bugxbindkeys - Bugs: bug #60108, Better Messages

 
 

bug #60108: Better Messages

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Submitted:  Wed 24 Feb 2021 09:43:35 AM UTC
   
 
Category:  None Severity:  3 - Normal
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Wed 24 Feb 2021 09:43:35 AM UTC, original submission:  

I got a bit annoyed with xbindkeys silently failing to process an entire RC file due to a single mis-typed keyname, so I finally decided to download the source and add a patch. Super simple - thanks for making the software not overly complicated. This turned out to be almost a one-liner.

I'm not even going to submit a patch, as that would be more work than necessary. Simpyl change the "break;" line at options.c:792 to a healthy error message and call it a day. Here's what I used:

fprintf (stderr, "Could not add a key for the following combo in rc file:\n\"%s\"\n", line );

and now, provided you run xbindkeys from a termianl with -v, you'll no longer scratch your head about which line in the rc file was problematic.

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