add basic notifications if the config is broken during reload

Cargo.toml

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ libc = "0.2"
 log = "0.4"
 open = "1.2"
 native-tls = "0.2"
+# file change notification
 notify = "4.0"
 palette = "0.4"
 portable-pty = { path = "pty", features = ["serde_support", "ssh"]}
@@ -57,6 +58,10 @@ zstd = "0.4"
 [target.'cfg(unix)'.dependencies]
 daemonize = "0.4"
 
+[target.'cfg(not(windows))'.dependencies]
+# show a notification
+notify-rust = "3"
+
 # on linux, font-loader pulls in servo-font* crates which conflict with
 # our newer font related deps, so we avoid it on linux
 [target.'cfg(any(windows, target_os = "macos"))'.dependencies]

src/config/mod.rs

@@ -146,6 +146,17 @@ impl ConfigInner {
             }
             Err(err) => {
                 log::error!("While reloading configuration: {}", err);
+
+                #[cfg(not(windows))]
+                {
+                    notify_rust::Notification::new()
+                        .summary("Wezterm Configuration")
+                        .body(&format!("{}", err))
+                        // timeout isn't respected on macos
+                        .timeout(0)
+                        .show().ok();
+                }
+
                 self.error.replace(err.to_string());
             }
         }