[Qt-interest] stdout of MSWin GUI application run from console

[Rainer Wiesenfarth]

Am 13.04.2011 16:54, schrieb Paul Miller:
> [...]
> This was my point. I only want the console output when the app is run
> from a console. When run from the GUI, I don't want the console popping
> up. I haven't been able to find a reliable way to make a Qt app on
> Windows that behaves like a console app when run from the console (ie.
> prints stuff to the console), and a GUI app when run from Explorer.

To me, this would make _two_ applications, probably sharing a large 
amount of code.

A _GUI_ application should use the GUI only, without the need of an 
attached console. If started by a console, it should ideally detach from 
it rather than polluting the console with random garbage output (like 
e.g. kate does on Linux). In any case, it must not rely on the presence 
of a console.

A _console_ application however must not use the GUI at all. That is, it 
should also run in a SSH session without requesting a display.

So, talking Qt, a console application probably uses only 
QCoreApplication, while the GUI application uses QApplication - and 
there we are with _two_ applications...

... and back to the thread's subject: (MS) Windows GUI applications do 
not use a console, fullstop. If you want Linux behavior, run Linux... ;-)

Best Regards / Mit freundlichen Grüßen
Rainer Wiesenfarth

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