fixed readme formatting and added two excepts for the mode modifier

.gitignore

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+__pycache__
+venv
+*.swp

README.md

@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
-All these options overide configuration in config.json
+All these options overide configuration in config.json<br/>
-**--wpm, -w <int>**
+**--wpm, -w <int>**<br/>
-		set the rate of dictation, defaults to 50, note: this is not exact as it measures the time between words in order to avoid a very short gap after a long word.
+		set the rate of dictation, defaults to 50, note: this is not exact as it measures the time between words in order to avoid a very short gap after a long word.<br/>
-**--mode, -m <mode> <mod>**
+**--mode, -m <mode> <mod>**<br/>
-		Sets a mode, one of 'timed', 'words','quote' or 'file' followed by an optional modifier representing either the time (in seconds) or the number of words, or the quote ID, or the file name.
+		Sets a mode, one of 'timed', 'words','quote' or 'file' followed by an optional modifier representing either the time (in seconds) or the number of words, or the quote ID, or the file name.<br/>
-**--language, -l <language>**
+**--language, -l <language>**<br/>
-		Selects a language, defaults to english, must be a listed language in -i
+		Selects a language, defaults to english, must be a listed language in -i<br/>
-**--list-quotes, -q**
+**--list-quotes, -q**<br/>
-		Lists the available quotes and exits
+		Lists the available quotes and exits<br/>
-**--list-languages, -i**
+**--list-languages, -i**<br/>
-		Lists the installed languages and exits
+		Lists the installed languages and exits<br/>
-**--help, -h**
+**--help, -h**<br/>
-		Output's this help text and exits
+		Output's this help text and exits<br/>

args.py

@@ -11,8 +11,10 @@ def handle_arguments(arguments, config):
 				config['mode'] = arguments[index+2]
 				try:
 					config['mode_modifier'] = int(arguments[index+3])
-				except:
+				except ValueError:
 					config['mode_modifier'] = arguments[index+3]
+				except IndexError:
+					config.pop('mode_modifier',None)
 			case '--list-languages'|'-i':
 				languages = os.listdir('languages')
 				for lang in languages: