From b53d024dfe63c39289e333f3a3be09cf43047bb5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: CJ van den Berg <cj@vdbonline.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2024 20:12:44 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix: add message if hjson is not found and mention hjson in
 README.md

closes #1
---
 README.md       | 13 +++++++++++++
 src/compile.zig |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fb8235b..3c8d1f9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,2 +1,15 @@
 # flow-themes
 Themes compiler for Flow-Control, the text editor
+
+## Requirements
+
+ - zig 0.13
+ - hjson (installed in your PATH)
+
+## Build
+
+`zig build`
+
+This will download and compile all the themes and create a zig module
+in `zig-out` that can be referenced as a dependency from another project's
+`build.zig.zon`.
diff --git a/src/compile.zig b/src/compile.zig
index 733017c..466390e 100644
--- a/src/compile.zig
+++ b/src/compile.zig
@@ -959,7 +959,7 @@ fn hjson(data: []const u8) ![]const u8 {
         if (bytesRead == 0) break;
         try writer.writeAll(buffer[0..bytesRead]);
     }
-    const term = try child.wait();
+    const term = child.wait() catch |e| std.debug.panic("error running hjson: {any}", .{e});
     switch (term) {
         std.process.Child.Term.Exited => |code| if (code == 0) return out.toOwnedSlice(),
         else => {},