Re: [Bug-readline] send tgetstr("mm") at init to non-terminal stdout ?

[Chet Ramey]

Harald Koenig wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> readline seems to output tgetstr("mm") even if stdout is not a terminal
> (e.g. pipe/backticks/...). 
> IMHO this ESC sequence should only be output to terminal.

Readline never checks (and has never checked) whether or not it is
running on a terminal.  That's the calling application's job.  Readline
assumes that its output is connected to a terminal-like device.

Chet


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