gaps: Improve error reporting

Always raise an error if the runtime only gaps command is found in the
config file.

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/sway/commands/gaps.c b/sway/commands/gaps.c
index ca8cb27a..3f0ef155 100644
--- a/sway/commands/gaps.c
+++ b/sway/commands/gaps.c
@@ -149,16 +149,17 @@ struct cmd_results *cmd_gaps(int argc, char **argv) {
                 return error;
         }
 
+        bool config_loading = !config->active || config->reloading;
+
         if (argc == 2) {
                 return gaps_set_defaults(argc, argv);
         }
-        if (argc == 4) {
-                if (config->active) {
-                        return gaps_set_runtime(argc, argv);
-                } else {
-                        return cmd_results_new(CMD_INVALID, "gaps",
-                                        "This syntax can only be used when sway is running");
-                }
+        if (argc == 4 && !config_loading) {
+                return gaps_set_runtime(argc, argv);
+        }
+        if (config_loading) {
+                return cmd_results_new(CMD_INVALID, "gaps",
+                                "Expected 'gaps inner|outer <px>'");
         }
         return cmd_results_new(CMD_INVALID, "gaps",
                         "Expected 'gaps inner|outer <px>' or "