show helptext when .nboard does not exist

README.md

@@ -2,8 +2,18 @@
 
 python curses based yourwalloftext clone
 
-
-lol this is a great learning experience, because this is my first project to use
-curses ;p
+## help
+read the --help text lol
+
+
+## managing remotes
+to get more remotes, you can
+
+```bash
+for i in $(cat remotes.txt); do echo $i | xargs git remote add 2>/dev/null || echo $i | xargs git remote set-url ; done
+```
+(command stolen from gitbbs lol)
+
+which will go through all the remotes in remotes.txt and add them to git
 
 

nboard

@@ -114,7 +114,11 @@ def main(stdscr):
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    if len(sys.argv) > 1 and (sys.argv[1] == '--help' or sys.argv[1] == 'help'):
+    try:
+        dExists = os.path.isfile(dataPath)
+    except:
+        dExists = False
+    if not dExists or len(sys.argv) > 1 and (sys.argv[1] == '--help' or sys.argv[1] == 'help'):
         print("""
 nboard is like yourworldoftext.com, except its in a terminal.