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diff --git a/compiler/msgs.nim b/compiler/msgs.nim
index 91fad9ac1..c49ca8c9b 100644
--- a/compiler/msgs.nim
+++ b/compiler/msgs.nim
@@ -8,10 +8,36 @@
 #
 
 import
-  options, strutils, os, tables, ropes, terminal, macros,
-  lineinfos, pathutils
+  std/[strutils, os, tables, terminal, macros, times],
+  std/private/miscdollars,
+  options, lineinfos, pathutils
 
-proc toCChar*(c: char; result: var string) =
+import ropes except `%`
+
+when defined(nimPreviewSlimSystem):
+  import std/[syncio, assertions]
+
+
+type InstantiationInfo* = typeof(instantiationInfo())
+template instLoc*(): InstantiationInfo = instantiationInfo(-2, fullPaths = true)
+
+template toStdOrrKind(stdOrr): untyped =
+  if stdOrr == stdout: stdOrrStdout else: stdOrrStderr
+
+proc toLowerAscii(a: var string) {.inline.} =
+  for c in mitems(a):
+    if isUpperAscii(c): c = char(uint8(c) xor 0b0010_0000'u8)
+
+proc flushDot*(conf: ConfigRef) =
+  ## safe to call multiple times
+  # xxx one edge case not yet handled is when `printf` is called at CT with `compiletimeFFI`.
+  let stdOrr = if optStdout in conf.globalOptions: stdout else: stderr
+  let stdOrrKind = toStdOrrKind(stdOrr)
+  if stdOrrKind in conf.lastMsgWasDot:
+    conf.lastMsgWasDot.excl stdOrrKind
+    write(stdOrr, "\n")
+
+proc toCChar*(c: char; result: var string) {.inline.} =
   case c
   of '\0'..'\x1F', '\x7F'..'\xFF':
     result.add '\\'
@@ -23,27 +49,24 @@ proc toCChar*(c: char; result: var string) =
     result.add c
 
 proc makeCString*(s: string): Rope =
-  const MaxLineLength = 64
-  result = nil
-  var res = newStringOfCap(int(s.len.toFloat * 1.1) + 1)
-  res.add("\"")
+  result = newStringOfCap(int(s.len.toFloat * 1.1) + 1)
+  result.add("\"")
   for i in 0..<s.len:
-    if (i + 1) mod MaxLineLength == 0:
-      res.add("\"\L\"")
-    toCChar(s[i], res)
-  res.add('\"')
-  result.add(rope(res))
-
+    # line wrapping of string litterals in cgen'd code was a bad idea, e.g. causes: bug #16265
+    # It also makes reading c sources or grepping harder, for zero benefit.
+    # const MaxLineLength = 64
+    # if (i + 1) mod MaxLineLength == 0:
+    #   res.add("\"\L\"")
+    toCChar(s[i], result)
+  result.add('\"')
 
 proc newFileInfo(fullPath: AbsoluteFile, projPath: RelativeFile): TFileInfo =
-  result.fullPath = fullPath
-  #shallow(result.fullPath)
-  result.projPath = projPath
-  #shallow(result.projPath)
-  result.shortName = fullPath.extractFilename
+  result = TFileInfo(fullPath: fullPath, projPath: projPath,
+                    shortName: fullPath.extractFilename,
+                    quotedFullName: fullPath.string.makeCString,
+                    lines: @[]
+  )
   result.quotedName = result.shortName.makeCString
-  result.quotedFullName = fullPath.string.makeCString
-  result.lines = @[]
   when defined(nimpretty):
     if not result.fullPath.isEmpty:
       try:
@@ -57,6 +80,12 @@ when defined(nimpretty):
   proc fileSection*(conf: ConfigRef; fid: FileIndex; a, b: int): string =
     substr(conf.m.fileInfos[fid.int].fullContent, a, b)
 
+proc canonicalCase(path: var string) {.inline.} =
+  ## the idea is to only use this for checking whether a path is already in
+  ## the table but otherwise keep the original case
+  when FileSystemCaseSensitive: discard
+  else: toLowerAscii(path)
+
 proc fileInfoKnown*(conf: ConfigRef; filename: AbsoluteFile): bool =
   var
     canon: AbsoluteFile
@@ -64,6 +93,7 @@ proc fileInfoKnown*(conf: ConfigRef; filename: AbsoluteFile): bool =
     canon = canonicalizePath(conf, filename)
   except OSError:
     canon = filename
+  canon.string.canonicalCase
   result = conf.m.filenameToIndexTbl.hasKey(canon.string)
 
 proc fileInfoIdx*(conf: ConfigRef; filename: AbsoluteFile; isKnownFile: var bool): FileIndex =
@@ -73,29 +103,38 @@ proc fileInfoIdx*(conf: ConfigRef; filename: AbsoluteFile; isKnownFile: var bool
 
   try:
     canon = canonicalizePath(conf, filename)
-    shallow(canon.string)
   except OSError:
     canon = filename
     # The compiler uses "filenames" such as `command line` or `stdin`
     # This flag indicates that we are working with such a path here
     pseudoPath = true
 
