From 6a4915c393ad060566332da54a60f89efc1109ab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jonathan Wren <jonathan@nowandwren.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2022 14:32:20 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] replace sys.exit call with new exception handling

---
 jrnl/jrnl.py     | 6 +-----
 jrnl/messages.py | 6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/jrnl/jrnl.py b/jrnl/jrnl.py
index 7dede648..4e824f85 100644
--- a/jrnl/jrnl.py
+++ b/jrnl/jrnl.py
@@ -200,11 +200,7 @@ def _get_editor_template(config, **kwargs):
         logging.debug("Write mode: template loaded: %s", template)
     except OSError:
         logging.error("Write mode: template not loaded")
-        print(
-            f"[Could not read template at '{config['template']}']",
-            file=sys.stderr,
-        )
-        sys.exit(1)
+        raise JrnlException(Message(MsgText.CantReadTemplate, MsgType.ERROR, { "template": config["template"] }))
 
     return template
 
diff --git a/jrnl/messages.py b/jrnl/messages.py
index 056e1d1f..340e7b69 100644
--- a/jrnl/messages.py
+++ b/jrnl/messages.py
@@ -61,6 +61,12 @@ class MsgText(Enum):
 
     KeyboardInterruptMsg = "Aborted by user"
 
+    CantReadTemplate = """
+        Unreadable template
+        Could not read template file at:
+        {template}
+        """
+
     # --- Journal status ---#
     JournalNotSaved = "Entry NOT saved to journal"