From 54cec4a8e02bf73751c16538059d43a465d14541 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: deboard <john.deboard@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2024 17:44:27 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] issue 2561, send all [bat error]s to stderr in
 default_error_handler match default.

---
 src/error.rs | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/error.rs b/src/error.rs
index 007737b0..649ca880 100644
--- a/src/error.rs
+++ b/src/error.rs
@@ -67,7 +67,9 @@ pub fn default_error_handler(error: &Error, output: &mut dyn Write) {
             .ok();
         }
         _ => {
-            writeln!(output, "{}: {}", Red.paint("[bat error]"), error).ok();
+            // default - always write [bat error] to stderr 
+            let stderr = std::io::stderr();
+            writeln!(&mut stderr.lock(), "{}: {}", Red.paint("[bat error]"), error).ok();
         }
     };
 }