[Freemint-list] e: Handling of PRGs/APPs which console output

[Peter Slegg]

> Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2017 09:42:43 +1000
> From: Miro Krop??ek <miro.kropacek at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Freemint-list] Handling of PRGs/APPs which console output
> To: Helmut Karlowski <helmut.karlowski at ish.de>
> Cc: freemint-list at mail.atariforge.org
> On 6 Jan. 2017 2:59 am, "Helmut Karlowski" <helmut.karlowski at ish.de> wrote:
>
> ---------------------------------------------------
> > I don't understand the problem here. GEM programs aren't supposed to
> write to
>
> Me neither. If someone does not want the console-window on the
> desktop: It can be iconified or hidden.
>
>

MyMail and Netsurf both spit output to the console.

Without nice debug tools (like gdb), devs will write debug stuff and
it can get missed in the clean-up before a release.

Could stdout be directed to null unless a console requests to handle it ?
Maybe this was all ready suggested :-)

Regards,

Peter