cout going to stdout.txt

[dandymcgee]

Does anyone know any reason why using cout << "string"; would be sending "string" the stdout.txt instead of the actual console windows?

If specific program details are needed let me know, but I figure this error is generic enough where maybe I'm just being stupid about something. It is 2:00 AM..

[cypher1554R]

well, did you do this:

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std::ofstream cout("stdout.txt");
cout << "string";

instead of this:

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std::cout << "string";

..?

[PixelP]

if youre coding something in sdl you cant do that, you cant use the console in a sdl program, all the output goes to stdout.txt.
it works in allegro thou.

[dandymcgee]

if youre coding something in sdl you cant do that, you cant use the console in a sdl program, all the output goes to stdout.txt.
it works in allegro thou.

But the weird part about it is a console window pops up with a blinking cursor, just the cout text doesn't display. I can still type in the filename and hit enter, then type q and hit enter and the program exits with status 3. Yet my debug output file (not stdout) tells me that the program received the file name and q command fine.

EDIT: I got it to work! Although it took a good bit of googling. Simply add the following line of code after SDL_Init():

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freopen( "CON", "w", stdout ); 

Seems to be working fine for me now.

[PixelP]

great.

[MarauderIIC]

Interesting, my console worked in my SDL app without any special code.