id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	resolution	keywords	cc	blockedby	blocking	branch_state	votes
2268	Output to stderr should be captured on run and displayed as pop-up (configurable)	zaytsev		"Hi!

Forwarded from Debian: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=581175

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From: martin f krafft <madduck@debian.org>
Subject: redirect stderr of helpers
Date: Tue, 11 May 2010 13:17:39 +0200

Many GUI programmes, such as G* and K* tools, spam stderr with crap
that noone cares about. If mc spawns these helpers, the output
messes up the ncurses UI and requires me to punch ctrl-l to
restore.

I think it would make sense if mc categorically intercepted stderr
of processes it spawns. One could consider accumulating such output
in a buffer that can be viewed separately, or to display the output
with e.g. less, and restore the UI on exit. Ideally it would be
configurable, of course. I don't really want to have to hit any keys
to return to the mc UI.
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I think there is a room for discussion, whether this has to be implemented or not and if yes, how. If the consensus is that this will never be implemented I will close the downstream bug.

Z."	enhancement	assigned	minor	Future Releases	mc-core	master			dkorzhevin Dogen zaytsev gotar@…			no branch	committed-master committed-stable