Merge pull request #154 from altendky/warn_about_terminal_size_maybe_…

…too_small
ericaltendorf · Apr 30, 2021 · f842acc · f842acc
2 parents c068ab7 + 2763b2b
commit f842acc
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diff --git a/src/plotman/interactive.py b/src/plotman/interactive.py
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
 from plotman.job import Job
 
 
+class TerminalTooSmallError(Exception):
+    pass
+
 class Log:
     def __init__(self):
         self.entries = []
@@ -333,4 +336,9 @@ def run_interactive():
     code = locale.getpreferredencoding()
     # Then use code as the encoding for str.encode() calls.
 
-    curses.wrapper(curses_main)
+    try:
+        curses.wrapper(curses_main)
+    except curses.error as e:
+        raise TerminalTooSmallError(
+            "Your terminal may be too small, try making it bigger.",
+        ) from e