Also added basic check of exceptinHandler

nw/error.py

@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ class NWErrorMessage(QDialog):
 # END Class NWErrorMessage
 
 
-def exceptionHandler(exType, exValue, exTrace):
+def exceptionHandler(exType, exValue, exTrace, testMode=False):
     """Function to catch unhandled global exceptions.
     """
     import nw
@@ -173,7 +173,10 @@ def exceptionHandler(exType, exValue, exTrace):
             logger.critical("Could not close the project before exiting")
             logger.critical(str(e))
 
-        qApp.exit(1)
+        if testMode:
+            return errMsg.msgBody.toPlainText()
+        else:
+            qApp.exit(1)
 
     except Exception as e:
         logger.critical(str(e))

tests/test_error.py

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import pytest
 
 from PyQt5.QtWidgets import qApp
 
-from nw.error import NWErrorMessage
+from nw.error import NWErrorMessage, exceptionHandler
 
 @pytest.mark.error
 def testErrorDialog(qtbot, nwFuncTemp, nwTemp):
@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@ def testErrorDialog(qtbot, nwFuncTemp, nwTemp):
     nwErr._doClose()
     nwErr.close()
 
+    theMessage = exceptionHandler(Exception, "Second Error", sys.last_traceback, testMode=True)
+    assert theMessage
+    assert "Second Error" in theMessage
+    assert "Exception" in theMessage
+
     nwGUI.closeMain()
 
     # qtbot.stopForInteraction()