Doric extractor: informative errors for empty channels and artifacts

[Copilot]

Empty AOut1/AOut2 channels and missing CSV columns crash the Doric extractor with cryptic IndexError/KeyError. This replaces those with actionable ValueErrors that surface in the terminal and via the GUI's pop-up notification system.

Changes

Extractor errors

• _access_data_doricV6: Guard len(idx) == 0 before idx = idx[0] in both control/signal and TTL branches — raises ValueError naming the channel and suggesting the user deselect it in step 2.
• _access_data_doricV1: Pre-check event not in keys before HDF5 group access — same informative message.
• _read_doric_csv: Pre-check event not in df.columns — raises with file path and available columns. All missing columns get a unified message that mentions export artifacts (e.g. Raw, Unknown 7) as examples, so it works for any Doric file.

# Previously: IndexError: list index out of range
# Now:
ValueError: Channel 'AOut1' was not found in the Doric file.
This can happen when the channel (e.g. AOut1 or AOut2) is empty.
Please deselect it in step 2 or choose a different signal channel.

# For any missing CSV column:
ValueError: Column 'Raw' not found in '/path/to/data.csv'.
If this column is an export artifact (e.g. 'Raw', 'Unknown 7'),
please reselect actual analog channels (e.g. AIn-1, AIn-2) in step 2.
Available columns: Time(s), AIn-1, AIn-2

GUI error propagation

Errors surface via the existing pn.state.notifications.error() pop-up mechanism. transients.py now writes the error message to PB_ERROR_FILE before signalling -1 (consistent with read_raw_data.py, preprocess.py, and psth.py), so transient-analysis errors also appear in the pop-up.

Tests

Six unit tests cover all new extractor error paths: V6 empty control/signal channel, V6 empty TTL channel, V1 missing channel, CSV missing column, and CSV export artifact messages.

[pauladkisson]

I'd also like these errors to propagate up to the user experience in the GUI rather than just being in the terminal output, which users are not really going to want to look at.

[pauladkisson]

Yikes! Hard-coded event names? This needs to work for all Doric files, not just the ones in stubbed testing data.

[Copilot]

Fixed in commit 9f56e9c. Removed the if event in ("Raw", "Unknown 7") branch — all missing columns now get a single unified message that mentions these names only as illustrative examples: "If this column is an export artifact (e.g. 'Raw', 'Unknown 7'), please reselect actual analog channels...". This works for any Doric file regardless of the actual column names present.

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[Copilot]

I'd also like these errors to propagate up to the user experience in the GUI rather than just being in the terminal output, which users are not really going to want to look at.

Done in commit 9f56e9c. Errors now surface visually in the sidebar via red Markdown panes (read_error_pane, extract_error_pane, psth_error_pane) displayed below each progress bar. When any orchestrator subprocess fails, it writes the error message to guppyError.txt before signalling -1 to the progress bar file. readPBIncrementValues reads that file when it detects -1 and sets the pane's content to **Error:** <message>, so the user sees the exact error text in the GUI without needing to check the terminal.

[pauladkisson]

@copilot I just merged content from a separate pull request where I ran into a similar issue and implemented a fix where it surfaced the errors in a nice little pop-up that I thought was really good. I think this makes a good chunk of the code in this PR no longer necessary. Could you please remove the changes that are superseded by the fix?

[Copilot]

@copilot I just merged content from a separate pull request where I ran into a similar issue and implemented a fix where it surfaced the errors in a nice little pop-up that I thought was really good. ...

Done in commit 72a9c07. Removed the superseded sidebar Markdown error panes (sidebar.py, test_sidebar.py), the broken error_pane block from readPBIncrementValues (progress.py), and the writeErrorToFile helper. transients.py now writes to PB_ERROR_FILE directly (consistent with read_raw_data.py and preprocess.py), so all orchestrators use the same pattern and errors surface via the pn.state.notifications.error() pop-up from the merged fix.