From 5338fcdc1e9e02d957ba2fef26ca611bfe6fb778 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2023 21:50:10 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Add a note about why we play with file descriptors

---
 kittens/ask/main.py | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kittens/ask/main.py b/kittens/ask/main.py
index df12b1e8a..28451cb86 100644
--- a/kittens/ask/main.py
+++ b/kittens/ask/main.py
@@ -495,6 +495,8 @@ def main(args: List[str]) -> Response:
         loop.loop(phandler)
         return {'items': items, 'response': phandler.response}
 
+    # we do this file descriptor dance to get readline to work even when STDOUT
+    # is redirected
     orig_stdout = os.dup(sys.stdout.fileno())
     try:
         with open(os.ctermid(), 'r') as tty: