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authorFurkan Sahin <furkan-dev@proton.me>2019-02-06 13:18:46 -0500
committerFurkan Sahin <furkan-dev@proton.me>2019-02-06 13:18:46 -0500
commit7d370b87b1771f5cbb194a03e8c5bf71ad0cdcde (patch)
tree58168d2c3e464d556b1be8d76208f4f82258eabc
parent8ab7c69df4bef386d0700ffa7e787fc7b7719982 (diff)
Clarify error for options and positional args
When both options and positional arguments are given, sway would print the error `Don't use options with the IPC client`. Over the past several months, it seems like users are including this error message in issues instead of a debug log due to not understanding that the error message means there is an issue with their command. This makes the error message more verbose and will hopefully make it so more users understand that the message is not a bug in sway, but with the command used.
-rw-r--r--sway/main.c8
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/sway/main.c b/sway/main.c
index 67d0f799..12f92bd8 100644
--- a/sway/main.c
+++ b/sway/main.c
@@ -320,7 +320,13 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
if (optind < argc) { // Behave as IPC client
if (optind != 1) {
- sway_log(SWAY_ERROR, "Don't use options with the IPC client");
+ sway_log(SWAY_ERROR,
+ "Detected both options and positional arguments. If you "
+ "are trying to use the IPC client, options are not "
+ "supported. Otherwise, check the provided arguments for "
+ "issues. See `man 1 sway` or `sway -h` for usage. If you "
+ "are trying to generate a debug log, use "
+ "`sway -d 2>sway.log`.");
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
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