From 74b2d5022eabcfa528ac803576fe9844756e065f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Spencer Janssen <sjanssen@cse.unl.edu>
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 23:58:57 +0100
Subject: Also print compilation errors to stderr

darcs-hash:20080324225857-a5988-623d8ab2a19923bccfe32f8adb23320004912831
---
 XMonad/Core.hs | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

(limited to 'XMonad')

diff --git a/XMonad/Core.hs b/XMonad/Core.hs
index ecbca29..397c39a 100644
--- a/XMonad/Core.hs
+++ b/XMonad/Core.hs
@@ -403,6 +403,9 @@ recompile force = io $ do
             let msg = unlines $
                     ["Error detected while loading xmonad configuration file: " ++ src]
                     ++ lines ghcErr ++ ["","Please check the file for errors."]
+            -- nb, the ordering of printing, then forking, is crucial due to
+            -- lazy evaluation
+            hPutStrLn stderr msg
             doubleFork $ executeFile "xmessage" True ["-default", "okay", msg] Nothing
         return (status == ExitSuccess)
       else return True
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