report error string from ImportError when patch fails to load (rgs)

2 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/TurtleArt/tawindow.py b/TurtleArt/tawindow.py
index 81fbf3f..dae617c 100644
--- a/TurtleArt/tawindow.py
+++ b/TurtleArt/tawindow.py
@@ -290,8 +290,8 @@ class TurtleArtWindow():
                 self._plugins.append(plugins.values()[0](self))
                 debug_output('successfully importing %s' % (plugin_class),
                              self.running_sugar)
-            except ImportError:
-                debug_output('failed to import %s' % (plugin_class),
+            except ImportError as e:
+                debug_output('failed to import %s: %s' % (plugin_class, str(e)),
                              self.running_sugar)
             '''
             exec f in globals(), plugins
diff --git a/turtleart.py b/turtleart.py
index 9669e21..52192d5 100755
--- a/turtleart.py
+++ b/turtleart.py
@@ -131,8 +131,8 @@ class TurtleMain():
             try:
                 exec f in globals(), plugin
                 self._plugins.append(plugin.values()[0](self))
-            except ImportError:
-                print 'failed to import %s' % (P)
+            except ImportError as e:
+                print 'failed to import %s: %s' % (P, str(e))
 
     def _run_plugins(self):
         ''' Tell the plugin about the TurtleWindow instance. '''