[Interest] console on OSX

[Thiago Macieira]

On segunda-feira, 19 de setembro de 2016 13:51:00 PDT Thiago Macieira wrote:
> On segunda-feira, 19 de setembro de 2016 21:56:12 PDT Alexander Carôt wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > in my pro file I added CONFIG += console in order to have console output.
> > 
> > This works fine on Windows but on OSX the console does not show up.
> > 
> > Is there anything I need to add ?
> 
> You need to launch Terminal.app yourself. No Unix executable format has a
> field to indicate that the application should be run in a terminal.

Update: the executable formats don't, but the .desktop file format does.

https://specifications.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/latest/ar01s05.html 
shows an entry "Terminal" which you can set to true. So when your application 
is launched via its .desktop file, the environment will run it in a terminal.

For macOS, there may be something equivalent in the Info.plist file for your 
bundle. Please consult Apple documentation.

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Thiago Macieira - thiago.macieira (AT) intel.com
  Software Architect - Intel Open Source Technology Center