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-rw-r--r--stub.py14
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/stub.py b/stub.py
index 850cfe40..dae2a28f 100644
--- a/stub.py
+++ b/stub.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
import sys
import os
import subprocess
+import traceback
# ink/stitch
#
@@ -30,8 +31,17 @@ args[0] = binary_path
# os.execve works here for Linux, but only this seems to get the
# extension output to Inkscape on Windows
-extension = subprocess.Popen(args, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
-stdout, stderr = extension.communicate()
+try:
+ extension = subprocess.Popen(args, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+ stdout, stderr = extension.communicate()
+except:
+ print >> sys.stderr, "Unexpected error launching Ink/Stitch."
+ print >> sys.stderr, "If you're having trouble, please file an issue here, including the text below: https://github.com/inkstitch/inkstitch/issues\n"
+ print >> sys.stderr, "Tried to launch:", binary_path
+ print >> sys.stderr, "Arguments:", args
+ print >> sys.stderr, "Debugging information:\n"
+ print >> sys.stderr, traceback.format_exc()
+ sys.exit(1)
stdout = stdout.strip()
if stdout: