do not crash on illegal prompt strings (catch itpl exceptions)

IPython/Prompts.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 b''
 """
 Classes for handling input/output prompts.
 
-$Id: Prompts.py 2899 2007-12-28 08:32:59Z fperez $"""
+$Id: Prompts.py 2928 2008-01-10 14:30:51Z vivainio $"""
 
 #*****************************************************************************
 #       Copyright (C) 2001-2006 Fernando Perez <[e-mail]>
@@ -257,6 +257,7 b' class BasePrompt(object):'
 
         import os,time  # needed in locals for prompt string handling
         loc = locals()
+        try:
         self.p_str = ItplNS('%s%s%s' %
                             ('${self.sep}${self.col_p}',
                              multiple_replace(prompt_specials, self.p_template),
@@ -265,6 +266,10 b' class BasePrompt(object):'
         self.p_str_nocolor = ItplNS(multiple_replace(prompt_specials_nocolor,
                                                      self.p_template),
                                     self.cache.user_ns,loc)
+        except:
+            print "Illegal prompt template (check $ usage!):",self.p_template
+            self.p_str = self.p_template
+            self.p_str_nocolor = self.p_template
 
     def write(self,msg):  # dbg
         sys.stdout.write(msg)

doc/ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,7 b''
[phone] Ville Vainio  <[e-mail]>
+
+	* Prompts.py (set_p_str): do not crash on illegal prompt strings
+
 2008-01-08 Ville Vainio  <[e-mail]>
 
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