X-Git-Url: https://ruderich.org/simon/gitweb/?p=fcscs%2Ffcscs.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=bin%2Ffcscs;h=7543a9df7807c10ed3a89dda3a89f714f8b9e0f9;hp=8a040f84f3d29624c5cdff96979281fa69d9f9d4;hb=37b381833bdc7b8479c61d1dffe5947f6c666532;hpb=14126138d777250aac6d90b43f1a271bba91a820

diff --git a/bin/fcscs b/bin/fcscs
index 8a040f8..7543a9d 100755
--- a/bin/fcscs
+++ b/bin/fcscs
@@ -344,7 +344,18 @@ package Screen {
 sub debug {
     my ($config, $module, @args) = @_;
 
-    say STDERR "$module: @args" if $config->{setting}{debug};
+    return if not $config->{setting}{debug};
+
+    state $fh; # only open the file once per run
+    if (not defined $fh) {
+        # Ignore errors if the directory doesn't exist.
+        if (not open $fh, '>', "$ENV{HOME}/.config/fcscs/log") {
+            $fh = undef; # a failed open still writes a value to $fh
+            return;
+        }
+    }
+
+    say $fh "$module: @args";
     return;
 }
 
@@ -461,9 +472,6 @@ sub run_in_background {
         my $pid = fork;
         defined $pid or die $!;
         if ($pid == 0) { # child
-            # Disable debug mode as writing will fail with closed STDERR.
-            $config->{setting}{debug} = 0;
-
             $sub->();
         }
         exit;
@@ -904,7 +912,7 @@ Defaults in parentheses.
 
 =over
 
-=item B<debug>          enable debug mode (redirect stderr when enabling) (C<0>)
+=item B<debug>          enable debug mode, writes to I<~/.config/fcscs/log> (C<0>)
 
 =item B<initial_mode>   start in this mode, must be a valid mode mapping (C<\&mapping_mode_url>)
 
@@ -1034,6 +1042,7 @@ Used as mappings, see L</MAPPINGS> above.
 
 Used as handler to yank, paste selection or open URL in browser.
 
+    debug()
     get_regex_matches()
     select_match()
     run_command()
@@ -1066,6 +1075,8 @@ package Fcscs {
     sub handler_paste { return main::handler_paste(@_); }
     sub handler_url { return main::handler_url(@_); }
 
+    sub debug { return main::debug(@_); }
+
     sub get_regex_matches { return main::get_regex_matches(@_); }
     sub select_match { return main::select_match(@_); }