fucking something i forgot

crates/core/Cargo.toml

@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ iced = { workspace = true }
 iced_layershell = { workspace = true }
 tokio = { workspace = true }
 chrono = { workspace = true }
+clap = {workspace = true}
+toml = {workspace =true}
 # Modules + services
 modules = { path = "../modules" }
 services = { path = "../services" }

crates/core/src/args.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+use clap::Parser;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+
+#[derive(Parser)]
+pub struct Args {
+    #[arg(short, long)]
+    pub config: PathBuf,
+    // #[arg(long)]
+    // demo: bool,
+}

crates/core/src/main.rs

@@ -4,11 +4,17 @@
 //! `wlr-layer-shell`. Optional first CLI arg = target output name.
 //! Clicking a module's button spawns a LayerShell popup anchored to it.
 
+use std::fs::File;
+use std::io::Read;
+
+use clap::Parser;
+use common::BarbarConfig;
 use iced_layershell::daemon;
 use iced_layershell::reexport::Anchor;
 use iced_layershell::settings::{LayerShellSettings, Settings, StartMode};
 
 mod app;
+mod args;
 mod msg;
 mod popup;
 mod subscription;
@@ -22,8 +28,21 @@ pub(crate) use msg::{Message, Msg};
 const BAR_HEIGHT: u32 = 36;
 
 fn main() -> Result<(), iced_layershell::Error> {
-    let start_mode = match std::env::args().nth(1) {
-        Some(output) => StartMode::TargetScreen(output),
+    let args = args::Args::parse();
+
+    let config_handle = File::open(args.config);
+    let config: BarbarConfig;
+    if let Ok(mut config_file) = config_handle {
+        let mut string = String::new();
+        config_file.read_to_string(&mut string).unwrap();
+        config = toml::from_str(&string).unwrap();
+    } else {
+        println!("cant open config file");
+        return Ok(());
+    }
+
+    let start_mode = match config.monitor {
+        Some(x) => StartMode::TargetScreen(x),
         None => StartMode::Active,
     };