Add file-based error logging

5 files changed, 33 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 02915e9..e72bd03 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 launch.json
 /termsonic
 termsonic.exe
+errors.log
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/errors.go b/src/errors.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7fea064
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/errors.go
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package src
+
+import (
+        "fmt"
+        "os"
+        "time"
+)
+
+var globalErrors = make(chan error, 100)
+
+func init() {
+        go func() {
+                f, err := os.OpenFile("errors.log", os.O_CREATE|os.O_APPEND|os.O_WRONLY, 0o664)
+                if err != nil {
+                        panic(err)
+                }
+                defer f.Close()
+
+                for e := range globalErrors {
+                        f.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("%s: %v\n", time.Now(), e))
+                        f.Sync()
+                }
+        }()
+}
+
+func LogErrorf(format string, args ...any) {
+        globalErrors <- fmt.Errorf(format, args...)
+}
diff --git a/src/page_artists.go b/src/page_artists.go
index faf1027..02d768a 100644
--- a/src/page_artists.go
+++ b/src/page_artists.go
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ func (a *app) loadAlbumInPanel(id string) error {
                         err := a.playQueue.Play()
                         if err != nil {
                                 a.alert("Error: %v", err)
+                                LogErrorf("starting playback of album '%s': %v", album.Name, err)
                         }
                 })
         }
diff --git a/src/page_config.go b/src/page_config.go
index 31e93e4..faa3b97 100644
--- a/src/page_config.go
+++ b/src/page_config.go
@@ -47,11 +47,13 @@ func (a *app) configPage() *tview.Form {
 
                         if err := a.refreshArtists(); err != nil {
                                 a.alert("Error: %v", err)
+                                LogErrorf("refreshing artists following Ctrl+R: %v", err)
                                 return nil
                         }
 
                         if err := a.refreshPlaylists(); err != nil {
                                 a.alert("Error: %v", err)
+                                LogErrorf("refreshing playlists following Ctrl+R: %v", err)
                                 return nil
                         }
 
diff --git a/src/page_playlists.go b/src/page_playlists.go
index 25b35ba..1eaa624 100644
--- a/src/page_playlists.go
+++ b/src/page_playlists.go
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ func (a *app) loadPlaylist(id string) error {
 
                         if err := a.playQueue.Play(); err != nil {
                                 a.alert("Error: %v", err)
+                                LogErrorf("starting playback of playlist '%s': %v", a.currentPlaylist.Name, err)
                         }
                 })
         }