[Enhancement] More explanatory errors

[carsanbu]

Which part of Cosma is your request about?

• command-line interface
• cosmoscope (HTML file)
• documentation
• other

Describe your request:

Recently I discover Cosma and tried to use in my Markdown Zettelkasten.
After follow the tutorial and configure my card's directory I run this command:
cosma modelize --project cosma-test

But the result is this:

[...].options.objname?i.push(t):i[t[0]]=t[1]},s=()=>{},o=n.parse(t,!1,r,s);if(void 0!==o)throw o;const a=n.parse(void 0,!0,r,s);if(void 0!==a)throw a;return i}(r,{columns:!0,skip_empty_lines:!0}).map((t=>Er.getFormatedDataFromCsvLine(t)))}catch(t){return console.error(["","Err.",""].join(""),"CSV data file is invalid.")}break;default:return console.error(["","Err.",""].join(""),"Data file format unrecognized. Supported file extensions: .json, .csv.")}const{files_origin:s}=i.opts,o=La.getIndexToMassSave(s)+1;Er.massSave(r,o,i.opts,e).then((()=>console.log(["","Records created",""].join(""),`(${r.length})`,["",s,""].join("")))).catch((t=>console.error(["","Err.",""].join(""),t)))}))}(t,i)})).showHelpAfterError('("batch --help" for additional information)'),th.showSuggestionAfterError(),th.parse()})()})();
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'match')
    at N.getWikiLinksFromFileContent (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@graphlab-fr/cosma/dist/back.cjs:3:706267)
    at Ia.getRecordsFromFiles (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@graphlab-fr/cosma/dist/back.cjs:3:894107)
    at Zu (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@graphlab-fr/cosma/dist/back.cjs:3:1272097)
    at m.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@graphlab-fr/cosma/dist/back.cjs:3:1278494)
    at m._actionHandler (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@graphlab-fr/cosma/dist/back.cjs:3:544448)
    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/@graphlab-fr/cosma/dist/back.cjs:3:553761
    at m._chainOrCall (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@graphlab-fr/cosma/dist/back.cjs:3:552336)
    at m._parseCommand (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@graphlab-fr/cosma/dist/back.cjs:3:553736)
    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/@graphlab-fr/cosma/dist/back.cjs:3:551121
    at m._chainOrCall (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@graphlab-fr/cosma/dist/back.cjs:3:552336)

Node.js v19.1.0

I can't tell in which file is failing and why, it would be great to have this information in the error log.

[infologie]

I can't either. @Myllaume do you see where the problem could come from?

[oledeuff]

Maybe there is a mistake with the csv link if you used markdown files. You have to fill the place of your data in the yaml et let the link of csv files empty.

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[Myllaume]

This is a problem with files parsing: Cosma is unable to separate the header from the body of the files.

[Julianoe]

I essentially have the same issue as @carsanbu.
As a Zettlr user I stumbled upon this post which led me to find out about Cosma. Very happy.
I'm trying to hook Cosma to my 950 notes folder but the errors are not very helpful at all to pin point what is failing.
I don't have the same error as @carsanbu but the same grunt: errors are note specific enough, especially when it comes to files.

I get that discipline in the formatting is important but Cosma would be very more accessible to non researchers for whom it was built originally if it gave us a little something to work with.

Building cosmoscope… (source type: directory)
Err. Record contains error: "links[1].text" is not allowed to be empty

What does that error even really mean? 🤔 that one of my notes has a link syntax with not link inside?

(otherwise the documentation is great and it seems like the intent is to make the software accessible even to people not familiar with command line and flat file documentation which I'm all for!)

[infologie]

@carsanbu @Julianoe This is definitely on our roadmap. We are slowly improving on this front: YAML errors in particular are much more informative than they used to be. But there is still a lot of work to do here. Believe me, this is personal: I suffered LaTeX's cryptic errors for years, I do not want Cosma to be the same!

[Julianoe]

Great to read that! If I can be of any help debugging or testing things, I will. In the meantime I'll try to add my notes little by little into a test batch in order of importance to try to make Cosma work.

[Julianoe]

In the meantime is there a setting or config that can be enabled to output more detailed YAML and parsing error debug?