>
>
> IDLE will print:
>
>
> Traceback (most recent call last): File "<pyshell#5>", line 2, in <module>
> raise SelectionError('You selected too many objects') SelectionError: You
> selected too many objects
>
>
> But Maya will print:
>
>
> # Error: SelectionError: file <maya console> line 2: #
>
>
> *Am I missing something really basic here, or can Maya seriously not print
> custom exception messages to the console?*
>
Are you running Maya 2011? If so make sure that *Show Stack Trace* is
enabled in the *Script Editor*. It is under the *History *menu.
Also you could try printing the error the maya way:
import maya.OpenMaya
OpenMaya.MGlobal.displayError("String")
good luck.
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