From 881d8d6976f5c188871043fcc3dd853e30065cf2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Radon Rosborough <radon.neon@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2020 21:04:22 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Report errors on frontend

---
 backend/src/api.ts | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/backend/src/api.ts b/backend/src/api.ts
index 2c905e9..27f9ba0 100644
--- a/backend/src/api.ts
+++ b/backend/src/api.ts
@@ -42,6 +42,19 @@ export class Session {
     this.run().catch((err) => {
       this.log(`Error while setting up environment for pty`);
       console.log(err);
+      try {
+        this.ws.send(JSON.stringify({ event: "terminalClear" }));
+        this.ws.send(
+          JSON.stringify({
+            event: "terminalOutput",
+            output: `Riju encountered an unexpected error: ${err}
+\rYou may want to save your code and refresh the page.
+`,
+          })
+        );
+      } catch (err) {
+        //
+      }
     });
   }
   handleClientMessage = (event: string) => {