topicedit: add a timeout; better error handling

diff --git a/topicedit.tcl b/topicedit.tcl
index 9fc4765285ce61bc85196746f5288daae062a64e..88998782d35edefc0de1c666a6262a8391f6c8b7 100755 (executable)
--- a/topicedit.tcl
+++ b/topicedit.tcl
@@ -9,9 +9,11 @@ manyset $argv host port nick ident ownfullname channel topicinfo
 
 set done 0
 
+after 30000 { set errorInfo {}; bgerror timeout }
+
 proc bgerror {msg} {
     global errorInfo errorCode
-    puts stderr "$msg\n$errorCode\n$errorInfo\n"
+    puts stderr "$msg\n$errorCode\n$errorInfo\n\nERROR: $msg\n"
     exit 16
 }