allow application to received args via piped stdin

[jrnxf]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
caveat: I'm relatively new to rust, and by extension crossterm, so it's possible this feature already exists, however I haven't been able to find any examples in the documentation.

I'm working on a TUI application using tui and crossterm under the hood. As part of my application, I'm hoping to allow for users to pipe in a particular parameter. An example would look like

cat foo.txt | my_app
or a slightly different example
cat foo.txt | xargs my_app -p

Each time I attempt to do this I hit the following error:
Custom { kind: Other, error: "Failed to initialize input reader" }

I believe this is happening because stdin is no longer a tty? I'm a little unsure on that.

Is what I'm trying to accomplish possible, or is this a limitation of crossterm? If it is (or is not) possible, would someone mind giving me a small primer on how/why? I'm super keen on understanding this problem space better.

Describe the solution you'd like
All I want is to allow users to pipe in an argument via stdin to my application.

Describe alternatives you've considered in any
As stated above, I've tried using xargs in hopes that that might resolve the issue but i'm still not having success.

Additional context
Here is my main fn if that helps conceptualize

fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {


    // check for input on stdin here, if it exists, store it, otherwise continue


    let args = Args::parse();
    enable_raw_mode()?;

    let mut stdout = io::stdout();

    execute!(stdout, EnterAlternateScreen)?;

    let backend = CrosstermBackend::new(stdout);

    let mut terminal = Terminal::new(backend)?;

    let mut app = App::new(args);
    let result = run_app(&mut terminal, &mut app);

    disable_raw_mode()?;
    execute!(terminal.backend_mut(), LeaveAlternateScreen,)?;
    terminal.show_cursor()?;

    if let Err(err) = result {
        println!("{:?}", err)
    }

    Ok(())
}

[sigmaSd]

Its a current limitation of crossterm #396

[jrnxf]

Its a current limitation of crossterm #396

Ah bummer. I read through that issue earlier and couldn't quite piece together if it was the same issue I was running into. I'm still curious as to the why, though. Was my assumption about stdin's tty being closed correct?

[sigmaSd]

What I remember is windows and linux works

only mac doesn't work and the issue is explained here #500

[jrnxf]

big bummer :/ can confirm my code works on Linux