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Diffstat (limited to 'alot')
-rw-r--r-- | alot/__main__.py | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | alot/settings/utils.py | 6 |
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/alot/__main__.py b/alot/__main__.py index fc34164f..ee5e442a 100644 --- a/alot/__main__.py +++ b/alot/__main__.py @@ -106,6 +106,8 @@ def main(): settings.read_config() settings.read_notmuch_config() except (ConfigError, OSError, IOError) as e: + print('Error when parsing a config file. ' + 'See log for potential details.') sys.exit(e) # store options given by config swiches to the settingsManager: diff --git a/alot/settings/utils.py b/alot/settings/utils.py index d87157c3..242fa63c 100644 --- a/alot/settings/utils.py +++ b/alot/settings/utils.py @@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ # For further details see the COPYING file from __future__ import absolute_import +import logging + from configobj import ConfigObj, ConfigObjError, flatten_errors from validate import Validator from urwid import AttrSpec @@ -30,7 +32,9 @@ def read_config(configpath=None, specpath=None, checks=None): config = ConfigObj(infile=configpath, configspec=specpath, file_error=True, encoding='UTF8') except ConfigObjError as e: - raise ConfigError(e) + msg = 'Error when parsing `%s`:\n%s' % (configpath, e) + logging.error(msg) + raise ConfigError(msg) except IOError: raise ConfigError('Could not read %s and/or %s' % (configpath, specpath)) |