sway

commit ee56428b642d8f75350ae2698706c1b88898acf5
parent 921e42c6c06212a61d899d6335d95eb4c781e2e8
Author: Brian Ashworth <bosrsf04@gmail.com>
Date:   Wed,  6 Feb 2019 13:18:46 -0500

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.

Diffstat:
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sway/main.c
 | 
8
+++++++-

1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git 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);
 		}
 		if (!drop_permissions()) {