaTeX Log Parser Result
[T][undefined:39] Overfull \hbox (1.66997pt too wide) in paragraph at lines 39--40

So I went to the settings and set log level to error (I think the output above is a warning), and then I got this

Step 1: xelatex  "report1"
Step 2: bibtex "report1"
Step 3: xelatex  "report1"
Step 4: xelatex  "report1"

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LaTeX Log Parser Result

What matters is that the output panel will still be brought out to the front

[James-Yu]

Log level is defined as [E]rror > [W]arning > [T]ypesetting. So setting log level to error will surpress warnings and typesetting infos. That's why the only log message disappear.

The output panel will pop out no matter if there's any parser messages. Do you think this should get an update?

[yzhang-gh]

My fault, I didn't express clearly. There is nothing wrong with the output message, it's about the output panel. I will comment again soon to describe what I expect (after my dinner). Thanks for your reply.

[yzhang-gh]

With the output panel closed by default, the current behaviors are

• If there is no error or warning, everything works well, and the output panel won't pop out
• If there is a warning, although the log level is error, the output panel will pop out.

But as I expect, if I decide to suppress warning by setting log level to error, it should behave just like that in the first situation (output panel don't pop out).

Below is a GIF that shows the inconsistent behaviors between that 2 situations. (The commented line will cause a warning)

[James-Yu]

Thanks for the detailed description. This should be fixed shortly.

[James-Yu]

Please try out the new version 0.2.15 and see if issue persists.

[yzhang-gh]

Awesome 👍
And there is another issue, it seems that sometimes the preview is not fully reload, so it looks a mess. (If you close the preview page and reopen it by clicking the top-right Show Preview button, it solves.)
Note that I haven't found a 100% reproduce steps, but it often happens.
Sometimes it's when you comment out a line, but sometimes it's when you uncomment a line.
My settings are as below

"latex-workshop.compile_argument": "",
"latex-workshop.compiler": "xelatex",
"latex-workshop.log_level": "error"

[James-Yu]

It seems like a bug of PDF.js lib. Yet I cannot fix the problem. Maybe you may try pdflatex and see if problem persists. It works fine for me.

[yzhang-gh]

👌