[feature req] Accept more inputs? about wob HOT 3 OPEN

Why is it a problem that wob exits on invalid input? My use-case is that I first try if the script piping into wob works and then include it in service manager / sway config / whatever. And once the script works, it shouldn't really randomly break.

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This is true! My main idea is to make scripting easier, e.g. in sway/config. It's helped me make some toggles neater, because now a grep can replace [...] && ... || ....

As for the inputs, current wob is fragile but always correct, my proposed wob is robust but might silently coerce bad input. As you say it will only make a difference if underlying tools change, anyway.

I've made a wrapper script that implements this, for my own use. Just thought it might be useful to others :)

It's just an idea, if you're happy with current wob, so am I -- you've made something really useful 😊 thank you!

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I would also really prefer wob to not exit on invalid input.

Although I do test my scripts it (surprisingly) sometime happens that I miss something and then wob is killed for the session, forcing to either start it manually or restart the whole session for further debugging.

Finally, I don't see how wob exiting is a useful feature in itself, but maybe I am missing some use case

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