Don't exit daemon when initial load fails

crates/eww/src/config/eww_config.rs

@@ -18,8 +18,17 @@ pub struct EwwConfig {
     script_vars: HashMap<VarName, ScriptVarDefinition>,
 }
 
+impl Default for EwwConfig {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self { widgets: HashMap::new(), windows: HashMap::new(), initial_variables: HashMap::new(), script_vars: HashMap::new() }
+    }
+}
+
 impl EwwConfig {
     pub fn read_from_file(files: &mut YuckFiles, path: impl AsRef<Path>) -> Result<Self> {
+        if !path.as_ref().exists() {
+            bail!("The configuration file `{}` does not exist", path.as_ref().display());
+        }
         let config = Config::generate_from_main_file(files, path)?;
         let Config { widget_definitions, window_definitions, var_definitions, mut script_vars } = config;
         script_vars.extend(crate::config::inbuilt::get_inbuilt_vars());

crates/eww/src/server.rs

@@ -10,6 +10,27 @@ use std::{
 use tokio::sync::mpsc::*;
 
 pub fn initialize_server(paths: EwwPaths) -> Result<()> {
+    let (ui_send, mut ui_recv) = tokio::sync::mpsc::unbounded_channel();
+
+    std::env::set_current_dir(&paths.get_config_dir())
+        .with_context(|| format!("Failed to change working directory to {}", paths.get_config_dir().display()))?;
+
+    log::info!("Loading paths: {}", &paths);
+
+    // disgusting global state, I hate this, but https://github.com/buffet told me that this is what I should do for peak maintainability
+    error_handling_ctx::clear_files();
+
+    let read_config =
+        config::EwwConfig::read_from_file(&mut error_handling_ctx::ERROR_HANDLING_CTX.lock().unwrap(), &paths.get_yuck_path());
+
+    let eww_config = match read_config {
+        Ok(config) => config,
+        Err(err) => {
+            error_handling_ctx::print_error(err);
+            config::EwwConfig::default()
+        }
+    };
+
     do_detach(&paths.get_log_file())?;
 
     println!(
@@ -27,17 +48,6 @@ pub fn initialize_server(paths: EwwPaths) -> Result<()> {
             std::process::exit(1);
         }
     });
-    let (ui_send, mut ui_recv) = tokio::sync::mpsc::unbounded_channel();
-
-    std::env::set_current_dir(&paths.get_config_dir())
-        .with_context(|| format!("Failed to change working directory to {}", paths.get_config_dir().display()))?;
-
-    log::info!("Loading paths: {}", &paths);
-
-    // disgusting global state, I hate this, but https://github.com/buffet told me that this is what I should do for peak maintainability
-    error_handling_ctx::clear_files();
-    let eww_config =
-        config::EwwConfig::read_from_file(&mut error_handling_ctx::ERROR_HANDLING_CTX.lock().unwrap(), &paths.get_yuck_path())?;
 
     gtk::init()?;