patch 8.0.0804: running tests fails when stdin is /dev/null
Problem: Running tests fails when stdin is /dev/null. (James McCoy)
Solution: Do not bail out from getting input if the --not-a-term argument
was given. (closes #1460)
diff --git a/src/evalfunc.c b/src/evalfunc.c
index 422b94e..7a2e4aa 100644
--- a/src/evalfunc.c
+++ b/src/evalfunc.c
@@ -6482,8 +6482,9 @@
int mouse_used;
#ifdef NO_CONSOLE_INPUT
- /* While starting up, there is no place to enter text. */
- if (no_console_input())
+ /* While starting up, there is no place to enter text. When running tests
+ * with --not-a-term we assume feedkeys() will be used. */
+ if (no_console_input() && !is_not_a_term())
return;
#endif
if (argvars[0].v_type != VAR_LIST || argvars[0].vval.v_list == NULL)