patch 8.0.0804: running tests fails when stdin is /dev/null commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/91d348abfc0d7ac9b5b19cde0112de8ae4335602 Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Sat Jul 29 20:16:03 2017 +0200 patch 8.0.0804: running tests fails when stdin is /dev/null Problem: Running tests fails when stdin is /dev/null. (James McCoy) Solution: Do not bail out from getting input if the --not-a-term argument was given. (closes #1460)

--- a/src/eval.c
+++ b/src/eval.c
@@ -8070,8 +8070,9 @@ get_user_input(
     rettv->vval.v_string = NULL;
 
 #ifdef NO_CONSOLE_INPUT
-    /* While starting up, there is no place to enter text. */
-    if (no_console_input())
+    /* While starting up, there is no place to enter text. When running tests
+     * with --not-a-term we assume feedkeys() will be used. */
+    if (no_console_input() && !is_not_a_term())
 	return;
 #endif