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Give better error messages when someone tries to convert pdf, doc, odt.

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Closes #1683.
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John MacFarlane 2014-10-19 16:59:31 -07:00
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@ -930,6 +930,9 @@ defaultReaderName fallback (x:xs) =
".docx" -> "docx" ".docx" -> "docx"
".t2t" -> "t2t" ".t2t" -> "t2t"
".epub" -> "epub" ".epub" -> "epub"
".odt" -> "odt" -- so we get an "unknown reader" error
".pdf" -> "pdf" -- so we get an "unknown reader" error
".doc" -> "doc" -- so we get an "unknown reader" error
_ -> defaultReaderName fallback xs _ -> defaultReaderName fallback xs
-- Returns True if extension of first source is .lhs -- Returns True if extension of first source is .lhs
@ -1148,7 +1151,15 @@ main = do
(getT2TMeta sources outputFile) (getT2TMeta sources outputFile)
else case getReader readerName' of else case getReader readerName' of
Right r -> return r Right r -> return r
Left e -> err 7 e Left e -> err 7 e'
where e' = case readerName' of
"odt" -> e ++
"\nPandoc can convert to ODT, but not from ODT.\nTry using LibreOffice to export as HTML, and convert that with pandoc."
"pdf" -> e ++
"\nPandoc can convert to PDF, but not from PDF."
"doc" -> e ++
"\nPandoc can convert from DOCX, but not from DOC.\nTry using Word to save your DOC file as DOCX, and convert that with pandoc."
_ -> e
let standalone' = standalone || not (isTextFormat writerName') || pdfOutput let standalone' = standalone || not (isTextFormat writerName') || pdfOutput