Add a try: block to catch exceptions that occur before the main loop and to call...

I'm not sure if this is the "right" way to handle exceptions, but it does
correctly print the error message AFTER shutting down curses for me.

diff --git a/offlineimap/init.py b/offlineimap/init.py
index 07809885c56a40e162d38ce7062fa946281b6e65..736f7850d18ef2529493be7ed06dc0ff4480f13a 100644 (file)
--- a/offlineimap/init.py
+++ b/offlineimap/init.py
@@ -101,54 +101,58 @@ def startup(versionno):
 
     lock(config, ui)
 
-    if options.has_key('-l'):
-        sys.stderr = ui.logfile
-
-    activeaccounts = config.get("general", "accounts")
-    if options.has_key('-a'):
-        activeaccounts = options['-a']
-    activeaccounts = activeaccounts.replace(" ", "")
-    activeaccounts = activeaccounts.split(",")
-    allaccounts = accounts.AccountHashGenerator(config)
-
-    syncaccounts = {}
-    for account in activeaccounts:
-        if account not in allaccounts:
-            if len(allaccounts) == 0:
-                errormsg = 'The account "%s" does not exist because no accounts are defined!'%account
-            else:
-                errormsg = 'The account "%s" does not exist.  Valid accounts are:'%account
-                for name in allaccounts.keys():
-                    errormsg += '\n%s'%name
-            ui.terminate(1, errortitle = 'Unknown Account "%s"'%account, errormsg = errormsg)
-        syncaccounts[account] = allaccounts[account]
-
-    server = None
-    remoterepos = None
-    localrepos = None
-
-    if options.has_key('-1'):
-        threadutil.initInstanceLimit("ACCOUNTLIMIT", 1)
-    else:
-        threadutil.initInstanceLimit("ACCOUNTLIMIT",
-                                     config.getdefaultint("general", "maxsyncaccounts", 1))
-
-    for reposname in config.getsectionlist('Repository'):
-        for instancename in ["FOLDER_" + reposname,
-                             "MSGCOPY_" + reposname]:
-            if options.has_key('-1'):
-                threadutil.initInstanceLimit(instancename, 1)
-            else:
-                threadutil.initInstanceLimit(instancename,
-                                             config.getdefaultint('Repository ' + reposname, "maxconnections", 1))
-
-    threadutil.initexitnotify()
-    t = ExitNotifyThread(target=syncmaster.syncitall,
-                         name='Sync Runner',
-                         kwargs = {'accounts': syncaccounts,
-                                   'config': config})
-    t.setDaemon(1)
-    t.start()
+    try:
+        if options.has_key('-l'):
+            sys.stderr = ui.logfile
+
+        activeaccounts = config.get("general", "accounts")
+        if options.has_key('-a'):
+            activeaccounts = options['-a']
+        activeaccounts = activeaccounts.replace(" ", "")
+        activeaccounts = activeaccounts.split(",")
+        allaccounts = accounts.AccountHashGenerator(config)
+
+        syncaccounts = {}
+        for account in activeaccounts:
+            if account not in allaccounts:
+                if len(allaccounts) == 0:
+                    errormsg = 'The account "%s" does not exist because no accounts are defined!'%account
+                else:
+                    errormsg = 'The account "%s" does not exist.  Valid accounts are:'%account
+                    for name in allaccounts.keys():
+                        errormsg += '\n%s'%name
+                ui.terminate(1, errortitle = 'Unknown Account "%s"'%account, errormsg = errormsg)
+            syncaccounts[account] = allaccounts[account]
+
+        server = None
+        remoterepos = None
+        localrepos = None
+
+        if options.has_key('-1'):
+            threadutil.initInstanceLimit("ACCOUNTLIMIT", 1)
+        else:
+            threadutil.initInstanceLimit("ACCOUNTLIMIT",
+                                         config.getdefaultint("general", "maxsyncaccounts", 1))
+
+        for reposname in config.getsectionlist('Repository'):
+            for instancename in ["FOLDER_" + reposname,
+                                 "MSGCOPY_" + reposname]:
+                if options.has_key('-1'):
+                    threadutil.initInstanceLimit(instancename, 1)
+                else:
+                    threadutil.initInstanceLimit(instancename,
+                                                 config.getdefaultint('Repository ' + reposname, "maxconnections", 1))
+
+        threadutil.initexitnotify()
+        t = ExitNotifyThread(target=syncmaster.syncitall,
+                             name='Sync Runner',
+                             kwargs = {'accounts': syncaccounts,
+                                       'config': config})
+        t.setDaemon(1)
+        t.start()
+    except:
+        ui.mainException()
+
     try:
         threadutil.exitnotifymonitorloop(threadutil.threadexited)
     except SystemExit: