From f1cee0cbfd5641f8800f5ffb60ef5c6bf556760a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sebastian Wehling-Benatelli <sebastian.wehling@rub.de>
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2015 11:30:58 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] [fixes #168] now any TypeError is handled by try ... except
 clause

---
 pylot/core/util/widgets.py | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/pylot/core/util/widgets.py b/pylot/core/util/widgets.py
index 8fc47268..16731ef3 100644
--- a/pylot/core/util/widgets.py
+++ b/pylot/core/util/widgets.py
@@ -843,7 +843,10 @@ class InputsTab(PropTab):
 
         # get the full name of the actual user
         self.fullNameEdit = QLineEdit()
-        self.fullNameEdit.setText(fulluser)
+        try:
+            self.fullNameEdit.setText(fulluser)
+        except TypeError as e:
+            self.fullNameEdit.setText(fulluser[0])
 
         # information about data structure
         dataroot = settings.value("data/dataRoot")