-  if conf.m.filenameToIndexTbl.hasKey(canon.string):
+  var canon2 = canon.string
+  canon2.canonicalCase
+
+  if conf.m.filenameToIndexTbl.hasKey(canon2):
     isKnownFile = true
-    result = conf.m.filenameToIndexTbl[canon.string]
+    result = conf.m.filenameToIndexTbl[canon2]
   else:
     isKnownFile = false
     result = conf.m.fileInfos.len.FileIndex
     conf.m.fileInfos.add(newFileInfo(canon, if pseudoPath: RelativeFile filename
                                             else: relativeTo(canon, conf.projectPath)))
-    conf.m.filenameToIndexTbl[canon.string] = result
+    conf.m.filenameToIndexTbl[canon2] = result
 
 proc fileInfoIdx*(conf: ConfigRef; filename: AbsoluteFile): FileIndex =
-  var dummy: bool
+  var dummy: bool = false
   result = fileInfoIdx(conf, filename, dummy)
 
+proc fileInfoIdx*(conf: ConfigRef; filename: RelativeFile; isKnownFile: var bool): FileIndex =
+  fileInfoIdx(conf, AbsoluteFile expandFilename(filename.string), isKnownFile)
+
+proc fileInfoIdx*(conf: ConfigRef; filename: RelativeFile): FileIndex =
+  var dummy: bool = false
+  fileInfoIdx(conf, AbsoluteFile expandFilename(filename.string), dummy)
+
 proc newLineInfo*(fileInfoIdx: FileIndex, line, col: int): TLineInfo =
-  result.fileIndex = fileInfoIdx
+  result = TLineInfo(fileIndex: fileInfoIdx)
   if line < int high(uint16):
     result.line = uint16(line)
   else:
@@ -108,6 +147,7 @@ proc newLineInfo*(fileInfoIdx: FileIndex, line, col: int): TLineInfo =
 proc newLineInfo*(conf: ConfigRef; filename: AbsoluteFile, line, col: int): TLineInfo {.inline.} =
   result = newLineInfo(fileInfoIdx(conf, filename), line, col)
 
+const gCmdLineInfo* = newLineInfo(commandLineIdx, 1, 1)
 
 proc concat(strings: openArray[string]): string =
   var totalLen = 0
@@ -132,7 +172,6 @@ proc suggestQuit*() =
 # this format is understood by many text editors: it is the same that
 # Borland and Freepascal use
 const
-  PosFormat    = "$1($2, $3) "
   KindFormat   = " [$1]"
   KindColor    = fgCyan
   ErrorTitle   = "Error: "
@@ -145,6 +184,7 @@ const
   # but column numbers start with 0, however most editors expect
   # first column to be 1, so we need to +1 here
   ColOffset*   = 1
+  commandLineDesc* = "command line"
 
 proc getInfoContextLen*(conf: ConfigRef): int = return conf.m.msgContext.len
 proc setInfoContextLen*(conf: ConfigRef; L: int) = setLen(conf.m.msgContext, L)
@@ -160,9 +200,6 @@ proc getInfoContext*(conf: ConfigRef; index: int): TLineInfo =
   if i >=% conf.m.msgContext.len: result = unknownLineInfo
   else: result = conf.m.msgContext[i].info
 
-const
-  commandLineDesc = "command line"
-
 template toFilename*(conf: ConfigRef; fileIdx: FileIndex): string =
   if fileIdx.int32 < 0 or conf == nil:
     (if fileIdx == commandLineIdx: commandLineDesc else: "???")
@@ -187,11 +224,18 @@ proc setDirtyFile*(conf: ConfigRef; fileIdx: FileIndex; filename: AbsoluteFile)
 
 proc setHash*(conf: ConfigRef; fileIdx: FileIndex; hash: string) =
   assert fileIdx.int32 >= 0
-  shallowCopy(conf.m.fileInfos[fileIdx.int32].hash, hash)
+  when defined(gcArc) or defined(gcOrc) or defined(gcAtomicArc):
+    conf.m.fileInfos[fileIdx.int32].hash = hash
+  else:
+    shallowCopy(conf.m.fileInfos[fileIdx.int32].hash, hash)
+
 
 proc getHash*(conf: ConfigRef; fileIdx: FileIndex): string =
   assert fileIdx.int32 >= 0
-  shallowCopy(result, conf.m.fileInfos[fileIdx.int32].hash)
+  when defined(gcArc) or defined(gcOrc) or defined(gcAtomicArc):
+    result = conf.m.fileInfos[fileIdx.int32].hash
+  else:
+    shallowCopy(result, conf.m.fileInfos[fileIdx.int32].hash)
 
 proc toFullPathConsiderDirty*(conf: ConfigRef; fileIdx: FileIndex): AbsoluteFile =
   if fileIdx.int32 < 0:
@@ -213,16 +257,30 @@ template toFullPath*(conf: ConfigRef; info: TLineInfo): string =
 template toFullPathConsiderDirty*(conf: ConfigRef; info: TLineInfo): string =
   string toFullPathConsiderDirty(conf, info.fileIndex)
 
