+/** We have several different loglevels, each with its own message function(s):
+ ERROR: error, non_fatal_error, programming_error
+ WARN: warning
+ BASIC_PROGRESS: success/...
+ PROGRESS: progress_indication
+ INFO: message
+ DEBUG: debug
+ All these functions check whether the corresponding loglevel bit is set
+ and print the message only if that's the case
+*/
+
+/* Define the loglevel (default is INFO) */
+int loglevel = LOGLEVEL_INFO;
+
+bool
+is_loglevel (int level)
+{
+ // Check the bitmask containing the loglevel
+ return (loglevel & level);
+}
+
+void
+set_loglevel (int level)
+{
+ loglevel = level;
+ debug_output (_f ("Log level set to %d\n", loglevel));
+}
+
+void
+set_loglevel (string level)
+{
+ /* Convert the loglevel string to lower-case, so we allow
+ both upper- and lower-case loglevels */
+ std::transform (level.begin (), level.end (), level.begin (), ::tolower);
+
+ /* Compare just the first few characters, so the loglevels
+ can be abbreviated */
+ if (level.compare (0, 5, "debug") == 0) // debug
+ set_loglevel (LOGLEVEL_DEBUG);
+ else if (level.compare (0, 4, "info") == 0) // info
+ set_loglevel (LOGLEVEL_INFO);
+ else if (level.compare (0, 4, "prog") == 0) // progress
+ set_loglevel (LOGLEVEL_PROGRESS);
+ else if (level.compare (0, 5, "basic") == 0) // basic progress
+ set_loglevel (LOGLEVEL_BASIC);
+ else if (level.compare (0, 4, "warn") == 0) // warning
+ set_loglevel (LOGLEVEL_WARN);
+ else if (level.compare (0, 3, "err") == 0) // error
+ set_loglevel (LOGLEVEL_ERROR);
+ else if (level.compare (0, 4, "none") == 0) // none
+ set_loglevel (LOGLEVEL_NONE);
+ else
+ {
+ int l;
+ if (sscanf (level.c_str (), "%d", &l))
+ set_loglevel (l);
+ else
+ {
+ non_fatal_error (_f ("unknown log level `%s', using default (INFO)",
+ level));
+ set_loglevel (LOGLEVEL_INFO);
+ }
+ }
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * Helper functions: print_message_part (no newline prepended)
+ * print_message (always starts on a new line)
+ */