always print FATAL and ERROR logmessages to STDERR

This adds a print to $stderr for log messages with the
level ERROR or FATAL. I did this because in the past errors
connecting to the server weren't immediately obvious but
rather hidden in the logfile. I think it should be right
in-your-face when the connection doesn't work.

It would probaply be better to extend Logger to print
to STDERR but this apparently requires monkeypatching ruby's
Logger. Anyhow I think my solution works for now.

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib/rbot/ircbot.rb b/lib/rbot/ircbot.rb
index a1713c2d..108d0b1d 100644
--- a/lib/rbot/ircbot.rb
+++ b/lib/rbot/ircbot.rb
@@ -66,6 +66,10 @@ def rawlog(level, message=nil, who_pos=1)
     qmsg.push [level, l.chomp, who]
     who = ' ' * who.size
   }
+  # Also output (fatal) errors to STDERR:
+  if level == Logger::Severity::ERROR or level == Logger::Severity::FATAL
+    $stderr.puts str
+  end
   $log_queue.push qmsg
 end