fixes #716 Improve missing terminal error message. #717
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I am willing to either further improve the error message or the project documentation to help users avoid this issue in the future. |
luisdavim
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Apr 1, 2024
terms_dynamic.go
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| func loadDynamicTerminfo(term string) (*terminfo.Terminfo, error) { | |||
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nit: maybe wrap this with "term not set" or something like that?
return nil, fmt.Errorf("%w: term not set",ErrTermNotFound)that could make it even easier to debug.
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When running in debug mode in VS Code under Linux the Application.Run() method returns an *os/exec.ExitError . This is very confusing and makes tracking down the root cause difficult.
The issue is caused by the default debug environment in VS Code not launching in a terminal.
The error message can be improved by returning an ErrTermNotFound in the case of an empty $TERM environment variable. Hopefully a better error message will lead users to identify the lack of a terminal as the root cause of the problem.