-proc toMsgFilename*(conf: ConfigRef; info: FileIndex): string =
-  let
-    absPath = toFullPath(conf, info)
-    relPath = toProjPath(conf, info)
-  result = if (optListFullPaths in conf.globalOptions) or
-              (relPath.len > absPath.len) or
-              (relPath.count("..") > 2):
-             absPath
-           else:
-             relPath
+proc toFilenameOption*(conf: ConfigRef, fileIdx: FileIndex, opt: FilenameOption): string =
+  case opt
+  of foAbs: result = toFullPath(conf, fileIdx)
+  of foRelProject: result = toProjPath(conf, fileIdx)
+  of foCanonical:
+    let absPath = toFullPath(conf, fileIdx)
+    result = canonicalImportAux(conf, absPath.AbsoluteFile)
+  of foName: result = toProjPath(conf, fileIdx).lastPathPart
+  of foLegacyRelProj:
+    let
+      absPath = toFullPath(conf, fileIdx)
+      relPath = toProjPath(conf, fileIdx)
+    result = if (relPath.len > absPath.len) or (relPath.count("..") > 2):
+               absPath
+             else:
+               relPath
+  of foStacktrace:
+    if optExcessiveStackTrace in conf.globalOptions:
+      result = toFilenameOption(conf, fileIdx, foAbs)
+    else:
+      result = toFilenameOption(conf, fileIdx, foName)
+
+proc toMsgFilename*(conf: ConfigRef; fileIdx: FileIndex): string =
+  toFilenameOption(conf, fileIdx, conf.filenameOption)
 
 template toMsgFilename*(conf: ConfigRef; info: TLineInfo): string =
   toMsgFilename(conf, info.fileIndex)
@@ -233,10 +291,13 @@ proc toLinenumber*(info: TLineInfo): int {.inline.} =
 proc toColumn*(info: TLineInfo): int {.inline.} =
   result = info.col
 
+proc toFileLineCol(info: InstantiationInfo): string {.inline.} =
+  result = ""
+  result.toLocation(info.filename, info.line, info.column + ColOffset)
+
 proc toFileLineCol*(conf: ConfigRef; info: TLineInfo): string {.inline.} =
-  # consider calling `helpers.lineInfoToString` instead
-  result = toMsgFilename(conf, info) & "(" & $info.line & ", " &
-    $(info.col + ColOffset) & ")"
+  result = ""
+  result.toLocation(toMsgFilename(conf, info), info.line.int, info.col.int + ColOffset)
 
 proc `$`*(conf: ConfigRef; info: TLineInfo): string = toFileLineCol(conf, info)
 
@@ -250,6 +311,7 @@ type
   MsgFlag* = enum  ## flags altering msgWriteln behavior
     msgStdout,     ## force writing to stdout, even stderr is default
     msgSkipHook    ## skip message hook even if it is present
+    msgNoUnitSep  ## the message is a complete "paragraph".
   MsgFlags* = set[MsgFlag]
 
 proc msgWriteln*(conf: ConfigRef; s: string, flags: MsgFlags = {}) =
@@ -261,16 +323,20 @@ proc msgWriteln*(conf: ConfigRef; s: string, flags: MsgFlags = {}) =
   ## This is used for 'nim dump' etc. where we don't have nimsuggest
   ## support.
   #if conf.cmd == cmdIdeTools and optCDebug notin gGlobalOptions: return
-
+  let sep = if msgNoUnitSep notin flags: conf.unitSep else: ""
   if not isNil(conf.writelnHook) and msgSkipHook notin flags:
-    conf.writelnHook(s)
+    conf.writelnHook(s & sep)
   elif optStdout in conf.globalOptions or msgStdout in flags:
     if eStdOut in conf.m.errorOutputs:
-      writeLine(stdout, s)
+      flushDot(conf)
+      write stdout, s
+      writeLine(stdout, sep)
       flushFile(stdout)
   else:
     if eStdErr in conf.m.errorOutputs:
-      writeLine(stderr, s)
+      flushDot(conf)
+      write stderr, s
+      writeLine(stderr, sep)
       # On Windows stderr is fully-buffered when piped, regardless of C std.
       when defined(windows):
         flushFile(stderr)
@@ -298,67 +364,85 @@ macro callStyledWriteLineStderr(args: varargs[typed]): untyped =
   result.add(bindSym"stderr")
   for arg in children(args[0][1]):
     result.add(arg)
+  when false:
+    # not needed because styledWriteLine already ends with resetAttributes
+    result = newStmtList(result, newCall(bindSym"resetAttributes", bindSym"stderr"))
 
 template callWritelnHook(args: varargs[string, `$`]) =
   conf.writelnHook concat(args)
 
