Without --tty, --python does nothing and there is no indication what is
going wrong. Either `-p` should imply --tty (see attached patch) or passing
one but not the other should print an error and exit with nonzero status.
From 2995852423e26490ef543da2972aea4d585e9d0c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hood Chatham <roberthoodchat...@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2025 14:03:04 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Make -p/--python imply --tty
Without --tty, -p does nothing.
---
gnubg.c | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/gnubg.c b/gnubg.c
index 68a223cd..8bd57fe0 100644
--- a/gnubg.c
+++ b/gnubg.c
@@ -4621,7 +4621,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
{"lang", 'l', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING, &lang,
N_("Set language to LANG"), "LANG"},
{"python", 'p', G_OPTION_FLAG_OPTIONAL_ARG, G_OPTION_ARG_CALLBACK, callback_parse_python_option,
- N_("Start in Python mode or evaluate code in FILE and exit"), "FILE"},
+ N_("Start in Python mode or evaluate code in FILE and exit. Implies --tty."), "FILE"},
{"quiet", 'q', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE, &fQuiet,
N_("Disable sound effects"), NULL},
{"no-rc", 'r', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE, &fNoRC,
@@ -4649,6 +4649,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
};
GError *error = NULL;
GOptionContext *context;
+ if (fPython) {
+ fNoX = true;
+ }
#if ! GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(2,36,0)
g_type_init();
--
2.34.1
