{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/emacs-helm/helm/issues/1460","repository_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/emacs-helm/helm","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/emacs-helm/helm/issues/1460/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/emacs-helm/helm/issues/1460/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/emacs-helm/helm/issues/1460/events","html_url":"https://github.com/emacs-helm/helm/issues/1460","id":145547239,"number":1460,"title":"Helm swallows error message generated by candidates function","user":{"login":"tmalsburg","id":3817450,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3817450?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/tmalsburg","html_url":"https://github.com/tmalsburg","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tmalsburg/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tmalsburg/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tmalsburg/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tmalsburg/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tmalsburg/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tmalsburg/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tmalsburg/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tmalsburg/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tmalsburg/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"closed","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":30,"created_at":"2016-04-03T22:28:08Z","updated_at":"2016-04-17T18:56:38Z","closed_at":"2016-04-04T07:26:20Z","body":"In [helm-bibtex](https://github.com/tmalsburg/helm-bibtex), my candidates function fails with an error when the BibTeX file supplied by the user is malformed.  Unfortunately, Helm only shows an empty buffer in this case (as if there were no candidates) and the error is not printed in the message buffer.\r\n\r\nIt would be great if Helm could display the error message, so that users have some information about what might be going on.  "},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/emacs-helm/helm/issues/comments/211083055","html_url":"https://github.com/emacs-helm/helm/issues/1460#issuecomment-211083055","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/emacs-helm/helm/issues/1460","id":211083055,"user":{"login":"thierryvolpiatto","id":1533939,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1533939?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/thierryvolpiatto","html_url":"https://github.com/thierryvolpiatto","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/thierryvolpiatto/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/thierryvolpiatto/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/thierryvolpiatto/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/thierryvolpiatto/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/thierryvolpiatto/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/thierryvolpiatto/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/thierryvolpiatto/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/thierryvolpiatto/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/thierryvolpiatto/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2016-04-17T18:56:38Z","updated_at":"2016-04-17T18:56:38Z","body":"\nMichael Heerdegen <notifications@github.com> writes:\n\n> Done.\n>\n> I also fixed the \"%S\" usage: for the empty string we specify when e ->\n> nil, this inserted two quotation marks instead of nothing. I use \"%s\"\n> again and prin1-to-string e explicitly.\n\n\nThanks.\n\n> —\n> You are receiving this because you were mentioned.\n> Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub*\n\n\n-- \nThierry\n"}}