X-Git-Url: https://git.lyx.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=src%2FLyX.cpp;h=fc2f87110176850254fcc9e6791e051d39821cfd;hb=e4b80698be91708ce1b9fd86d6032245ef4f3dc7;hp=a0035fbe802dbb86953f91797366f7a87a665618;hpb=a222a2eab681ff0dc8fa5adfe6c353bf38ab3e0f;p=lyx.git

diff --git a/src/LyX.cpp b/src/LyX.cpp
index a0035fbe80..fc2f871101 100644
--- a/src/LyX.cpp
+++ b/src/LyX.cpp
@@ -1180,10 +1180,15 @@ int parse_dbg(string const & arg, string const &, string &)
 		Debug::showTags(cout);
 		exit(0);
 	}
-	lyxerr << to_utf8(bformat(_("Setting debug level to %1$s"), from_utf8(arg))) << endl;
-
-	lyxerr.setLevel(Debug::value(arg));
-	Debug::showLevel(lyxerr, lyxerr.level());
+	string bad = Debug::badValue(arg);
+	if (bad.empty()) {
+		lyxerr.setLevel(Debug::value(arg));
+		Debug::showLevel(lyxerr, lyxerr.level());
+	} else {
+		cout << to_utf8(bformat(_("Bad debug value `%1$s'. Exiting."),
+		                        from_utf8(bad))) << endl;
+		exit(1);
+	}
 	return 1;
 }