Wrong/unhelpful error provided when using --layout with invalid yaml

[bigbass1997]

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Say that we have an invalid layout file saved at ~/.config/zellij/layouts/test.yaml with contents:

foo

(contents could be anything; such as a very complex layout with just a simple syntax error)

If we try to use this file like so: zellij --layout-path ~/.config/zellij/layouts/test.yaml, we get an error as expected:

Deserialization error: invalid type: string "foo", expected struct LayoutFromYamlIntermediate at line 1 column 1

However, if we use the same file like this: zellij --layout test.yaml, we get this error:

IoError: The layout was not found, File: test.yaml

While it is technically true that a valid layout was not found, this is also the same error that you'd get if the file simply didn't exist. And in this case the file does exist, zellij just failed to parse it. It would be much more helpful if the deserialization error was given instead of IoError.

[jaeheonji]

Good Point! I seem to know the problem with this. I will fix it soon. Thanks 👍