Index: src/hid_cfg.c
===================================================================
--- src/hid_cfg.c	(revision 1460)
+++ src/hid_cfg.c	(revision 1461)
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 
 lht_node_t *resource_create_menu(hid_cfg_t *hr, const char *name, const char *action, const char *mnemonic, const char *accel, const char *tip, int flags)
 {
-	/* TODO */
+#warning TODO
 	abort();
 }
 
@@ -107,20 +107,25 @@
 	return hr;
 }
 
-void hid_cfg_action(const lht_node_t *node)
+int hid_cfg_action(const lht_node_t *node)
 {
 	if (node == NULL)
-		return;
+		return -1;
 	switch(node->type) {
 		case LHT_TEXT:
-			hid_parse_actions(node->data.text.value);
-			break;
+			return hid_parse_actions(node->data.text.value);
 		case LHT_LIST:
-			for(node = node->data.list.first; node != NULL; node = node->next)
-				if (node->type == LHT_TEXT)
-					hid_parse_actions(node->data.text.value);
-			break;
+			for(node = node->data.list.first; node != NULL; node = node->next) {
+				if (node->type == LHT_TEXT) {
+					if (hid_parse_actions(node->data.text.value) != 0)
+						return -1;
+				}
+				else
+					return -1;
+			}
+			return 0;
 	}
+	return -1;
 }
 
 /************* "parsing" **************/
Index: src/hid_cfg.h
===================================================================
--- src/hid_cfg.h	(revision 1460)
+++ src/hid_cfg.h	(revision 1461)
@@ -74,8 +74,9 @@
    there is a submenu field with the wrong lihata type */
 int hid_cfg_has_submenus(const lht_node_t *submenu);
 
-/* Run an action node. The node is either a list of text nodes or a text node */
-void hid_cfg_action(const lht_node_t *node);
+/* Run an action node. The node is either a list of text nodes or a text node;
+   returns non-zero on error, the first action that fails in a chain breaks the chain */
+int hid_cfg_action(const lht_node_t *node);
 
 /* Create a new hash node under parent (optional) and create a flat subtree of
    text nodes from name,value varargs (NULL terminated). This is a shorthand
Index: src/hid_cfg_input.c
===================================================================
--- src/hid_cfg_input.c	(revision 1460)
+++ src/hid_cfg_input.c	(revision 1461)
@@ -354,7 +354,5 @@
 	if (seq_len < 1)
 		return -1;
 
-	hid_cfg_action(seq[seq_len-1]->action_node);
-#warning TODO:
-	return 0;
+	return hid_cfg_action(seq[seq_len-1]->action_node);
 }