SDL + console

[Fero]

hello. please reveal me, how can i make console SDL application using c::b ? console application is searching for winmain. how can i override it with sdl main? thanks a lot.

[Zingam]

there is a template and last time I've used it it has done the job for me

[Fero]

yes, but template is not console app. i wish to understand, how things work. how can i set-up console app + sdl in c::b ? thanks.

[thomas]

Right-click on the project, select "Properties", and in the "Targets" tab, select "Console Application" for the value "Type" (top right corner).

[Fero]

thanks, ive done it before. but when i printf something to stdout, it writes to file (stdout.txt) instead of console.

[thomas]

Ah yes, I forgot about that... my bad.

This is a SDL feature, I don't know how to turn it off right now, but it is documented somewhere. I think you have to change only one #define and recompile or something...

EDIT:
There it is: rebuild with NO_STDIO_REDIRECT defined when compiling src/main/SDL_main.c

[Fero]

thanks a lot!

[takeshimiya]

Fero: alternatively, if you don't want to rebuild SDL, put this at the very beggining of main():

Code: cpp

freopen( "CON", "wt", stdout );
freopen( "CON", "wt", stderr );