From 4c2442df2d800fc25339d3d301d7d3691da7bafb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jack Andersen <jackoalan@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2015 14:02:40 -1000
Subject: [PATCH] Added Win32 AllocConsole

---
 include/LogVisor/LogVisor.hpp |  7 +++++++
 lib/LogVisor.cpp              | 14 ++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/LogVisor/LogVisor.hpp b/include/LogVisor/LogVisor.hpp
index a1664c1..791a7f5 100644
--- a/include/LogVisor/LogVisor.hpp
+++ b/include/LogVisor/LogVisor.hpp
@@ -98,6 +98,13 @@ void RegisterConsoleLogger();
  */
 void RegisterFileLogger(const char* filepath);
 
+#if _WIN32
+/**
+ * @brief Spawn an application-owned cmd.exe window for displaying console output
+ */
+void CreateWin32Console();
+#endif
+
 #if LOG_UCS2
 
 /**
diff --git a/lib/LogVisor.cpp b/lib/LogVisor.cpp
index 208fdc1..a8d1c2c 100644
--- a/lib/LogVisor.cpp
+++ b/lib/LogVisor.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 #define NOMINMAX
 #endif
 #include <windows.h>
+#include <io.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
 #else
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
@@ -297,6 +299,18 @@ void RegisterConsoleLogger()
     MainLoggers.emplace_back(new ConsoleLogger);
 }
 
+#if _WIN32
+void CreateWin32Console()
+{
+    /* Debug console */
+    AllocConsole();
+
+    freopen("CONIN$", "r", stdin);
+    freopen("CONOUT$", "w", stdout);
+    freopen("CONOUT$", "w", stderr);
+}
+#endif
+
 struct FileLogger : public ILogger
 {
     FILE* fp;