From f0306ea946d3f838c92c1127b0c0b825e7302f70 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sebastian Pipping <sebastian@pipping.org>
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 23:45:00 +0100
Subject: Fix output for command "layman -L |& less"

---
 layman/debug.py | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/layman/debug.py b/layman/debug.py
index c5cf3a0..32ea948 100644
--- a/layman/debug.py
+++ b/layman/debug.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 #################################################################################
 # LAYMAN - DEBUGGING FUNCTIONS
 #################################################################################
@@ -352,7 +353,12 @@ class Message:
             error = str(error)
 
         for i in error.split('\n'):
+            # NOTE: Forced flushing ensures that stdout and stderr
+            # stay in nice order.  This is a workaround for calls like
+            # "layman -L |& less".
+            sys.stdout.flush()
             print >> self.error_out, self.maybe_color('red', '* ') + i
+            self.error_out.flush()
         self.has_error = True
 
     def die (self, error):
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