Use a new fatal_error function instead of calling fprintf and exit for fatal errors. This new function more gracefully handles the case in which BlastEm was not started from a terminal or disconnected from ther terminal (Windows).

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/util.h b/util.h
index 85b0c8f..537c97e 100644
--- a/util.h
+++ b/util.h
@@ -25,5 +25,9 @@ char * get_exe_dir();
 char * get_home_dir();
 //Returns the contents of a symlink in a newly allocated string
 char * readlink_alloc(char * path);
+//Prints an error message to stderr and to a message box if not in headless mode and then exits
+void fatal_error(char *format, ...);
+//Prints an information message to stdout and to a message box if not in headless mode and not attached to a console
+void info_message(char *format, ...);
 
 #endif //UTIL_H_