From 21a28a13c99246d7c5aa91dc86f1657d05db8422 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sebastien Bourdeauducq <sb@m-labs.hk>
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2015 21:05:05 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] gui/explorer: less verbose error dialogs

---
 artiq/gui/explorer.py | 7 +++----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/artiq/gui/explorer.py b/artiq/gui/explorer.py
index e61a451f0..a1c16a346 100644
--- a/artiq/gui/explorer.py
+++ b/artiq/gui/explorer.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import asyncio
-import traceback
 
 from quamash import QtGui, QtCore
 from pyqtgraph import dockarea
@@ -136,12 +135,12 @@ class _ArgumentSetter(LayoutWidget):
         for arg, entry in self._args_to_entries.items():
             try:
                 r[arg] = entry.get_argument_value()
-            except:
+            except Exception as e:
                 if show_error_message:
                     msgbox = QtGui.QMessageBox(self.dialog_parent)
                     msgbox.setWindowTitle("Error")
-                    msgbox.setText("Failed to obtain value for argument '{}'.\n{}"
-                                   .format(arg, traceback.format_exc()))
+                    msgbox.setText("Failed to obtain value for argument '{}':\n{}"
+                                   .format(arg, str(e)))
                     msgbox.setStandardButtons(QtGui.QMessageBox.Ok)
                     msgbox.show()
                 return None