On Tuesday, 10 February 2015 at 21:11:14 UTC, Paul wrote:
Yes, I noted the default values, even if I don't understand what they do at present(!).
They allow overriding of the input/output files. fdIn normally refers to standard input, fdOut refers to standard output, and the getSizeOverride lets you provide a custom function instead of the default, which is to ask the operating system for the size of the terminal with ioctl.
I added those options to support my detachable.d program, which is like GNU Screen - it can detach from the terminal and keep running. Instead of talking straight to the actual terminal files, it talks through a socket to a helper program which lets it be reattached on a new terminal.