-template styledMsgWriteln*(args: varargs[typed]) =
+proc msgWrite(conf: ConfigRef; s: string) =
+  if conf.m.errorOutputs != {}:
+    let stdOrr =
+      if optStdout in conf.globalOptions:
+        stdout
+      else:
+        stderr
+    write(stdOrr, s)
+    flushFile(stdOrr)
+    conf.lastMsgWasDot.incl stdOrr.toStdOrrKind() # subsequent writes need `flushDot`
+
+template styledMsgWriteln(args: varargs[typed]) =
   if not isNil(conf.writelnHook):
     callIgnoringStyle(callWritelnHook, nil, args)
   elif optStdout in conf.globalOptions:
     if eStdOut in conf.m.errorOutputs:
+      flushDot(conf)
       callIgnoringStyle(writeLine, stdout, args)
       flushFile(stdout)
-  else:
-    if eStdErr in conf.m.errorOutputs:
-      if optUseColors in conf.globalOptions:
-        callStyledWriteLineStderr(args)
-      else:
-        callIgnoringStyle(writeLine, stderr, args)
-      # On Windows stderr is fully-buffered when piped, regardless of C std.
-      when defined(windows):
-        flushFile(stderr)
-
-proc coordToStr(coord: int): string =
-  if coord == -1: result = "???"
-  else: result = $coord
+  elif eStdErr in conf.m.errorOutputs:
+    flushDot(conf)
+    if optUseColors in conf.globalOptions:
+      callStyledWriteLineStderr(args)
+    else:
+      callIgnoringStyle(writeLine, stderr, args)
+    # On Windows stderr is fully-buffered when piped, regardless of C std.
+    when defined(windows):
+      flushFile(stderr)
 
-proc msgKindToString*(kind: TMsgKind): string =
+proc msgKindToString*(kind: TMsgKind): string = MsgKindToStr[kind]
   # later versions may provide translated error messages
-  result = MsgKindToStr[kind]
 
-proc getMessageStr(msg: TMsgKind, arg: string): string =
-  result = msgKindToString(msg) % [arg]
+proc getMessageStr(msg: TMsgKind, arg: string): string = msgKindToString(msg) % [arg]
 
-type
-  TErrorHandling = enum doNothing, doAbort, doRaise
+type TErrorHandling* = enum doNothing, doAbort, doRaise
 
 proc log*(s: string) =
-  var f: File
+  var f: File = default(File)
   if open(f, getHomeDir() / "nimsuggest.log", fmAppend):
     f.writeLine(s)
     close(f)
 
 proc quit(conf: ConfigRef; msg: TMsgKind) {.gcsafe.} =
-  if defined(debug) or msg == errInternal or hintStackTrace in conf.notes:
+  if conf.isDefined("nimDebug"): quitOrRaise(conf, $msg)
+  elif defined(debug) or msg == errInternal or conf.hasHint(hintStackTrace):
     {.gcsafe.}:
       if stackTraceAvailable() and isNil(conf.writelnHook):
         writeStackTrace()
       else:
-        styledMsgWriteln(fgRed, "No stack traceback available\n" &
-            "To create a stacktrace, rerun compilation with ./koch temp " &
-            conf.command & " <file>")
+        styledMsgWriteln(fgRed, """
+No stack traceback available
+To create a stacktrace, rerun compilation with './koch temp $1 <file>', see $2 for details""" %
+          [conf.command, "intern.html#debugging-the-compiler".createDocLink], conf.unitSep)
   quit 1
 
-proc handleError(conf: ConfigRef; msg: TMsgKind, eh: TErrorHandling, s: string) =
-  if msg >= fatalMin and msg <= fatalMax:
+proc handleError(conf: ConfigRef; msg: TMsgKind, eh: TErrorHandling, s: string, ignoreMsg: bool) =
+  if msg in fatalMsgs:
     if conf.cmd == cmdIdeTools: log(s)
-    quit(conf, msg)
-  if msg >= errMin and msg <= errMax:
+    if conf.cmd != cmdIdeTools or msg != errFatal:
+      quit(conf, msg)
+  if msg >= errMin and msg <= errMax or
+      (msg in warnMin..hintMax and msg in conf.warningAsErrors and not ignoreMsg):
     inc(conf.errorCounter)
     conf.exitcode = 1'i8
     if conf.errorCounter >= conf.errorMax:
-      quit(conf, msg)
+      # only really quit when we're not in the new 'nim check --def' mode:
+      if conf.ideCmd == ideNone:
+        when defined(nimsuggest):
+          #we need to inform the user that something went wrong when initializing NimSuggest
+          raiseRecoverableError(s)
+        else:
+          quit(conf, msg)
     elif eh == doAbort and conf.cmd != cmdIdeTools:
       quit(conf, msg)
     elif eh == doRaise:
@@ -379,225 +463,261 @@ proc writeContext(conf: ConfigRef; lastinfo: TLineInfo) =
     if context.info != lastinfo and context.info != info:
       if conf.structuredErrorHook != nil:
         conf.structuredErrorHook(conf, context.info, instantiationFrom,
-                                 Severity.Error)
+                                 Severity.Hint)
       else:
-        let message = if context.detail == "":
-          instantiationFrom
-        else:
-          instantiationOfFrom.format(context.detail)
-        styledMsgWriteln(styleBright,
-                         PosFormat % [toMsgFilename(conf, context.info),
-                                      coordToStr(context.info.line.int),
-                                      coordToStr(context.info.col+ColOffset)],
-                         resetStyle,
-                         message)
+        let message =
+          if context.detail == "":
+            instantiationFrom
+          else:
+            instantiationOfFrom.format(context.detail)
+        styledMsgWriteln(styleBright, conf.toFileLineCol(context.info), " ", resetStyle, message)
     info = context.info
 
 proc ignoreMsgBecauseOfIdeTools(conf: ConfigRef; msg: TMsgKind): bool =
   msg >= errGenerated and conf.cmd == cmdIdeTools and optIdeDebug notin conf.globalOptions
 
