From e2b8cf8f1cb077cb6e787dded03f69e8c0f80094 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mitchell <70453897+667e-11@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2020 20:11:17 -0400
Subject: Only print post-initialization errors to buffers. This avoids
 infinite loops. Pre-initialization errors are already shown in textbox
 dialogs.

---
 core/ui.lua | 16 +++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

(limited to 'core')

diff --git a/core/ui.lua b/core/ui.lua
index b7f110b7..1ec21be1 100644
--- a/core/ui.lua
+++ b/core/ui.lua
@@ -501,13 +501,15 @@ if CURSES then
   end)
 end
 
-local lua_error = (not WIN32 and '^/' or '^%a:[/\\]') .. '.-%.lua:%d+:'
--- Print internal Lua error messages as they are reported.
--- Attempt to mimic the Lua interpreter's error message format so tools that
--- look for it can recognize these errors too.
-events_connect(events.ERROR, function(text)
-  if text and text:find(lua_error) then text = 'lua: ' .. text end -- mimic Lua
-  ui.print(text)
+events.connect(events.INITIALIZED, function()
+  local lua_error = (not WIN32 and '^/' or '^%a:[/\\]') .. '.-%.lua:%d+:'
+  -- Print internal Lua error messages as they are reported.
+  -- Attempt to mimic the Lua interpreter's error message format so tools that
+  -- look for it can recognize these errors too.
+  events_connect(events.ERROR, function(text)
+    if text and text:find(lua_error) then text = 'lua: ' .. text end
+    ui.print(text)
+  end)
 end)
 
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