Show error message in tooltip when initialization fails

[winstliu]

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Description

I don't think there's a reason to create a notification error when initialization fails because you'll always be going through the tooltip UI. Perhaps the notification was added before the tooltip existed? Either way, the tooltip should provide a copy of the error message.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Turn off the interwebs
2. Try to start teletyping

Expected behavior: Tooltip explains what the error is

Actual behavior: Tooltip contains a generic failure message

Reproduces how often: 100%

[rvermeiren]

Hi,
I'm a student in last year in computer science at the UCL in Belgium and I want to make my first contribution to an open source project. I choose atom/teletype as it's one of my favorite tools for collaborative work and pair programming.

Do you think it's an affordable fix for a beginner? I will work on a VM with the last LTS version of Ubuntu and use the development mode of Atom for testing my fix.

I have already read a lot of documentation on how to contribute to Atom.

I will very thankful if someone could help me if I have a problem.

Regards,

Rémy

[nathansobo]

@rvermeiren Thanks for reaching out. I think it's worth a try. You need to understand how this package updates the contents of the tooltip and also look at where we present the notification. You'll also want to take a look at the existing tests to figure out how to add one to cover the new behavior. Good luck!

[jasonrudolph]

Closed by #309. Thanks, @rvermeiren. 🙇