Print nice error messages for font loading errors

Resolves #22.

src/display.rs

@@ -30,6 +30,52 @@ use term::{Term, SizeInfo};
 
 use window::{self, Size, Pixels, Window, SetInnerSize};
 
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub enum Error {
+    /// Error with window management
+    Window(window::Error),
+
+    /// Error dealing with fonts
+    Font(font::Error),
+}
+
+impl ::std::error::Error for Error {
+    fn cause(&self) -> Option<&::std::error::Error> {
+        match *self {
+            Error::Window(ref err) => Some(err),
+            Error::Font(ref err) => Some(err),
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn description(&self) -> &str {
+        match *self {
+            Error::Window(ref err) => err.description(),
+            Error::Font(ref err) => err.description(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl ::std::fmt::Display for Error {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut ::std::fmt::Formatter) -> ::std::fmt::Result {
+        match *self {
+            Error::Window(ref err) => err.fmt(f),
+            Error::Font(ref err) => err.fmt(f),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<window::Error> for Error {
+    fn from(val: window::Error) -> Error {
+        Error::Window(val)
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<font::Error> for Error {
+    fn from(val: font::Error) -> Error {
+        Error::Font(val)
+    }
+}
+
 /// The display wraps a window, font rasterizer, and GPU renderer
 pub struct Display {
     window: Window,
@@ -74,26 +120,23 @@ impl Display {
     pub fn new(
         config: &Config,
         options: &cli::Options,
-    ) -> Result<Display, window::Error> {
+    ) -> Result<Display, Error> {
         // Extract some properties from config
         let font = config.font();
         let dpi = config.dpi();
         let render_timer = config.render_timer();
 
         // Create the window where Alacritty will be displayed
-        let mut window = match Window::new() {
+        let mut window = Window::new()?;
-            Ok(window) => window,
-            Err(err) => die!("{}", err)
-        };
 
         // get window properties for initializing the other subsytems
-        let size = window.inner_size_pixels().unwrap();
+        let size = window.inner_size_pixels()
+            .expect("glutin returns window size");
         let dpr = window.hidpi_factor();
 
         println!("device_pixel_ratio: {}", dpr);
 
-        // TODO ERROR HANDLING
+        let rasterizer = font::Rasterizer::new(dpi.x(), dpi.y(), dpr)?;
-        let rasterizer = font::Rasterizer::new(dpi.x(), dpi.y(), dpr).unwrap();
 
         // Create renderer
         let mut renderer = QuadRenderer::new(config, size);
@@ -105,7 +148,7 @@ impl Display {
 
             let cache = renderer.with_loader(|mut api| {
                 GlyphCache::new(rasterizer, config, &mut api)
-            });
+            })?;
 
             let stop = init_start.elapsed();
             let stop_f = stop.as_secs() as f64 + stop.subsec_nanos() as f64 / 1_000_000_000f64;
@@ -247,8 +290,10 @@ impl Display {
             }
         }
 
-        // Unlock the terminal mutex
+        // Unlock the terminal mutex; following call to swap_buffers() may block
         drop(terminal);
-        self.window.swap_buffers().unwrap();
+        self.window
+            .swap_buffers()
+            .expect("swap buffers");
     }
 }

src/main.rs

@@ -52,12 +52,20 @@ fn main() {
 
     // Run alacritty
     if let Err(err) = run(config, options) {
-        die!("{}", err);
+        die!("Alacritty encountered an unrecoverable error:\n\n\t{}\n", Red(err));
     }
 
     println!("Goodbye");
 }
 
+use std::fmt;
+struct Red<T>(T);
+impl<T: fmt::Display> fmt::Display for Red<T> {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
+        write!(f, "\x1b[31m{}\x1b[0m", self.0)
+    }
+}
+
 /// Run Alacritty
 ///
 /// Creates a window, the terminal state, pty, I/O event loop, input processor,

src/renderer/mod.rs

@@ -119,7 +119,11 @@ pub struct GlyphCache {
 }
 
 impl GlyphCache {
-    pub fn new<L>(mut rasterizer: Rasterizer, config: &Config, loader: &mut L) -> GlyphCache
+    pub fn new<L>(
+        mut rasterizer: Rasterizer,
+        config: &Config,
+        loader: &mut L
+    ) -> Result<GlyphCache, font::Error>
         where L: LoadGlyph
     {
         let font = config.font();
@@ -128,8 +132,7 @@ impl GlyphCache {
         // Load regular font
         let regular_desc = FontDesc::new(font.family(), font.style());
         let regular = rasterizer
-            .load_font(&regular_desc, size)
+            .load_font(&regular_desc, size)?;
-            .expect("regular font load ok");
 
         // Load bold font
         let bold_style = font.bold_style().unwrap_or("Bold");
@@ -177,21 +180,22 @@ impl GlyphCache {
         load_glyphs_for_font!(bold);
         load_glyphs_for_font!(italic);
 
-        cache
+        Ok(cache)
     }
 
     pub fn font_metrics(&self) -> font::Metrics {
-        // TODO ERROR HANDLING
+        self.rasterizer
-        self.rasterizer.metrics(self.font_key, self.font_size).unwrap()
+            .metrics(self.font_key, self.font_size)
+            .expect("metrics load since font is loaded at glyph cache creation")
     }
 
     fn load_and_cache_glyph<L>(&mut self, glyph_key: GlyphKey, loader: &mut L)
         where L: LoadGlyph
     {
-        // TODO ERROR HANDLING
+        if let Ok(rasterized) = self.rasterizer.get_glyph(&glyph_key) {
-        let rasterized = self.rasterizer.get_glyph(&glyph_key).unwrap();
+            let glyph = loader.load_glyph(&rasterized);
-        let glyph = loader.load_glyph(&rasterized);
+            self.cache.insert(glyph_key, glyph);
-        self.cache.insert(glyph_key, glyph);
+        }
     }
 
     pub fn get<L>(&mut self, glyph_key: &GlyphKey, loader: &mut L) -> Option<&Glyph>
@@ -783,7 +787,8 @@ impl<'a> LoadGlyph for LoaderApi<'a> {
     ///
     /// If the current atlas is full, a new one will be created.
     fn load_glyph(&mut self, rasterized: &RasterizedGlyph) -> Glyph {
-        // At least one atlas is guaranteed to be in the `self.atlas` list; thus the unwrap.
+        // At least one atlas is guaranteed to be in the `self.atlas` list; thus
+        // the unwrap should always be ok.
         match self.atlas.last_mut().unwrap().insert(rasterized, &mut self.active_tex) {
             Ok(glyph) => glyph,
             Err(_) => {
@@ -801,7 +806,8 @@ impl<'a> LoadGlyph for RenderApi<'a> {
     ///
     /// If the current atlas is full, a new one will be created.
     fn load_glyph(&mut self, rasterized: &RasterizedGlyph) -> Glyph {
-        // At least one atlas is guaranteed to be in the `self.atlas` list; thus the unwrap.
+        // At least one atlas is guaranteed to be in the `self.atlas` list; thus
+        // the unwrap.
         match self.atlas.last_mut().unwrap().insert(rasterized, &mut self.active_tex) {
             Ok(glyph) => glyph,
             Err(_) => {