zellij setup --check returns wrong info

[azinsharaf]

zellij setup --check confirms that config.kdl is in the correct location but when i luanch it it doesn't read the config file at all.

➜  ~ zellij setup --check
[Version]: "0.36.0"
[CONFIG DIR]: "/home/azin/.config/zellij"
[CONFIG FILE]: "/home/azin/.config/zellij/config.kdl"
[CONFIG FILE]: Well defined.
[DATA DIR]: "/home/azin/.local/share/zellij"
[PLUGIN DIR]: "/home/azin/.local/share/zellij/plugins"
 Builtin, default plugins will not be loaded from disk.
 Create a custom layout if you require this behavior.
[LAYOUT DIR]: "~/.config/zellij/layouts"
[SYSTEM DATA DIR]: "/usr/share/zellij"
[ARROW SEPARATOR]: 
 Is the [ARROW_SEPARATOR] displayed correctly?
 If not you may want to either start zellij with a compatible mode: 'zellij options --simplified-ui true'
 Or check the font that is in use:
 https://zellij.dev/documentation/compatibility.html#the-status-bar-fonts-dont-render-correctly
[MOUSE INTERACTION]:
 Can be temporarily disabled through pressing the [SHIFT] key.
 If that doesn't fix any issues consider to disable the mouse handling of zellij: 'zellij options --disable-mouse-mode'
[DEFAULT EDITOR]: nvim
[FEATURES]: []
[DOCUMENTATION]: zellij.dev/documentation

if I move the config.kdl to the config folder :

➜  zellij tree
.
├── config
│   └── config.kdl
└── layouts
    └── default.kdl

then running zellij DOES recegnize the config file but zellij check --setup retruns the following error:

➜  zellij zellij setup --check
[Version]: "0.36.0"
[CONFIG DIR]: "/home/azin/.config/zellij"
[CONFIG FILE]: "/home/azin/.config/zellij/config.kdl"
[CONFIG ERROR]: IoError: No such file or directory (os error 2), File: /home/azin/.config/zellij/config.kdl
[DATA DIR]: "/home/azin/.local/share/zellij"
[PLUGIN DIR]: "/home/azin/.local/share/zellij/plugins"
 Builtin, default plugins will not be loaded from disk.
 Create a custom layout if you require this behavior.
[LAYOUT DIR]: "/home/azin/.config/zellij/layouts"
[SYSTEM DATA DIR]: "/usr/share/zellij"
[ARROW SEPARATOR]: 
 Is the [ARROW_SEPARATOR] displayed correctly?
 If not you may want to either start zellij with a compatible mode: 'zellij options --simplified-ui true'
 Or check the font that is in use:
 https://zellij.dev/documentation/compatibility.html#the-status-bar-fonts-dont-render-correctly
[MOUSE INTERACTION]:
 Can be temporarily disabled through pressing the [SHIFT] key.
 If that doesn't fix any issues consider to disable the mouse handling of zellij: 'zellij options --disable-mouse-mode'
[DEFAULT EDITOR]: nvim
[FEATURES]: []
[DOCUMENTATION]: zellij.dev/documentation

zellij version: 0.36.0

[Kangaxx-0]

According to your error log, zellij does not recognize your custom config path

[CONFIG FILE]: "/home/azin/.config/zellij/config.kdl".

For me, it could not find zellij/config/config.kdl, and then it loads default config.

I could slightly change the output [Config File] to [Looking for config file] to eliminate the confusion ?

[azinsharaf]

at least it confused me: in the help it says: By default Zellij will look for config.kdl in the config directory.
To me this means /home/alice/.config/zellij/config not /home/alice/.config/zellij

[Kangaxx-0]

I will submit a quick change for this :)