From 7d52bae5cbb8416defe95fcccab4255b58dd7101 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Johannes Altmanninger <aclopte@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2020 18:23:27 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] rc/x11: failure message when some external tools are missing

Addresses #3591
---
 rc/windowing/repl/x11.kak | 8 +++++---
 rc/windowing/x11.kak      | 3 ++-
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/rc/windowing/repl/x11.kak b/rc/windowing/repl/x11.kak
index cd0214e41..5832dddc9 100644
--- a/rc/windowing/repl/x11.kak
+++ b/rc/windowing/repl/x11.kak
@@ -23,9 +23,11 @@ define-command -docstring %{
 }}
 
 define-command x11-send-text -docstring "send the selected text to the repl window" %{
-    nop %sh{
-        printf %s\\n "${kak_selection}" | xsel -i
-        xdotool search --name kak_repl_window key --clearmodifiers Shift+Insert
+    evaluate-commands %sh{
+        printf %s\\n "${kak_selection}" | xsel -i ||
+        echo 'fail x11-send-text: failed to run xsel, see *debug* buffer for details' &&
+        xdotool search --name kak_repl_window key --clearmodifiers Shift+Insert ||
+        echo 'fail x11-send-text: failed to run xdotool, see *debug* buffer for details'
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/rc/windowing/x11.kak b/rc/windowing/x11.kak
index 5e6626836..b18f5d730 100644
--- a/rc/windowing/x11.kak
+++ b/rc/windowing/x11.kak
@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@ If no client is passed, then the current client is used' \
         if [ $# -eq 1 ]; then
             printf "evaluate-commands -client '%s' focus" "$1"
         else
-            xdotool windowactivate $kak_client_env_WINDOWID > /dev/null
+            xdotool windowactivate $kak_client_env_WINDOWID > /dev/null ||
+            echo 'fail failed to run x11-focus, see *debug* buffer for details'
         fi
     }
 }