-proc rawMessage*(conf: ConfigRef; msg: TMsgKind, args: openArray[string]) =
-  var
-    title: string
-    color: ForegroundColor
-    kind: string
-    sev: Severity
-  case msg
-  of errMin..errMax:
-    sev = Severity.Error
-    writeContext(conf, unknownLineInfo)
-    title = ErrorTitle
-    color = ErrorColor
-  of warnMin..warnMax:
-    sev = Severity.Warning
-    if optWarns notin conf.options: return
-    if msg notin conf.notes: return
-    writeContext(conf, unknownLineInfo)
-    title = WarningTitle
-    color = WarningColor
-    kind = WarningsToStr[ord(msg) - ord(warnMin)]
-    inc(conf.warnCounter)
-  of hintMin..hintMax:
-    sev = Severity.Hint
-    if optHints notin conf.options: return
-    if msg notin conf.notes: return
-    title = HintTitle
-    color = HintColor
-    if msg != hintUserRaw: kind = HintsToStr[ord(msg) - ord(hintMin)]
-    inc(conf.hintCounter)
-  let s = msgKindToString(msg) % args
-
-  if conf.structuredErrorHook != nil:
-    conf.structuredErrorHook(conf, unknownLineInfo,
-      s & (if kind.len > 0: KindFormat % kind else: ""), sev)
-
-  if not ignoreMsgBecauseOfIdeTools(conf, msg):
-    if kind.len > 0:
-      styledMsgWriteln(color, title, resetStyle, s,
-                       KindColor, `%`(KindFormat, kind))
-    else:
-      styledMsgWriteln(color, title, resetStyle, s)
-  handleError(conf, msg, doAbort, s)
-
-proc rawMessage*(conf: ConfigRef; msg: TMsgKind, arg: string) =
-  rawMessage(conf, msg, [arg])
-
-proc resetAttributes*(conf: ConfigRef) =
-  if {optUseColors, optStdout} * conf.globalOptions == {optUseColors}:
-    terminal.resetAttributes(stderr)
-
 proc addSourceLine(conf: ConfigRef; fileIdx: FileIndex, line: string) =
   conf.m.fileInfos[fileIdx.int32].lines.add line
 
-proc sourceLine*(conf: ConfigRef; i: TLineInfo): string =
-  if i.fileIndex.int32 < 0: return ""
-
-  if conf.m.fileInfos[i.fileIndex.int32].lines.len == 0:
+proc numLines*(conf: ConfigRef, fileIdx: FileIndex): int =
+  ## xxx there's an off by 1 error that should be fixed; if a file ends with "foo" or "foo\n"
+  ## it will return same number of lines (ie, a trailing empty line is discounted)
+  result = conf.m.fileInfos[fileIdx.int32].lines.len
+  if result == 0:
     try:
-      for line in lines(toFullPathConsiderDirty(conf, i)):
-        addSourceLine conf, i.fileIndex, line.string
+      for line in lines(toFullPathConsiderDirty(conf, fileIdx).string):
+        addSourceLine conf, fileIdx, line
     except IOError:
       discard
-  assert i.fileIndex.int32 < conf.m.fileInfos.len
+    result = conf.m.fileInfos[fileIdx.int32].lines.len
+
+proc sourceLine*(conf: ConfigRef; i: TLineInfo): string =
+  ## 1-based index (matches editor line numbers); 1st line is for i.line = 1
+  ## last valid line is `numLines` inclusive
+  if i.fileIndex.int32 < 0: return ""
+  let num = numLines(conf, i.fileIndex)
   # can happen if the error points to EOF:
-  if i.line.int > conf.m.fileInfos[i.fileIndex.int32].lines.len: return ""
+  if i.line.int > num: return ""
 
   result = conf.m.fileInfos[i.fileIndex.int32].lines[i.line.int-1]
 
-proc writeSurroundingSrc(conf: ConfigRef; info: TLineInfo) =
-  const indent = "  "
-  msgWriteln(conf, indent & $sourceLine(conf, info))
-  if info.col >= 0:
-    msgWriteln(conf, indent & spaces(info.col) & '^')
+proc getSurroundingSrc(conf: ConfigRef; info: TLineInfo): string =
+  if conf.hasHint(hintSource) and info != unknownLineInfo:
+    const indent = "  "
+    result = "\n" & indent & $sourceLine(conf, info)
+    if info.col >= 0:
+      result.add "\n" & indent & spaces(info.col) & '^'
+  else:
+    result = ""
 
 proc formatMsg*(conf: ConfigRef; info: TLineInfo, msg: TMsgKind, arg: string): string =
   let title = case msg
               of warnMin..warnMax: WarningTitle
               of hintMin..hintMax: HintTitle
               else: ErrorTitle
-  result = PosFormat % [toMsgFilename(conf, info), coordToStr(info.line.int),
-                        coordToStr(info.col+ColOffset)] &
-           title &
-           getMessageStr(msg, arg)
+  conf.toFileLineCol(info) & " " & title & getMessageStr(msg, arg)
 
