Improve docs, don't initialise SDL until arguments are already handled

2 files changed, 12 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/cli/hitomezashi_cli.c b/cli/hitomezashi_cli.c
index 762c9e3..70a2812 100644
--- a/cli/hitomezashi_cli.c
+++ b/cli/hitomezashi_cli.c
@@ -15,12 +15,6 @@
 /** Initialise SDL, pass the information from hitomezashi_cli_handle_args() to
  * libhitomezashi, and save the resulting image. */
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
-  if (SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_VIDEO) != 0) {
-    SDL_LogCritical(SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_ERROR, "Failed to initialise SDL: %s",
-                    SDL_GetError());
-    return Hitomezashi_Cli_Exit_Code_Err_Sdl_Init;
-  }
-
   char *out_file_path;
   int x_pattern_len;
   int y_pattern_len;
@@ -32,6 +26,12 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
                               &x_pattern, &y_pattern, &gap, &thickness, argc,
                               argv);
 
+  if (SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_VIDEO) != 0) {
+    SDL_LogCritical(SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_ERROR, "Failed to initialise SDL: %s",
+                    SDL_GetError());
+    return Hitomezashi_Cli_Exit_Code_Err_Sdl_Init;
+  }
+
   struct Hitomezashi_State state;
   if (hitomezashi_state_init(&state, x_pattern_len, y_pattern_len, x_pattern,
                              y_pattern, gap, thickness) != 0) {
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
   SDL_Quit();
 }
 
-// Attempts to prints help. Exits 0 on success, 2 on failure.
 void hitomezashi_cli_help(void) {
   if (puts("hitomezashi_cli - generate hitomezashi patterns\n"
            "Options:\n"
@@ -86,8 +85,6 @@ char *hitomezashi_cli_ascii_binary_str_to_ints(char *ascii_str, size_t n) {
   return res;
 }
 
-// Parses arguments with xgetopt, ensures they are valid, initialises various
-// variables based on them. Prints and exits if it encounters an error.
 void hitomezashi_cli_handle_args(char **out_file_path, int *x_pattern_len,
                                  int *y_pattern_len, char **x_pattern,
                                  char **y_pattern, int *gap, int *thickness,
diff --git a/cli/hitomezashi_cli.h b/cli/hitomezashi_cli.h
index d83de7b..9f7825c 100644
--- a/cli/hitomezashi_cli.h
+++ b/cli/hitomezashi_cli.h
@@ -25,12 +25,17 @@ enum Hitomezashi_Cli_Exit_Code {
 /** Read and parse arguments, ensure they are valid, and give back the
  * information in usable form to the caller. Also calls hitomezashi_cli_help()
  * if -h is passed.
+ * Note that *x_pattern and *y_pattern are dynamically allocated and should be
+ * freed by the caller when no longer needed.
  */
 void hitomezashi_cli_handle_args(char **out_file_path, int *x_pattern_len,
                                  int *y_pattern_len, char **x_pattern,
                                  char **y_pattern, int *gap, int *thickness,
                                  int argc, char **argv);
-/** Print the help text and exit. */
+/** Print the help text and exit.
+ * Exits with Hitomezashi_Cli_Exit_Code_Success (0) on success, and
+ * Hitomezashi_Cli_Exit_Code_Print_Help (2) on failure.
+ */
 void hitomezashi_cli_help(void);
 /** Convert a string composed of ASCII 0 and 1 digits, eg\. "01010", to an array
  * of numeric 0s and 1s stored as char. */