JAL-629 Method to use for printStackTrace

diff --git a/src/jalview/bin/Console.java b/src/jalview/bin/Console.java
index 7ac793d..a280e88 100644 (file)
--- a/src/jalview/bin/Console.java
+++ b/src/jalview/bin/Console.java
@@ -321,6 +321,12 @@ public class Console
     }
   }
 
+  public static void printStackTrace(Exception e)
+  {
+    // send message to stderr if output to stdout is expected
+    e.printStackTrace(System.err);
+  }
+
   public final static String LOGGING_TEST_MESSAGE = "Logging to STDERR";
 
 }