From 4ae2c646576cc4e9f91c730c80bf75fd5122e4b3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: nicm <nicm>
Date: Mon, 30 May 2022 12:52:02 +0000
Subject: Better error reporting when applying custom layouts.

---
 cmd-select-layout.c | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

(limited to 'cmd-select-layout.c')

diff --git a/cmd-select-layout.c b/cmd-select-layout.c
index c857a0e1..6dfe2b6a 100644
--- a/cmd-select-layout.c
+++ b/cmd-select-layout.c
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ cmd_select_layout_exec(struct cmd *self, struct cmdq_item *item)
 	struct window		*w = wl->window;
 	struct window_pane	*wp = target->wp;
 	const char		*layoutname;
-	char			*oldlayout;
+	char			*oldlayout, *cause;
 	int			 next, previous, layout;
 
 	server_unzoom_window(w);
@@ -124,8 +124,9 @@ cmd_select_layout_exec(struct cmd *self, struct cmdq_item *item)
 	}
 
 	if (layoutname != NULL) {
-		if (layout_parse(w, layoutname) == -1) {
-			cmdq_error(item, "can't set layout: %s", layoutname);
+		if (layout_parse(w, layoutname, &cause) == -1) {
+			cmdq_error(item, "%s: %s", cause, layoutname);
+			free(cause);
 			goto error;
 		}
 		goto changed;
-- 
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