-proc liMessage(conf: ConfigRef; info: TLineInfo, msg: TMsgKind, arg: string,
-               eh: TErrorHandling) =
+proc liMessage*(conf: ConfigRef; info: TLineInfo, msg: TMsgKind, arg: string,
+               eh: TErrorHandling, info2: InstantiationInfo, isRaw = false,
+               ignoreError = false) {.gcsafe, noinline.} =
   var
     title: string
     color: ForegroundColor
-    kind:  string
     ignoreMsg = false
     sev: Severity
+  let errorOutputsOld = conf.m.errorOutputs
+  if msg in fatalMsgs:
+    # don't gag, refs bug #7080, bug #18278; this can happen with `{.fatal.}`
+    # or inside a `tryConstExpr`.
+    conf.m.errorOutputs = {eStdOut, eStdErr}
+
+  let kind = if msg in warnMin..hintMax and msg != hintUserRaw: $msg else: "" # xxx not sure why hintUserRaw is special
   case msg
   of errMin..errMax:
     sev = Severity.Error
     writeContext(conf, info)
     title = ErrorTitle
     color = ErrorColor
-    # we try to filter error messages so that not two error message
-    # in the same file and line are produced:
-    #ignoreMsg = lastError == info and eh != doAbort
-    conf.m.lastError = info
+    when false:
+      # we try to filter error messages so that not two error message
+      # in the same file and line are produced:
+      # xxx `lastError` is only used in this disabled code; but could be useful to revive
+      ignoreMsg = conf.m.lastError == info and info != unknownLineInfo and eh != doAbort
+    if info != unknownLineInfo: conf.m.lastError = info
   of warnMin..warnMax:
     sev = Severity.Warning
-    ignoreMsg = optWarns notin conf.options or msg notin conf.notes
+    ignoreMsg = not conf.hasWarn(msg)
+    if not ignoreMsg and msg in conf.warningAsErrors:
+      title = ErrorTitle
+      color = ErrorColor
+    else:
+      title = WarningTitle
+      color = WarningColor
     if not ignoreMsg: writeContext(conf, info)
-    title = WarningTitle
-    color = WarningColor
-    kind = WarningsToStr[ord(msg) - ord(warnMin)]
     inc(conf.warnCounter)
   of hintMin..hintMax:
     sev = Severity.Hint
-    ignoreMsg = optHints notin conf.options or msg notin conf.notes
-    title = HintTitle
-    color = HintColor
-    if msg != hintUserRaw: kind = HintsToStr[ord(msg) - ord(hintMin)]
+    ignoreMsg = not conf.hasHint(msg)
+    if not ignoreMsg and msg in conf.warningAsErrors:
+      title = ErrorTitle
+      color = ErrorColor
+    else:
+      title = HintTitle
+      color = HintColor
     inc(conf.hintCounter)
-  let x = PosFormat % [toMsgFilename(conf, info), coordToStr(info.line.int),
-                       coordToStr(info.col+ColOffset)]
-  let s = getMessageStr(msg, arg)
 
