From 32c9d4becb3c6f119aad7e048b8c002a49bd464a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aleteoryx <alyx@aleteoryx.me>
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2025 19:40:48 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] better errors

---
 botlib.py | 2 +-
 dee.py    | 8 ++++++--
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/botlib.py b/botlib.py
index 5b3bc4c55870f27d137398415aac082e91e0f158..5ed96aee4415075255cd275ce3e0a815884bd2b7 100755
--- a/botlib.py
+++ b/botlib.py
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ def parse_words(line):
 
 def readln():
 	global isok
-	return isok.readline().decode('latin-1').strip()
+	return isok.readline().decode('latin-1', errors='replace').strip()
 
 def readk():
 	return int(readln())
diff --git a/dee.py b/dee.py
index 80b483c1f234d0664f8805b17d62118bfe2bfd74..d3ea1b244f7fcc6efbaf4b1eae116e0e9121d3e4 100755
--- a/dee.py
+++ b/dee.py
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ def send(msg):
 	global NAME
 	botlib.send(f'{NAME}: {msg}')
 
+def act(what):
+	global NAME
+	botlib.send(f'{NAME} {msg}')
+
 def help(nick):
 	send(f'{nick}, my commands are: "dee, roll <dice>", "dee, shuf[fle] <A>, <B>, and <C>", and "dee, pick <A>, <B>, or <C>"')
 
@@ -136,14 +140,14 @@ def parse_dice(nick, words):
 		try:
 			offset = parse_number(words[1])
 		except (IndexError, ValueError):
-			raise DiceParseException(f'{words[0]} what?')
+			raise DiceParseException(f'roll {count} d{last_dice} {words[0]} what?')
 		
 		if words[0] not in ('plus', 'add', '+'):
 			offset *= -1
 	
 		return count, last_dice, offset
 
-	raise DiceParseException(f'what?')
+	raise DiceParseException(f'roll what?')
 
 def dice(nick, words, pwords):
 	result = nick