From 6945eb4186d3c7951e358b08d8d7d41a55f2a835 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>
Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2021 21:33:19 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Better complete debug function

---
 kitty/complete.py | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kitty/complete.py b/kitty/complete.py
index 2bee3b797..f925b90c5 100644
--- a/kitty/complete.py
+++ b/kitty/complete.py
@@ -79,8 +79,12 @@ class MatchGroup:
 
 
 def debug(*a: Any, **kw: Any) -> None:
-    kw['file'] = sys.stderr
-    print(*a, **kw)
+    from kittens.tui.loop import Debug
+    if not hasattr(debug, 'output'):
+        d = Debug()
+        d.fobj = sys.stderr.buffer  # type: ignore
+        setattr(debug, 'output', d)
+    getattr(debug, 'output')(*a, **kw)
 
 
 class Delegate: