Improve error messages for missing subcommands.

[pspp] / src / language / dictionary / numeric.c

diff --git a/src/language/dictionary/numeric.c b/src/language/dictionary/numeric.c
index c04e8eba7a0f9f4797dbaf95276c5bae16b24c6f..ae9f25325a48ce0cded05b7451aa691633372d63 100644 (file)
--- a/src/language/dictionary/numeric.c
+++ b/src/language/dictionary/numeric.c
@@ -64,8 +64,9 @@ cmd_numeric (struct lexer *lexer, struct dataset *ds)
          if (fmt_is_string (f.type))
            {
               char str[FMT_STRING_LEN_MAX + 1];
-             msg (SE, _("Format type %s may not be used with a numeric "
-                         "variable."), fmt_to_string (&f, str));
+             lex_next_error (lexer, -1, -1,
+                              _("Format type %s may not be used with a numeric "
+                                "variable."), fmt_to_string (&f, str));
              goto fail;
            }
 
@@ -135,8 +136,9 @@ cmd_string (struct lexer *lexer, struct dataset *ds)
       if (!fmt_is_string (f.type))
        {
           char str[FMT_STRING_LEN_MAX + 1];
-         msg (SE, _("Format type %s may not be used with a string "
-                     "variable."), fmt_to_string (&f, str));
+         lex_next_error (lexer, -2, -2,
+                          _("Format type %s may not be used with a string "
+                            "variable."), fmt_to_string (&f, str));
          goto fail;
        }
       if (!fmt_check_output (&f))