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From: jim@nga.com (Jim Roy)
To: cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com
Subject: console window on demand?
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 16:56:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <9908102356.AA14944@nga.nga.com> (raw)

I there any way to get a console window "on demand"?

I have a simple character based program that I am trying to 
port to windows.  It is executed from a third party shell.
Under X, it pops an xterm when it actually writes output, but
does not if no output is produced.  I can't seem to get similar
behavior in windows.

If I compile it as a "console" pgm, ie without -mwindows, then
printf() etc all function as expected and life is good.  Except
that a window pops up on startup, even if no actual output is
produced.

If I compile it as a "GUI" pgm, I lose the gratituitous startup
window, but console I/O has to be done via windows API calls.

Am I missing something here?  Is there a way to use printf() &
friends in a GUI setting?  Or better yet, is there a way to
start a "console" mode pgm without an attached console, and have
it be created with the first I/O opperation?

Thanks for your time,

Jim Roy

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From: jim@nga.com (Jim Roy)
To: cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com
Subject: console window on demand?
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1999 23:49:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <9908102356.AA14944@nga.nga.com> (raw)
Message-ID: <19990831234900.1l-E8MGNIHxVnSHwOzcKXdEtftlhcq17sMcTPq8b0E8@z> (raw)

I there any way to get a console window "on demand"?

I have a simple character based program that I am trying to 
port to windows.  It is executed from a third party shell.
Under X, it pops an xterm when it actually writes output, but
does not if no output is produced.  I can't seem to get similar
behavior in windows.

If I compile it as a "console" pgm, ie without -mwindows, then
printf() etc all function as expected and life is good.  Except
that a window pops up on startup, even if no actual output is
produced.

If I compile it as a "GUI" pgm, I lose the gratituitous startup
window, but console I/O has to be done via windows API calls.

Am I missing something here?  Is there a way to use printf() &
friends in a GUI setting?  Or better yet, is there a way to
start a "console" mode pgm without an attached console, and have
it be created with the first I/O opperation?

Thanks for your time,

Jim Roy

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             reply	other threads:[~1999-08-10 16:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1999-08-10 16:56 Jim Roy [this message]
1999-08-10 17:30 ` Josh Baudhuin
1999-08-31 23:49   ` Josh Baudhuin
1999-08-31 23:49 ` Jim Roy

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