Merge pull request #3723 from myk002/myk_terminal

clarify error message about the terminal
2023-09-02 03:30:28 -07:00 · 2023-09-02 03:30:28 -07:00 · c7b84a4b10
parent 9e744de218 b489fceaea
commit c7b84a4b10
1 changed files with 8 additions and 1 deletions
--- a/library/Core.cpp
+++ b/library/Core.cpp
@ -1249,7 +1249,14 @@ command_result Core::runCommand(color_ostream &con, const std::string &first_, s
        }
        else if (res == CR_NEEDS_CONSOLE)
            con.printerr("%s needs an interactive console to work.\n"
-                          "Please run this command from the DFHack terminal.\n", first.c_str());
+                          "Please run this command from the DFHack terminal.\n\n"
+#ifdef WIN32
+                          "You can show the terminal with the 'show' command."
+#else
+                          "The terminal is accessible when you run DF from the commandline\n"
+                          "via the './dfhack' script."
+#endif
+                          "\n", first.c_str());
        return res;
    }