From b0ecbbe4ad65d5383541ace5f8d70f0e1c167f01 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: orgtre <orgtre@posteo.net>
Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2022 11:05:03 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] More informative error message in anki-editor-api-check

Increases user-friendliness, as discussed in orgtre/anki-editor#5.
---
 anki-editor.el | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/anki-editor.el b/anki-editor.el
index 3a29fb6..22945a3 100644
--- a/anki-editor.el
+++ b/anki-editor.el
@@ -1045,7 +1045,10 @@ When note heading is not provided, it is used as the first field."
   (interactive)
   (let ((ver (condition-case err
                  (anki-editor-api-call-result 'version)
-               (error (error "Failed to connect to Anki: %s" (error-message-string err))))))
+               (error (error (concat "Failed to connect to Anki: %s"
+				     "\nIs Anki running with the "
+				     "AnkiConnect add-on enabled?")
+			     (error-message-string err))))))
     (if (<= anki-editor-api-version ver)
         (when (called-interactively-p 'interactive)
           (message "AnkiConnect v.%d is running" ver))