From a3e84741b76c84629ae8ec45bd17d427e0437d07 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chris Mayfield <mayfiecs@jmu.edu>
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2024 16:43:04 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] bug fix: praxly doesn't init when url is malformed

---
 src/ast.js  | 3 ++-
 src/main.js | 6 +++++-
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/ast.js b/src/ast.js
index e16e866..59bb453 100644
--- a/src/ast.js
+++ b/src/ast.js
@@ -577,7 +577,8 @@ class Praxly_input {
         try {
             const result = await consoleInput();
             return new Praxly_String(result, this.json);
-        } catch (e) {
+        }
+        catch (error) {
             throw new PraxlyError("input canceled", this.json.line);
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/main.js b/src/main.js
index 44200a9..982d79c 100644
--- a/src/main.js
+++ b/src/main.js
@@ -751,7 +751,11 @@ function parseUrlConfiguration() {
   const pattern = '#code=';
   if (hash.startsWith(pattern)) {
     let source = hash.substring(pattern.length);
-    configuration.code = decodeURIComponent(source);
+    try {
+      configuration.code = decodeURIComponent(source);
+    } catch (error) {
+      configuration.code = '// Unable to get code from URL\n// '+ error + '\n';
+    }
   } else {
     configuration.code = null;
   }