+  let s = if isRaw: arg else: getMessageStr(msg, arg)
   if not ignoreMsg:
+    let loc = if info != unknownLineInfo: conf.toFileLineCol(info) & " " else: ""
+    # we could also show `conf.cmdInput` here for `projectIsCmd`
+    var kindmsg = if kind.len > 0: KindFormat % kind else: ""
     if conf.structuredErrorHook != nil:
-      conf.structuredErrorHook(conf, info, s & (if kind.len > 0: KindFormat % kind else: ""), sev)
+      conf.structuredErrorHook(conf, info, s & kindmsg, sev)
     if not ignoreMsgBecauseOfIdeTools(conf, msg):
-      if kind.len > 0:
-        styledMsgWriteln(styleBright, x, resetStyle, color, title, resetStyle, s,
-                         KindColor, `%`(KindFormat, kind))
+      if msg == hintProcessing and conf.hintProcessingDots:
+        msgWrite(conf, ".")
       else:
-        styledMsgWriteln(styleBright, x, resetStyle, color, title, resetStyle, s)
-      if hintSource in conf.notes:
-        conf.writeSurroundingSrc(info)
-  handleError(conf, msg, eh, s)
-
-proc fatal*(conf: ConfigRef; info: TLineInfo, msg: TMsgKind, arg = "") =
-  # this fixes bug #7080 so that it is at least obvious 'fatal'
-  # was executed.
-  conf.m.errorOutputs = {eStdOut, eStdErr}
-  liMessage(conf, info, msg, arg, doAbort)
-
-proc globalError*(conf: ConfigRef; info: TLineInfo, msg: TMsgKind, arg = "") =
-  liMessage(conf, info, msg, arg, doRaise)
-
-proc globalError*(conf: ConfigRef; info: TLineInfo, arg: string) =
-  liMessage(conf, info, errGenerated, arg, doRaise)
-
-proc localError*(conf: ConfigRef; info: TLineInfo, msg: TMsgKind, arg = "") =
-  liMessage(conf, info, msg, arg, doNothing)
-
-proc localError*(conf: ConfigRef; info: TLineInfo, arg: string) =
-  liMessage(conf, info, errGenerated, arg, doNothing)
-
-proc localError*(conf: ConfigRef; info: TLineInfo, format: string, params: openArray[string]) =
-  localError(conf, info, format % params)
-
-proc message*(conf: ConfigRef; info: TLineInfo, msg: TMsgKind, arg = "") =
-  liMessage(conf, info, msg, arg, doNothing)
-
-proc internalError*(conf: ConfigRef; info: TLineInfo, errMsg: string) =
-  if conf.cmd == cmdIdeTools and conf.structuredErrorHook.isNil: return
+        styledMsgWriteln(styleBright, loc, resetStyle, color, title, resetStyle, s, KindColor, kindmsg,
+                         resetStyle, conf.getSurroundingSrc(info), conf.unitSep)
+        if hintMsgOrigin in conf.mainPackageNotes:
+          # xxx needs a bit of refactoring to honor `conf.filenameOption`
+          styledMsgWriteln(styleBright, toFileLineCol(info2), resetStyle,
+            " compiler msg initiated here", KindColor,
+            KindFormat % $hintMsgOrigin,
+            resetStyle, conf.unitSep)
+  if not ignoreError:
+    handleError(conf, msg, eh, s, ignoreMsg)
+  if msg in fatalMsgs:
+    # most likely would have died here but just in case, we restore state
+    conf.m.errorOutputs = errorOutputsOld
+
+template rawMessage*(conf: ConfigRef; msg: TMsgKind, args: openArray[string]) =
+  let arg = msgKindToString(msg) % args
+  liMessage(conf, unknownLineInfo, msg, arg, eh = doAbort, instLoc(), isRaw = true)
+
+template rawMessage*(conf: ConfigRef; msg: TMsgKind, arg: string) =
+  liMessage(conf, unknownLineInfo, msg, arg, eh = doAbort, instLoc())
+
+template fatal*(conf: ConfigRef; info: TLineInfo, arg = "", msg = errFatal) =
+  liMessage(conf, info, msg, arg, doAbort, instLoc())
+
+template globalAssert*(conf: ConfigRef; cond: untyped, info: TLineInfo = unknownLineInfo, arg = "") =
+  ## avoids boilerplate
+  if not cond:
+    var arg2 = "'$1' failed" % [astToStr(cond)]
+    if arg.len > 0: arg2.add "; " & astToStr(arg) & ": " & arg
+    liMessage(conf, info, errGenerated, arg2, doRaise, instLoc())
+
+template globalError*(conf: ConfigRef; info: TLineInfo, msg: TMsgKind, arg = "") =
+  ## `local` means compilation keeps going until errorMax is reached (via `doNothing`),
+  ## `global` means it stops.
+  liMessage(conf, info, msg, arg, doRaise, instLoc())
+
+template globalError*(conf: ConfigRef; info: TLineInfo, arg: string) =
+  liMessage(conf, info, errGenerated, arg, doRaise, instLoc())
+
+template localError*(conf: ConfigRef; info: TLineInfo, msg: TMsgKind, arg = "") =
+  liMessage(conf, info, msg, arg, doNothing, instLoc())
+
+template localError*(conf: ConfigRef; info: TLineInfo, arg: string) =
+  liMessage(conf, info, errGenerated, arg, doNothing, instLoc())
+
+template message*(conf: ConfigRef; info: TLineInfo, msg: TMsgKind, arg = "") =
+  liMessage(conf, info, msg, arg, doNothing, instLoc())
+
+proc warningDeprecated*(conf: ConfigRef, info: TLineInfo = gCmdLineInfo, msg = "") {.inline.} =
+  message(conf, info, warnDeprecated, msg)
+
+proc internalErrorImpl(conf: ConfigRef; info: TLineInfo, errMsg: string, info2: InstantiationInfo) =
+  if conf.cmd in {cmdIdeTools, cmdCheck} and conf.structuredErrorHook.isNil: return
   writeContext(conf, info)
-  liMessage(conf, info, errInternal, errMsg, doAbort)
+  liMessage(conf, info, errInternal, errMsg, doAbort, info2)
 
-proc internalError*(conf: ConfigRef; errMsg: string) =
-  if conf.cmd == cmdIdeTools and conf.structuredErrorHook.isNil: return
-  writeContext(conf, unknownLineInfo)
-  rawMessage(conf, errInternal, errMsg)
+template internalError*(conf: ConfigRef; info: TLineInfo, errMsg: string) =
+  internalErrorImpl(conf, info, errMsg, instLoc())
 
