Suggestion: Add an $ErrorView option that displays concise, single-line error information and consider making that the default - default formatting of ErrorRecord #3647
Description
The currently supported $ErrorView values are:
NormalView- the default, "noisy", multi-line display:
> Get-Item /NoSuch
Get-Item : Cannot find path '/NoSuch' because it does not exist.
At line:1 char:1
+ Get-Item /NoSuch
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (/NoSuch:String) [Get-Item], ItemNotFoundException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : PathNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetItemCommandCategoryView- a terse, single-line display that doesn't always contain enough information:
> $ErrorView = 'CategoryView'; 1 / 0
NotSpecified: (:) [], RuntimeExceptionIt would be nice to have another option - e.g., ConciseView - that limits output to a single line that contains the immediately relevant information (digging deeper - if needed - is always possible via $Error[0]):
> $ErrorView = 'ConciseView'; Get-Item /NoSuch # wishful thinking
Get-Item : Cannot find path '/NoSuch' because it does not exist.Arguably, this kind of display is the most useful to end users when viewed in the console, so perhaps it should be the default.
As an aside: requiring the $ErrorView values to end in *View seems redundant; related: #3644 and #3645.
Environment data
PowerShell Core v6.0.0-alpha (v6.0.0-alpha.18) on Darwin Kernel Version 16.5.0: Fri Mar 3 16:52:33 PST 2017; root:xnu-3789.51.2~3/RELEASE_X86_64