when a config fails to load there is a exception outprinted to the console. Is this runned inside bukkit or in the plugin? If it's runned from the plugin, can I surround it with a try-catch and make it warn the players then?
you have my level 81 blessing to use try-catch, go with blessing and just write your code without asking for outcome before actually testing self.
I'm not asking for the outcome. I'm asking if I can do this. And if I can, where I can do it. From what I understand the config is loaded with magic in the bukkit code. I may be wrong though.
Try/catch is for handling exceptions you expect, not hiding ones you don't. The exception is being thrown because your doing something wrong, and since we can't see your code we can't help you figure out what.