working on refactoring some functions

src/structs/config.rs

@@ -21,16 +21,6 @@ impl Field {
   }
 }
 
-// I shouldn't need this; remove when done with testing FIXME
-impl Default for Field {
-    fn default() -> Self {
-        Self { 
-          field: Default::default(), 
-          num_chars: Default::default() 
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub struct Rating {
   pub nil: char,
@@ -93,6 +83,14 @@ impl Config {
   pub fn priorities_to_lower(&mut self) {
     self.player_priorities = self.player_priorities.iter().map(|i| i.to_lowercase()).collect();
   }
+
+  pub fn find_player_priorities_idx(&self, name: &str) -> i32 {
+    match self.player_priorities.iter()
+    .position(|x| x.to_ascii_lowercase().eq(&name.to_ascii_lowercase())) {
+        Some(idx) => idx as i32,
+        None => i32::MAX,
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 fn ms(str: &str) -> String {

src/update_message.rs

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ fn update_prefix(cfg: &Config, data: &mut Data) {
       data.display_prefix = char.clone();
       trace!("updated prefix to {}", data.display_prefix);
     } else {
-      data.display_prefix = cfg.player_prefixes.get("default").unwrap().clone();  //todo: error handling
+      data.display_prefix = cfg.player_prefixes.get("default").unwrap_or(&'>').clone();
       trace!("set prefix to default ({})", data.display_prefix);
     }
   }

src/update_players.rs

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ pub fn update_players(
   cfg: &Config,
   mut data: &mut Data,
 ) {
-  let players = pf.find_all().unwrap(); //todo: error handling
+  let players = pf.find_all().unwrap_or(Vec::new());
   if players.is_empty() {
     data.current_player = None;
   } else {
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ pub fn update_players(
     for player in players {
       if cfg.player_priorities.contains(&player.identity().to_owned().to_ascii_lowercase()) {
         let name = player.identity();
-        let idx = cfg.player_priorities.iter().position(|x| x.to_ascii_lowercase().eq(&name.to_ascii_lowercase())).unwrap() as i32; //todo: move to function in config; error handling
+        let idx = cfg.find_player_priorities_idx(name);
-        let status = player.get_playback_status().unwrap(); //todo: error handling
+        if let Ok(status) = player.get_playback_status() {
           match status {
             mpris::PlaybackStatus::Playing => active[0].push((idx, name.to_owned())),
             mpris::PlaybackStatus::Paused => active[1].push((idx, name.to_owned())),
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ pub fn update_players(
           };
         }
       }
+    }
     if !active[0].is_empty() {
       data.current_player =  Some(get_lowest(&active[0]));
     } else if !active[1].is_empty() {