-template assertNotNil*(conf: ConfigRef; e): untyped =
-  if e == nil: internalError(conf, $instantiationInfo())
-  e
+template internalError*(conf: ConfigRef; errMsg: string) =
+  internalErrorImpl(conf, unknownLineInfo, errMsg, instLoc())
 
 template internalAssert*(conf: ConfigRef, e: bool) =
-  if not e: internalError(conf, $instantiationInfo())
-
-proc quotedFilename*(conf: ConfigRef; i: TLineInfo): Rope =
-  if i.fileIndex.int32 < 0:
+  # xxx merge with `globalAssert`
+  if not e:
+    const info2 = instLoc()
+    let arg = info2.toFileLineCol
+    internalErrorImpl(conf, unknownLineInfo, arg, info2)
+
+template lintReport*(conf: ConfigRef; info: TLineInfo, beau, got: string, extraMsg = "") =
+  let m = "'$1' should be: '$2'$3" % [got, beau, extraMsg]
+  let msg = if optStyleError in conf.globalOptions: errGenerated else: hintName
+  liMessage(conf, info, msg, m, doNothing, instLoc())
+
+proc quotedFilename*(conf: ConfigRef; fi: FileIndex): Rope =
+  if fi.int32 < 0:
     result = makeCString "???"
   elif optExcessiveStackTrace in conf.globalOptions:
-    result = conf.m.fileInfos[i.fileIndex.int32].quotedFullName
+    result = conf.m.fileInfos[fi.int32].quotedFullName
   else:
-    result = conf.m.fileInfos[i.fileIndex.int32].quotedName
-
-proc listWarnings*(conf: ConfigRef) =
-  msgWriteln(conf, "Warnings:")
-  for warn in warnMin..warnMax:
-    msgWriteln(conf, "  [$1] $2" % [
-      if warn in conf.notes: "x" else: " ",
-      lineinfos.WarningsToStr[ord(warn) - ord(warnMin)]
-    ])
-
-proc listHints*(conf: ConfigRef) =
-  msgWriteln(conf, "Hints:")
-  for hint in hintMin..hintMax:
-    msgWriteln(conf, "  [$1] $2" % [
-      if hint in conf.notes: "x" else: " ",
-      lineinfos.HintsToStr[ord(hint) - ord(hintMin)]
-    ])
+    result = conf.m.fileInfos[fi.int32].quotedName
 
-proc lintReport*(conf: ConfigRef; info: TLineInfo, beau, got: string) =
-  let m = "'$2' should be: '$1'" % [beau, got]
-  if optStyleError in conf.globalOptions:
-    localError(conf, info, m)
+proc quotedFilename*(conf: ConfigRef; i: TLineInfo): Rope =
+  quotedFilename(conf, i.fileIndex)
+
+template listMsg(title, r) =
+  msgWriteln(conf, title, {msgNoUnitSep})
+  for a in r: msgWriteln(conf, "  [$1] $2" % [if a in conf.notes: "x" else: " ", $a], {msgNoUnitSep})
+
+proc listWarnings*(conf: ConfigRef) = listMsg("Warnings:", warnMin..warnMax)
+proc listHints*(conf: ConfigRef) = listMsg("Hints:", hintMin..hintMax)
+
+proc genSuccessX*(conf: ConfigRef) =
+  let mem =
+    when declared(system.getMaxMem): formatSize(getMaxMem()) & " peakmem"
+    else: formatSize(getTotalMem()) & " totmem"
+  let loc = $conf.linesCompiled
+  var build = ""
+  var flags = ""
+  const debugModeHints = "none (DEBUG BUILD, `-d:release` generates faster code)"
+  if conf.cmd in cmdBackends:
+    if conf.backend != backendJs:
+      build.add "mm: $#; " % $conf.selectedGC
+      if optThreads in conf.globalOptions: build.add "threads: on; "
+      build.add "opt: "
+      if optOptimizeSpeed in conf.options: build.add "speed"
+      elif optOptimizeSize in conf.options: build.add "size"
+      else: build.add debugModeHints
+        # pending https://github.com/timotheecour/Nim/issues/752, point to optimization.html
+      if isDefined(conf, "danger"): flags.add " -d:danger"
+      elif isDefined(conf, "release"): flags.add " -d:release"
+    else:
+      build.add "opt: "
+      if isDefined(conf, "danger"):
+        build.add "speed"
+        flags.add " -d:danger"
+      elif isDefined(conf, "release"):
+        build.add "speed"
+        flags.add " -d:release"
+      else: build.add debugModeHints
+    if flags.len > 0: build.add "; options:" & flags
+  let sec = formatFloat(epochTime() - conf.lastCmdTime, ffDecimal, 3)
+  let project = if conf.filenameOption == foAbs: $conf.projectFull else: $conf.projectName
+    # xxx honor conf.filenameOption more accurately
+  var output: string
+  if optCompileOnly in conf.globalOptions and conf.cmd != cmdJsonscript:
+    output = $conf.jsonBuildFile
+  elif conf.outFile.isEmpty and conf.cmd notin {cmdJsonscript} + cmdDocLike + cmdBackends:
+    # for some cmd we expect a valid absOutFile
+    output = "unknownOutput"
+  elif optStdout in conf.globalOptions:
+    output = "stdout"
   else:
-    message(conf, info, hintName, m)
+    output = $conf.absOutFile
+  if conf.filenameOption != foAbs: output = output.AbsoluteFile.extractFilename
+    # xxx honor filenameOption more accurately
+  rawMessage(conf, hintSuccessX, [
+    "build", build,
+    "loc", loc,
+    "sec", sec,
+    "mem", mem,
+    "project", project,
+    "output", output,
+    ])