#131 write errors to stderr

koekeishiya · Jul 14, 2019 · f1a27ed · f1a27ed
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diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.htm
 ## [Unreleased]
 ### Changed
 - Float native macOS fullscreen spaces [#130](https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai/issues/130)
+- Write error messsages returned to the client through *stderr* [#131](https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai/issues/131)
 
 ## [1.1.1] - 2019-07-14
 ### Changed

diff --git a/src/yabai.c b/src/yabai.c
@@ -99,13 +99,13 @@ static int client_send_message(int argc, char **argv)
             rsp[byte_count] = '\0';
 
             if (rsp[0] == FAILURE_MESSAGE[0]) {
-                fprintf(stdout, "%s", rsp + 1);
                 result = EXIT_FAILURE;
+                fprintf(stderr, "%s", rsp + 1);
+                fflush(stderr);
             } else {
                 fprintf(stdout, "%s", rsp);
+                fflush(stdout);
             }
-
-            fflush(stdout);
         }
     }