Verbose error messages

Author: leonid-shevtsov

search_in_project.py

@@ -53,13 +53,18 @@ def perform_search(self, text):
         folders = self.search_folders()
 
         self.common_path = self.find_common_path(folders)
-        self.results = self.engine.run(text, folders)
-        if self.results:
-            self.results = [[result[0].replace(self.common_path.replace('\"', ''), ''), result[1]] for result in self.results]
-            self.window.show_quick_panel(self.results, self.goto_result)
-        else:
+        try:
+            self.results = self.engine.run(text, folders)
+            if self.results:
+                self.results = [[result[0].replace(self.common_path.replace('\"', ''), ''), result[1]] for result in self.results]
+                self.window.show_quick_panel(self.results, self.goto_result)
+            else:
+                self.results = []
+                self.window.show_quick_panel(["No results"], None)
+        except RuntimeError as e:
             self.results = []
-            self.window.show_quick_panel(["No results"], None)
+            self.window.show_quick_panel([["%s running search engine %s:"%(e.__class__.__name__,self.engine_name),  e.args[0]]], None)
+
 
     def goto_result(self, file_no):
         if file_no != -1:

searchengines/base.py

@@ -40,9 +40,10 @@ def run(self, query, folders):
             stderr=subprocess.PIPE
             )
         output, error = pipe.communicate()
+
         if pipe.returncode != 0:
-            return None
-        return self._parse_output(self._sanitize_output(output).strip())
+            raise RuntimeError(self._sanitize_output(error))
+        return self._parse_output(self._sanitize_output(output))
 
     def _command_line(self, query, folders):
         """
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ def _command_line(self, query, folders):
         ] + folders)
 
     def _sanitize_output(self, output):
-        return output.decode('utf-8')
+        return output.decode('utf-8').strip()
 
     def _parse_output(self, output):
         lines = output.split("\n")