SDL - output in console doesn't work

[Feuer]

Hi there,
I create an new SDL project and everything is fine.
But, if I want an output trough printf or cout, nothing is in the console. Is there anything wrong, is it generally possible?

If you speak german, you can answer me in german :-)

Greetz

[mandrav]

I believe SDL redirects all output intended for stdout/stderr to files stdout.txt/stderr.txt. Check the folder your program runs in for those files.

[Feuer]

yeah, there is it, thanks

is it possible, that sdl redirect it in the console?

[Phatency]

yeah, there is it, thanks

is it possible, that sdl redirect it in the console?

Yes it is, just add the following lines to your code (after SDL_Init)

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freopen("CON", "w", stdout); // redirects stdout
freopen("CON", "w", stderr); // redirects stderr

[Feuer]

it works!

thanks

[thomas]

There is an even easier way.... SDL has some constant that you can #define so it does not redirect in the first place. I don't remember what the constant was, but it's in the docs somewhere.

[Feuer]

ok thanks,
I try to find it