From: Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2020 01:13:40 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: better error handling in js
X-Git-Tag: otter-0.2.0~1034
X-Git-Url: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?a=commitdiff_plain;h=e6153e00d043f0c4fb878e843a1f3aa052fd1d39;p=otter.git

better error handling in js
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diff --git a/templates/script.ts b/templates/script.ts
index 4a5b66ad..fde8099f 100644
--- a/templates/script.ts
+++ b/templates/script.ts
@@ -114,8 +114,12 @@ function xhr_report_error(xhr: XMLHttpRequest) {
 
 function json_report_error(error_for_json: Object) {
   let error_message = JSON.stringify(error_for_json);
+  string_report_error(error_message);
+}
+
+function string_report_error(error_message: String) {
   let errornode = document.getElementById('error')!;
-  errornode.textContent = 'Error (reloading may help?):' + error_message;
+  errornode.textContent += '\nError (reloading may help?):' + error_message;
 }
 
 function api(meth: string, data: Object) {