From 2d5f4d891056e6ce1ad585a19d949be984ceb52a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rangi42 <sylvie.oukaour+rangi42@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2025 11:22:58 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] More consistent missing-input error messages

---
 src/asm/main.cpp  | 2 +-
 src/fix/main.cpp  | 2 +-
 src/gfx/main.cpp  | 2 +-
 src/link/main.cpp | 3 +--
 4 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/asm/main.cpp b/src/asm/main.cpp
index c9919e4f..f04e455b 100644
--- a/src/asm/main.cpp
+++ b/src/asm/main.cpp
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 	verboseOutputConfig(argc, argv);
 
 	if (argc == musl_optind) {
-		usage.printAndExit("Please specify an input file (pass `-` to read from standard input)");
+		usage.printAndExit("No input file specified (pass `-` to read from standard input)");
 	} else if (argc != musl_optind + 1) {
 		usage.printAndExit("More than one input file specified");
 	}
diff --git a/src/fix/main.cpp b/src/fix/main.cpp
index 6e3da2fc..9c034405 100644
--- a/src/fix/main.cpp
+++ b/src/fix/main.cpp
@@ -898,7 +898,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 
 	argv += musl_optind;
 	if (!*argv) {
-		usage.printAndExit("Please specify an input file (pass `-` to read from standard input)");
+		usage.printAndExit("No input file specified (pass `-` to read from standard input)");
 	}
 
 	if (outputFilename && argc != musl_optind + 1) {
diff --git a/src/gfx/main.cpp b/src/gfx/main.cpp
index a0f62143..877b0d26 100644
--- a/src/gfx/main.cpp
+++ b/src/gfx/main.cpp
@@ -862,7 +862,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 	           && !localOptions.reverse) {
 		processPalettes();
 	} else {
-		usage.printAndExit("No input image specified");
+		usage.printAndExit("No input file specified (pass `-` to read from standard input)");
 	}
 
 	requireZeroErrors();
diff --git a/src/link/main.cpp b/src/link/main.cpp
index fd8f7665..5d3945fd 100644
--- a/src/link/main.cpp
+++ b/src/link/main.cpp
@@ -424,9 +424,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 
 	verboseOutputConfig(argc, argv);
 
-	// If no input files were specified, the user must have screwed up
 	if (musl_optind == argc) {
-		usage.printAndExit("Please specify an input file (pass `-` to read from standard input)");
+		usage.printAndExit("No input file specified (pass `-` to read from standard input)");
 	}
 
 	// Patch the size array depending on command-line options