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[dspencer]

Hi,

I'm just getting started with xcode, and I was wondering if theres any way to turn ON the console in a graphical application that wouldn't normally use it. I need it for std::cout for debugging! Ahh! I've googled myself away but can't find anything, and trying to copy a project that does have the terminal isn't helping.

Thanks!

[John Nesky]

The console is a window in XCode. Somewhere under the debug menu, I believe. I'm not sure whether it is compatible with std::cout, but I've used it with NSLog a bunch.

[dspencer]

But that doesnt work when you run it from outside of xcode... like, the terminal, or another computer. Which is, incidentally, where the program isnt working 

[John Nesky]

Well, have you tried... running the program from your console? You know, something like:

$ appname.app/Contents/MacOS/appname
hello world

[dspencer]

Yes. No output made it to the terminal window.

Ahh, it goes to the *console* not the terminal that you open it in. Bah. Is there any way to direct it to just the terminal you use?

[John Nesky]

And this is a shot in the dark, but are you using SDL? SDL does funky stuff with standard out.

[dspencer]

... Yes. Boo to that.

Sorry if I seemed snippy by the way, I've been trying to figure this out since I got this computer, basically. Thank you for your help