[Nano-devel] [PATCH] startup: don't overwrite rcfile error messages on a Linux console

[Benno Schulenberg]

This fixes https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54442.
---
 src/nano.c | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/nano.c b/src/nano.c
index fe156ec8..33c44199 100644
--- a/src/nano.c
+++ b/src/nano.c
@@ -2419,6 +2419,16 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
        else if (geteuid() == NANO_ROOT_UID)
                SET(NO_WRAP);
 #endif
+
+#ifdef __linux__
+       /* On a Linux console, don't start nano when there are rcfile errors,
+        * because otherwise these error messages get wiped. */
+       if (on_a_vt && rcfile_with_errors) {
+               fprintf(stderr, _("If needed, use nano with the -I option "
+                                                       "to adjust your nanorc 
settings.\n"));
+               exit(1);
+       }
+#endif
 #endif /* ENABLE_NANORC */
 
 #ifdef ENABLE_WRAPPING
-- 
2.17.1