error message style and use strerror in a few places

2 files changed, 24 insertions, 24 deletions

diff --git a/st.c b/st.c
index 2612c95..0628707 100644
--- a/st.c
+++ b/st.c
@@ -256,10 +256,10 @@ xwrite(int fd, const char *s, size_t len)
 void *
 xmalloc(size_t len)
 {
-	void *p = malloc(len);
+	void *p;
 
-	if (!p)
-		die("Out of memory\n");
+	if (!(p = malloc(len)))
+		die("malloc: %s\n", strerror(errno));
 
 	return p;
 }
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ void *
 xrealloc(void *p, size_t len)
 {
 	if ((p = realloc(p, len)) == NULL)
-		die("Out of memory\n");
+		die("realloc: %s\n", strerror(errno));
 
 	return p;
 }
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ char *
 xstrdup(char *s)
 {
 	if ((s = strdup(s)) == NULL)
-		die("Out of memory\n");
+		die("strdup: %s\n", strerror(errno));
 
 	return s;
 }
@@ -687,7 +687,7 @@ execsh(char *cmd, char **args)
 	errno = 0;
 	if ((pw = getpwuid(getuid())) == NULL) {
 		if (errno)
-			die("getpwuid:%s\n", strerror(errno));
+			die("getpwuid: %s\n", strerror(errno));
 		else
 			die("who are you?\n");
 	}
@@ -730,7 +730,7 @@ sigchld(int a)
 	pid_t p;
 
 	if ((p = waitpid(pid, &stat, WNOHANG)) < 0)
-		die("Waiting for pid %hd failed: %s\n", pid, strerror(errno));
+		die("waiting for pid %hd failed: %s\n", pid, strerror(errno));
 
 	if (pid != p)
 		return;
@@ -781,7 +781,8 @@ ttynew(char *line, char *cmd, char *out, char **args)
 
 	if (line) {
 		if ((cmdfd = open(line, O_RDWR)) < 0)
-			die("open line failed: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+			die("open line '%s' failed: %s\n",
+			    line, strerror(errno));
 		dup2(cmdfd, 0);
 		stty(args);
 		return cmdfd;
@@ -793,7 +794,7 @@ ttynew(char *line, char *cmd, char *out, char **args)
 
 	switch (pid = fork()) {
 	case -1:
-		die("fork failed\n");
+		die("fork failed: %s\n", strerror(errno));
 		break;
 	case 0:
 		close(iofd);
@@ -826,7 +827,7 @@ ttyread(void)
 
 	/* append read bytes to unprocessed bytes */
 	if ((ret = read(cmdfd, buf+buflen, LEN(buf)-buflen)) < 0)
-		die("Couldn't read from shell: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+		die("couldn't read from shell: %s\n", strerror(errno));
 	buflen += ret;
 
 	written = twrite(buf, buflen, 0);
diff --git a/x.c b/x.c
index f0195c9..c0bd890 100644
--- a/x.c
+++ b/x.c
@@ -742,9 +742,9 @@ xloadcols(void)
 	for (i = 0; i < dc.collen; i++)
 		if (!xloadcolor(i, NULL, &dc.col[i])) {
 			if (colorname[i])
-				die("Could not allocate color '%s'\n", colorname[i]);
+				die("could not allocate color '%s'\n", colorname[i]);
 			else
-				die("Could not allocate color %d\n", i);
+				die("could not allocate color %d\n", i);
 		}
 	loaded = 1;
 }
@@ -869,7 +869,7 @@ xloadfont(Font *f, FcPattern *pattern)
 		if ((XftPatternGetInteger(f->match->pattern, "slant", 0,
 		    &haveattr) != XftResultMatch) || haveattr < wantattr) {
 			f->badslant = 1;
-			fputs("st: font slant does not match\n", stderr);
+			fputs("font slant does not match\n", stderr);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -878,7 +878,7 @@ xloadfont(Font *f, FcPattern *pattern)
 		if ((XftPatternGetInteger(f->match->pattern, "weight", 0,
 		    &haveattr) != XftResultMatch) || haveattr != wantattr) {
 			f->badweight = 1;
-			fputs("st: font weight does not match\n", stderr);
+			fputs("font weight does not match\n", stderr);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -906,14 +906,13 @@ xloadfonts(char *fontstr, double fontsize)
 	FcPattern *pattern;
 	double fontval;
 
-	if (fontstr[0] == '-') {
+	if (fontstr[0] == '-')
 		pattern = XftXlfdParse(fontstr, False, False);
-	} else {
+	else
 		pattern = FcNameParse((FcChar8 *)fontstr);
-	}
 
 	if (!pattern)
-		die("st: can't open font %s\n", fontstr);
+		die("can't open font %s\n", fontstr);
 
 	if (fontsize > 1) {
 		FcPatternDel(pattern, FC_PIXEL_SIZE);
@@ -939,7 +938,7 @@ xloadfonts(char *fontstr, double fontsize)
 	}
 
 	if (xloadfont(&dc.font, pattern))
-		die("st: can't open font %s\n", fontstr);
+		die("can't open font %s\n", fontstr);
 
 	if (usedfontsize < 0) {
 		FcPatternGetDouble(dc.font.match->pattern,
@@ -956,17 +955,17 @@ xloadfonts(char *fontstr, double fontsize)
 	FcPatternDel(pattern, FC_SLANT);
 	FcPatternAddInteger(pattern, FC_SLANT, FC_SLANT_ITALIC);
 	if (xloadfont(&dc.ifont, pattern))
-		die("st: can't open font %s\n", fontstr);
+		die("can't open font %s\n", fontstr);
 
 	FcPatternDel(pattern, FC_WEIGHT);
 	FcPatternAddInteger(pattern, FC_WEIGHT, FC_WEIGHT_BOLD);
 	if (xloadfont(&dc.ibfont, pattern))
-		die("st: can't open font %s\n", fontstr);
+		die("can't open font %s\n", fontstr);
 
 	FcPatternDel(pattern, FC_SLANT);
 	FcPatternAddInteger(pattern, FC_SLANT, FC_SLANT_ROMAN);
 	if (xloadfont(&dc.bfont, pattern))
-		die("st: can't open font %s\n", fontstr);
+		die("can't open font %s\n", fontstr);
 
 	FcPatternDestroy(pattern);
 }
@@ -1003,13 +1002,13 @@ xinit(int cols, int rows)
 	XColor xmousefg, xmousebg;
 
 	if (!(xw.dpy = XOpenDisplay(NULL)))
-		die("Can't open display\n");
+		die("can't open display\n");
 	xw.scr = XDefaultScreen(xw.dpy);
 	xw.vis = XDefaultVisual(xw.dpy, xw.scr);
 
 	/* font */
 	if (!FcInit())
-		die("Could not init fontconfig.\n");
+		die("could not init fontconfig.\n");
 
 	usedfont = (opt_font == NULL)? font : opt_font;
 	xloadfonts(usedfont, 0);