better error message

gcampbell-msft · gcampbell-msft · commit 040d2274915f · 2023-01-25T11:30:30.000-05:00
diff --git a/src/serialmonitor/serialMonitor.ts b/src/serialmonitor/serialMonitor.ts
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ export class SerialMonitor implements vscode.Disposable {
             });
             this.updatePortStatus(true);
         } catch (err) {
-            vscode.window.showErrorMessage("error opening serial port");
+            vscode.window.showErrorMessage(`Error opening serial port: ${err.toString()}`);
         }
     }
 

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ export class SerialMonitor implements vscode.Disposable {`
`163`	`163`	`});`
`164`	`164`	`this.updatePortStatus(true);`
`165`	`165`	`} catch (err) {`
`166`		`- vscode.window.showErrorMessage("error opening serial port");`
	`166`	+ vscode.window.showErrorMessage(`Error opening serial port: ${err.toString()}`);
`167`	`167`	`}`
`168`	`168`	`}`
`169`	`169`