* We then check whether the pipe target’s name is known and chose the format.
*
*/
-char *auto_detect_format() {
+char *auto_detect_format(void) {
+ /* If stdout is a tty, we output directly to a terminal. */
+ if (isatty(STDOUT_FILENO)) {
+ return "term";
+ }
+
pid_t myppid = getppid();
pid_t mypid = getpid();
else if (strcasecmp(name, "xmobar") == 0)
newfmt = "xmobar";
- if (newfmt && format) {
+ if (newfmt && format && strcmp(newfmt, format) != 0) {
fprintf(stderr, "i3status: cannot auto-configure, situation ambiguous (format \"%s\" *and* \"%s\" detected)\n", newfmt, format);
format = NULL;
break;