Python exception from module

So I tried asking in python-forum.io but the mod who was kind enough to answer my question seems to have learning difficulties. New to python, done years worth of php.

I'm using someone else's module: pdftitle, if it throws any exception, I want to quietly give up and move on to the next PDF.

Code:

import pdftitle
FilePath = "c:\somepdf.pdf"
try:
 PdfTitle = pdftitle.run(FilePath)
except:
 print("an exception occurred")

...doesn't catch any of the variety of exceptions when pdftitle (or one of the modules it uses, getting a mix of pdfminer.pdffont.PDFUnicodeNotDefined and recursion limit exceeded for PDFs it doesn't like) throws one.

I am seeing an "During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:" in the exception. Is it that which stops my try/except from catching, something about the nesting? How do I make it shut up?

Ok so I was properly retarded. ...actually drunk.

Had commented out a chunk of the pdftitle run() function to pass the file name to it. Which worked when it worked, clearly didn't when it failed.

Not directly related, but have to blame python, since it's a language based on indent (which should be tab, but it's 4 spaces, just ask Richard Hendricks) but the IDE doesn't support shift + tab?

so... use a better IDE?

Point was, the Python bundled IDE is not optimized for Python.

python doesn't come bundled with anything, its not python language fault you installed a POS IDE, use test editor which meets your needs.

Idle?

Sorry you'll have to speak up, I can't hear you over the noise of the self-described python integrated development environment that was included in the install

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https://docs.python.org/3/library/idle.html?highlight=idle
Well I'll be a mutha...er, what a piece of shit, but I suppose you use Windows Wordpad for writing all your documents as well so fair call.

I didn't scroll all the way through the matches, is there one where it outlines why they wrote their own IDE without supporting the established shortcut for fundamental indentation?

If I installed the wordpad toolkit and it created its own document association with wordpad, and that was flawed... I guess I wouldn't bother cos that's wordpad.

Who cares. It's an old POS from when Python was really trying to be an all in one programming language. The established shortcuts probably weren't so established 20 years ago. Yet, if you look in the Format menu, you will see it has indent and dedent shortcuts, and you can change them in the options.

Or, just install vscode like a normal person.