setterm: improve error messages

Reuse messages to make translation work easier.

Signed-off-by: Sami Kerola <kerolasa@iki.fi>

diff --git a/term-utils/setterm.c b/term-utils/setterm.c
index 14a0854b037b55a71d18069f4c8175cf3932c19f..eeab7ec4c289ae541607fdc634cb0c49788cd1d4 100644 (file)
--- a/term-utils/setterm.c
+++ b/term-utils/setterm.c
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ static int parse_ulhb_color(char **argv, int *optind)
        else {
                color = strtos32_or_err(color_name, _("argument error"));
                if (color < BLACK || DEFAULT < color)
-                       errx(EXIT_FAILURE, _("argument error"));
+                       errx(EXIT_FAILURE, _("argument error: %s"), color_name);
        }
        if (bright && (color == BLACK || color == GREY))
                errx(EXIT_FAILURE, _("argument error: bright %s is not supported"), color_name);
@@ -720,7 +720,7 @@ static int open_snapshot_device(struct setterm_control *ctl)
                xasprintf(&ctl->in_device, "/dev/vcsa");
        fd = open(ctl->in_device, O_RDONLY);
        if (fd < 0)
-               err(EXIT_DUMPFILE, _("Couldn't read %s"), ctl->in_device);
+               err(EXIT_DUMPFILE, _("cannot read %s"), ctl->in_device);
        return fd;
 }
 
@@ -744,18 +744,18 @@ static void screendump(struct setterm_control *ctl)
                err(EXIT_DUMPFILE, _("can not open dump file %s for output"), ctl->opt_sn_name);
        /* determine snapshot size */
        if (read(fd, header, 4) != 4)
-               err(EXIT_DUMPFILE, _("Couldn't read %s"), ctl->in_device);
+               err(EXIT_DUMPFILE, _("cannot read %s"), ctl->in_device);
        rows = header[0];
        cols = header[1];
        if (rows * cols == 0)
-               err(EXIT_DUMPFILE, _("Couldn't read %s"), ctl->in_device);
+               err(EXIT_DUMPFILE, _("cannot read %s"), ctl->in_device);
        /* allocate buffers */
        inbuf = xmalloc(rows * cols * 2);
        outbuf = xmalloc(rows * (cols + 1));
        /* read input */
        rc = read(fd, inbuf, rows * cols * 2);
        if (rc < 0 || (size_t)rc != rows * cols * 2)
-               err(EXIT_DUMPFILE, _("Couldn't read %s"), ctl->in_device);
+               err(EXIT_DUMPFILE, _("cannot read %s"), ctl->in_device);
        p = inbuf;
        q = outbuf;
        /* copy inbuf to outbuf */