wmiirc-rumai

commit 8a52c14eba3ce745c89f5e51ddc1e6c3893000f8
parent 2bdc56ca02ff43f3bcbd2386d82759b51daa3d0b
Author: Suraj N. Kurapati <sunaku@gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 19 Sep 2006 10:40:20 -0700

[project @ 93e127fd6a6ce3aaeb15e3221cd96a99a91b7147]

[project @ 108]
no longer retry from StandardError. user is given xmessage & terminal to rescue self

Diffstat:
wmiirc
 | 
15
++++++++++++---

1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/wmiirc b/wmiirc
@@ -23,6 +23,16 @@ require 'logger'
 LOG = Logger.new(__FILE__ + '.log', 5)
 
 
+# Provide a means by which the user can rescue themselves.
+def throw_life_saver aError
+  system 'xterm &'
+
+  IO.popen('xmessage -file -', 'w') do |f|
+    f.puts aError.inspect, aError.backtrace
+  end
+end
+
+
 LOG.info "starting"
 
 begin
@@ -30,12 +40,11 @@ begin
 
 rescue => e
   LOG.error e
-
-  LOG.info "recovering from above error"
-  retry
+  throw_life_saver e
 
 rescue Exception => e
   LOG.fatal e
+  throw_life_saver e
 end
 
 LOG.info "stopping"