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authorPhilipp Hagemeister <phihag@phihag.de>2013-12-09 04:08:51 +0100
committerPhilipp Hagemeister <phihag@phihag.de>2013-12-09 04:08:51 +0100
commit0783b09b9253b8dc55d592de98877f25ec7c3b90 (patch)
tree52b9df3cbb51886a73dcbfed526774598d48594a /youtube_dl/__init__.py
parentffe62508e4ea5a7ef58f1634dd29fb0fa9ad7837 (diff)
Add a workaround for terminals without bidi support (Fixes #1912)
Diffstat (limited to 'youtube_dl/__init__.py')
-rw-r--r--youtube_dl/__init__.py4
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/youtube_dl/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
index d2446b670..2e3f96919 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
@@ -204,6 +204,9 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
general.add_option(
'--socket-timeout', dest='socket_timeout',
type=float, default=None, help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
+ general.add_option(
+ '--bidi-workaround', dest='bidi_workaround', action='store_true',
+ help=u'Work around terminals that lack bidirectional text support. Requires fribidi executable in PATH')
selection.add_option('--playlist-start',
@@ -684,6 +687,7 @@ def _real_main(argv=None):
'nocheckcertificate': opts.no_check_certificate,
'proxy': opts.proxy,
'socket_timeout': opts.socket_timeout,
+ 'bidi_workaround': opts.bidi_workaround,
}
with YoutubeDL(ydl_opts) as ydl: