error handling

diff --git a/draw.c b/draw.c
index 0459392947ec6c6b8babafc2d22d9a111c453804..68b8cb7aa7c8f171d37103f1bfa6dbee0a419e35 100644 (file)
--- a/draw.c
+++ b/draw.c
@@ -78,9 +78,10 @@ drawtext(const char *text, unsigned long col[ColLast]) {
 unsigned long
 getcolor(const char *colstr) {
        Colormap cmap = DefaultColormap(dpy, screen);
-       XColor color = {0};
+       XColor color;
 
-       XAllocNamedColor(dpy, cmap, colstr, &color, &color);
+       if(!XAllocNamedColor(dpy, cmap, colstr, &color, &color))
+               eprint("error, cannot allocate color '%s'\n", colstr);
        return color.pixel;
 }