From 0a7812ab20ec529e5a96c75bbcd1c58a3e25ae24 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2024 00:55:45 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Add nil check in send

---
 kittens/choose_fonts/backend.go | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kittens/choose_fonts/backend.go b/kittens/choose_fonts/backend.go
index c3ab24f62..7caf46069 100644
--- a/kittens/choose_fonts/backend.go
+++ b/kittens/choose_fonts/backend.go
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ func (k *kitty_font_backend_type) start() (err error) {
 var kitty_font_backend kitty_font_backend_type
 
 func (k *kitty_font_backend_type) send(v any) error {
+	if k.to == nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Trying to send data when to pipe is nil")
+	}
 	data, err := json.Marshal(v)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Could not encode message to kitty with error: %w", err)