use STDOUT for errors, avoid unnecessary raise and exception

2 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index e8148fc..07125e2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 = Recent Changes in HCl
 
+== v0.2.4
+
+* use STDERR instead of STDOUT for error reporting
+
 == v0.2.3 Sun Aug 23 21:39:34 2009 -0700
 
 * Allow decimal time offset without a dot, closes #29.
diff --git a/lib/hcl/app.rb b/lib/hcl/app.rb
index c1a6e9b..40009d6 100644
--- a/lib/hcl/app.rb
+++ b/lib/hcl/app.rb
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@ module HCl
     SETTINGS_FILE = "#{ENV['HOME']}/.hcl_settings"
     CONFIG_FILE = "#{ENV['HOME']}/.hcl_config"
   
-    class UnknownCommand < StandardError; end
-  
     def initialize
       read_config
       read_settings
@@ -73,16 +71,17 @@ module HCl
               end
             end
           else
-            raise UnknownCommand, "unrecognized command `#{@command}'"
+            STDERR.puts "unrecognized command `#{@command}'"
+            exit 1
           end
         else
           show
         end
       rescue RuntimeError => e
-        puts "Error: #{e}"
+        STDERR.puts "Error: #{e}"
         exit 1
       rescue TimesheetResource::Failure => e
-        puts "Internal failure. #{e}"
+        STDERR.puts "Internal failure. #{e}"
         exit 1
       end
     end