fifo: Add support for sending commands from the command-line

2 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/rc/connect/commands/:fifo b/rc/connect/commands/:fifo
index a9f0281..baf0137 100755
--- a/rc/connect/commands/:fifo
+++ b/rc/connect/commands/:fifo
@@ -4,4 +4,11 @@
 mkfifo buffer.fifo
 trap 'rm buffer.fifo' EXIT
 :send edit! -fifo "$PWD/buffer.fifo" '*fifo*'
-cat > buffer.fifo
+
+# Send to fifo buffer the output of the given command,
+# or read from stdin if available.
+if test -t 0; then
+  "$@" > buffer.fifo 2>&1
+else
+  cat > buffer.fifo
+fi
diff --git a/rc/modules/fifo.kak b/rc/modules/fifo.kak
index 4a8158d..1d12834 100644
--- a/rc/modules/fifo.kak
+++ b/rc/modules/fifo.kak
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ provide-module connect-fifo %{
   require-module connect
 
   define-command fifo -params 1.. -shell-completion -docstring 'Run command in a fifo buffer' %{
-    $ %("$@" 2>&1 | :fifo) -- %arg{@}
+    $ %(:fifo "$@") -- %arg{@}
   }
 }