set verbose on first invocation

[code/mailplate.git] / mailplate

diff --git a/mailplate b/mailplate
index 439fc73449415edbd2d23fc8139308221d66bf6b..4b03c05595b6b0cc978997e66a028ebe10b70cc1 100755 (executable)
--- a/mailplate
+++ b/mailplate
@@ -235,6 +235,7 @@ helpers = { 'get_quote' : 'fortune -s' }
 
 if not os.path.exists(CONFFILE):
     # conffile does not exist, let's create it with defaults.
+    options.verbose = True
 
     if not os.path.isdir(MAILPLATEDIR):
         info('configuration directory not found, creating: ' + MAILPLATEDIR)
@@ -325,8 +326,11 @@ elif (options.auto or options.menu) and templname:
     sys.exit(posix.EX_USAGE)
 
 elif not templname and not (options.auto or options.menu):
-    err('no template specified')
-    sys.exit(posix.EX_USAGE)
+    if default_templname is not None:
+        templname = default_templname
+    else:
+        err('no template specified')
+        sys.exit(posix.EX_USAGE)
 
 elif options.menu:
     err('--menu mode not yet implemented')