From 64340943bd342e98686ecc6bbe0b196fd0bc44aa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>
Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2024 13:37:05 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] ...

---
 kittens/choose_fonts/backend.py | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kittens/choose_fonts/backend.py b/kittens/choose_fonts/backend.py
index 73b30969b..f4adfe41f 100644
--- a/kittens/choose_fonts/backend.py
+++ b/kittens/choose_fonts/backend.py
@@ -39,8 +39,11 @@ def setup_debug_print() -> bool:
             fd = int(os.environ['KITTY_STDIO_FORWARDED'])
         except Exception:
             return False
-        sys.stdout = open(fd, 'w', closefd=False)
-        return True
+        try:
+            sys.stdout = open(fd, 'w', closefd=False)
+            return True
+        except OSError:
+            return False
     return False