[Qt-interest] How to debug a plugin which extends my Qt application, is the stdout redirected somewhere?

[John McClurkin]

Mauro Brenna wrote:
> Thank you for your very good advice.
> 
> I re-compiled the main application in debug mode and add the line
> "CONFIG += console" in the .pro.
> Now I can debug the plug-in and the C code inside it.
> The only remaining problem concerns the possibility to use printf in
> the plug-in. When I run the instruction it does not appear any output
> in the 'Application Output' of QTCreator.
> 
> How can I write on stdout some information strings? (Possibly using C
> library functions)
> 
> 
> Mauro
Since you are running on Windows, you need to add the CONSOLE switch to 
the CONFIG macro in your .pro file. CONFIG += console