A way to change the input stream for event::read and event::poll

[dmaahs2017]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. I have an issue where my program uses a piped stdin, I want to manually open tty as a file and give that to crossterm for event handling though it does not seem possible at the moment. I also tried overriding stdin with the stdio_override crate which also did not work.

To clarify my use case - this was so that I could perform automated integration testing of my event handling implementation

Describe the solution you'd like To be able to specify an input source for event::read and event::poll. Or a global override for the source of events.

Not sure if this is possible. Haven't had the chance to dive deep into the crossterm code yet.

[sigmaSd]

Piped stdin is not supported currently https://github.com/crossterm-rs/crossterm/issues/396 Pr that can fix this https://github.com/crossterm-rs/crossterm/pull/711

[sigmaSd]

Actually it works except on mac because it does seem to work on helix with linux (which uses crossterm)

[Narayanbhat166]

Hey @dmaahs2017, were you able to setup the testing framework using custom input source for stdin? I'm working on the same and any insights would be appreciated. Thanks.

[dmaahs2017]

Hey @dmaahs2017, were you able to setup the testing framework using custom input source for stdin? I'm working on the same and any insights would be appreciated. Thanks.

IIRC I ended up giving up on this idea