added a proper error message for messing up the -f flag

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/testing/toxic/main.c b/testing/toxic/main.c
index 001d3382..3b45a89f 100644
--- a/testing/toxic/main.c
+++ b/testing/toxic/main.c
@@ -283,6 +283,7 @@ void prepare_window(WINDOW* w) {
 int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
   int ch;
   int i = 0;
+  int f_flag = 0;
   char *filename = "data";
   ToxWindow* a;
 
@@ -292,7 +293,7 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
                 if(argv[i + 1] != NULL)
                     filename = argv[i + 1];
                 else {
-                    fputs("[!] you passed '-f' without giving an argument!\n", stderr);
+                    f_flag = -1;
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -303,6 +304,14 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
   load_data(filename);
   init_windows();
 
+  if(f_flag == -1) {
+    attron(COLOR_PAIR(3) | A_BOLD);
+    wprintw(prompt->window, "You passed '-f' without giving an argument!\n"
+                            "defaulting to 'data' for a keyfile...\n");
+    attroff(COLOR_PAIR(3) | A_BOLD);
+  }
+    
+
   while(true) {
     // Update tox.
     do_tox();