[matrix] Bug in customization form

[Emily M. Bender]

Thanks for the bug report, Ned.  I'll enter this into our Trac and
hopefully it will be addressed soon.

Emily

On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 1:08 AM, Ned Letcher <nletcher at gmail.com> wrote:
> I've found two ways of generating a broken choices file using the Grammar
> Matrix questionnaire. They both occur after deleting a lex type that is
> referred to elsewhere in the choices file. The two examples use noun lex
> types, but would also work for verbs.
>
> The first occurs when when deleting a lex type that another lex type
> inherits from. This is illustrated in broken_choices1.txt, where I've
> removed noun27 using the questionnaire, but noun30 inherits from it.
>
> The second occurs when deleting a lex type that is targeted by a lexical
> rule. This is illustrated in broken_choices2.txt, where I've removed noun27
> using the questionnaire, but noun-pc1 has noun27 as in input. (I removed the
> reference to noun27 used in the first example and added the lex rule input
> to isolate the two different examples)
>
> The result is an error page offering you to download the broken choices
> file. This means the only way to fix things is to download the file and fix
> the mistake by hand editing it. I think the desirable behaviour would be to
> flag the now broken field with a red asterisk and message, indicating that
> something seeds to be fixed before the form can be submitted.
>
> Ned
>
> --
> nedned.net



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Emily M. Bender
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