1 files changed, 14 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/2.3-1/loader.sce b/2.3-1/loader.sce
index ddfe6370..061021cb 100644
--- a/2.3-1/loader.sce
+++ b/2.3-1/loader.sce
@@ -1,10 +1,20 @@
 // This file is released under the 3-clause BSD license. See COPYING-BSD.
 // Generated by builder.sce: Please, do not edit this file
 
+oldmode = mode();      mode(-1);
+oldlines = lines()(2); lines(0);
 try
- getversion("scilab");
+    exec(get_absolute_file_path("loader.sce")+"etc/"+"scilab2c.start");
 catch
- error("Scilab 5.0 or more is required.");
-end;
+    [errmsg, tmp, nline, func] = lasterror()
+    msg = "%s: error on line #%d: ""%s""\n"
+    msg = msprintf(msg, func, nline, errmsg)
+    lines(oldlines)
+    mode(oldmode);
+    clear oldlines oldmode tmp nline func
+    error(msg);
+end
+lines(oldlines);
+mode(oldmode);
+clear oldlines oldmode;
 
-exec(get_absolute_file_path("loader.sce")+"etc\"+"scilab2c.start");