Improve error messages.

src/extension.ts

@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ export function deactivate() {}
 // 		}
 // 		let errorMessageClicked = new Promise(async resolve => {
 // 			let answer = await vscode.window.showErrorMessage(
-// 				"Please Choose a name for the new task consisting of alphanumeric symbols",
+// 				"Please choose a name for the new task consisting of alphanumeric symbols",
 // 				"Ok",
 // 				"Cancel"
 // 			);

src/runner.ts

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ export class Runner {
 				await fs.readFile(compilerPath);
 			} catch {
 				vscode.window.showErrorMessage(
-					"Compiler executable could not be found at it's expected path"
+					"Compiler executable not found at expected path"
 				);
 				return;
 			}
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ export class Runner {
 			await fs.readFile(helperPath);
 		} catch {
 			vscode.window.showErrorMessage(
-				"Helper binary could not be found at it's expected path"
+				"Helper binary not found at expected path"
 			);
 			return;
 		}
@@ -249,20 +249,20 @@ export class Runner {
 		let debuggerFlavor = getDebuggerFlavor(this.store);
 
 		if (debuggerPath === null) {
-			vscode.window.showErrorMessage("Debuggerpath could not be determined");
+			vscode.window.showErrorMessage("Debugger path could not be determined");
 			return "Failed";
 		}
 		try {
 			await fs.readFile(debuggerPath);
 		} catch {
 			vscode.window.showErrorMessage(
-				"Debugger executable could not be found at it's expected path"
+				"Debugger executable not found at expected path"
 			);
 			return "Failed";
 		}
 
 		if (debuggerFlavor === null) {
-			vscode.window.showErrorMessage("Couldn't determine the type of debugger");
+			vscode.window.showErrorMessage("Could not determine type of debugger");
 			return "Failed";
 		}
 
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ export class Runner {
 				throw err;
 			} else {
 				vscode.window.showErrorMessage(
-					"The binary you try to debug doesn't exist" + err.toString()
+					"The binary to debug does not exist" + err.toString()
 				);
 			}
 		}

src/sample.ts

@@ -64,17 +64,17 @@ export async function listSamplesForTaskname(
 	try {
 		content = (await fs.readFile(path)).toString();
 	} catch (err) {
-		vscode.window.showErrorMessage("Couldn't read soitask file");
-		throw new Error("Couldn't read soitask file");
+		vscode.window.showErrorMessage("Cannot read soitask file");
+		throw new Error("Cannot read soitask file");
 	}
 
 	let sampleList = determineSamples(content);
 	if (sampleList instanceof StomlError) {
 		vscode.window.showErrorMessage(
-			"Couldn't parse soitask. It has the following error: " +
+			"Cannot parse soitask. It has the following error: " +
 				sampleList.toString()
 		);
-		throw new Error("Couldn't read soitask file");
+		throw new Error("Cannot read soitask file");
 	}
 	return sampleList;
 }
@@ -112,8 +112,8 @@ export async function gotoSample(
 	sampleName = await selectSample(store, taskname, sampleName);
 	let sample = store.samples.get(sampleName);
 	if (sample === undefined) {
-		vscode.window.showErrorMessage("The selected sample doesn't exist");
-		throw new Error("The selected sample doesn't exist");
+		vscode.window.showErrorMessage("The selected sample does not exist");
+		throw new Error("The selected sample does not exist");
 	}
 
 	let loc = new vscode.Range(

src/soitask.ts

@@ -92,8 +92,8 @@ export async function createCppFile(store: Store, taskname: string) {
 		preExistingTask !== undefined &&
 		preExistingTask.solutionFsPath !== null
 	) {
-		vscode.window.showErrorMessage("C++ File already exists");
-		throw new Error("C++ File already exists");
+		vscode.window.showErrorMessage("C++ file already exists");
+		throw new Error("C++ file already exists");
 	}
 	let workspace = getWorkspaceOrShowError(store).workspaceDir;
 	try {
@@ -101,8 +101,8 @@ export async function createCppFile(store: Store, taskname: string) {
 
 		store.emitFsChange();
 	} catch (err) {
-		vscode.window.showErrorMessage("Couldn't create .cpp file");
-		throw new Error("Couldn't create .cpp file");
+		vscode.window.showErrorMessage("Cannot create .cpp file");
+		throw new Error("Cannot create .cpp file");
 	}
 }
 
@@ -118,8 +118,8 @@ export async function createSoitaskFile(store: Store, taskname: string) {
 		await fs.writeFile(path.join(workspace, taskname + ".soitask"), "");
 		store.emitFsChange();
 	} catch (err) {
-		vscode.window.showErrorMessage("Couldn't create soitask file");
-		throw new Error("Couldn't create soitaskfile");
+		vscode.window.showErrorMessage("Cannot create soitask file");
+		throw new Error("Cannot create soitask file");
 	}
 }
 export async function createTask(store: Store) {
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ export async function createTask(store: Store) {
 		return;
 	}
 	if (taskname.length === 0) {
-		vscode.window.showErrorMessage("A empty taskname doesn't work");
+		vscode.window.showErrorMessage("Task name cannot be empty");
 		await createTask(store);
 		return;
 	}

src/soiworkspace.ts

@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ async function determineWorkspaceSettingsFileContent(
 	}
 	if (workspaceSettings.length === 0) {
 		let answer = await vscode.window.showErrorMessage(
-			"There needs to be a initialized Workspace",
+			"There needs to be an initialized workspace",
 			"Initialize now",
 			"Cancel"
 		);
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ async function determineWorkspaceSettingsFileContent(
 				);
 			} catch (err) {
 				vscode.window.showErrorMessage(
-					"Error initializing Workspace: " + err.toString()
+					"Error initializing workspace: " + err.toString()
 				);
 				return null;
 			}
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ async function determineWorkspaceSettingsFileContent(
 		)).toString();
 	} catch (err) {
 		vscode.window.showErrorMessage(
-			"Error reading soi workspace settings file" + err.toString()
+			"Cannot read soi workspace settings file: " + err.toString()
 		);
 		return null;
 	}
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ async function determineWorkspaceSettings(
 		);
 	} catch (e) {
 		vscode.window.showErrorMessage(
-			"Couldn't parse workspace settings file: " + e.toString()
+			"Cannot parse workspace settings file: " + e.toString()
 		);
 		return null;
 	}

src/storeHelper.ts

@@ -44,20 +44,20 @@ export function getSoitaskFilesOfFulltaskOrError(
 	let workspace = getWorkspaceOrShowError(store);
 	let soitaskFiles = workspace.task.get(taskname);
 	if (soitaskFiles === undefined) {
-		vscode.window.showErrorMessage("The task you are using doesn't exist");
-		throw new Error("The task you are using doesn't exist");
+		vscode.window.showErrorMessage("The task you are using does not exist");
+		throw new Error("The task you are using does not exist");
 	}
 	if (soitaskFiles.solutionFsPath === null) {
 		vscode.window.showErrorMessage(
-			"The task you are using doesn't have a solution"
+			"The task you are using does not have a solution file"
 		);
-		throw new Error("The task you are using doesn't have a solution");
+		throw new Error("The task you are using does not have a solution file");
 	}
 	if (soitaskFiles.soitaskFsPath === null) {
 		vscode.window.showErrorMessage(
-			"The task you are using doesn't have a soitask"
+			"The task you are using does not have a soitask"
 		);
-		throw new Error("The task you are using doesn't have a soitask");
+		throw new Error("The task you are using does not have a soitask");
 	}
 	return soitaskFiles;
 }