[PATCH 1 of 5] ui: add ui.formatted configuration variable and accessor function

[Dan Villiom Podlaski Christiansen]

# HG changeset patch
# User Dan Villiom Podlaski Christiansen <danchr at gmail.com>
# Date 1275915592 -7200
# Node ID 78cf0cf278357d06305b6aaef40c293b760c346a
# Parent  9938092903f44f0524547d34c11b08e533a5b6c6
ui: add ui.formatted configuration variable and accessor function.

This new configuration variable is similar in nature `ui.interactive',
but applying to output instead of input. This allows as to support
non-interactive sessions where formatted should be enabled, such as
when using the pager extension.

The variable itself is left undocumented; it is not intended for use
outside Mercurial and its extensions.

diff --git a/mercurial/ui.py b/mercurial/ui.py
--- a/mercurial/ui.py
+++ b/mercurial/ui.py
@@ -380,6 +380,21 @@ class ui(object):
 
         return i
 
+    def formatted(self):
+        if self.plain():
+            return False
+
+        i = self.configbool("ui", "formatted", None)
+        if i is None:
+            try:
+                return sys.stdout.isatty()
+            except AttributeError:
+                # some environments replace stdout without implementing isatty
+                # usually those are non-interactive
+                return False
+
+        return i
+
     def _readline(self, prompt=''):
         if sys.stdin.isatty():
             try: