From 5a735da968853c4a1a38723a296a35ac6fa9b9ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Olli Kallioinen <olli.kallioinen@iki.fi>
Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2017 19:28:03 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fixed SDL_Log not working on windows if the output is being
 redirected.

---
 src/SDL_log.c | 16 ++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/SDL_log.c b/src/SDL_log.c
index 98978628e..2deb3ac57 100644
--- a/src/SDL_log.c
+++ b/src/SDL_log.c
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ SDL_LogMessageV(int category, SDL_LogPriority priority, const char *fmt, va_list
 }
 
 #if defined(__WIN32__) && !defined(HAVE_STDIO_H) && !defined(__WINRT__)
-/* Flag tracking the attachment of the console: 0=unattached, 1=attached, -1=error */
+/* Flag tracking the attachment of the console: 0=unattached, 1=attached to a console, 2=attached to a file, -1=error */
 static int consoleAttached = 0;
 
 /* Handle to stderr output of console. */
@@ -326,6 +326,7 @@ SDL_LogOutput(void *userdata, int category, SDL_LogPriority priority,
         BOOL attachResult;
         DWORD attachError;
         unsigned long charsWritten; 
+        DWORD consoleMode;
 
         /* Maybe attach console and get stderr handle */
         if (consoleAttached == 0) {
@@ -350,9 +351,15 @@ SDL_LogOutput(void *userdata, int category, SDL_LogPriority priority,
                     /* Newly attached */
                     consoleAttached = 1;
                 }
-			
+
                 if (consoleAttached == 1) {
                         stderrHandle = GetStdHandle(STD_ERROR_HANDLE);
+
+                        if (GetConsoleMode(stderrHandle, &consoleMode) == 0) {
+                            /* WriteConsole fails if the output is redirected to a file. Must use WriteFile instead. */
+                            OutputDebugString(TEXT("Console ouput is being redirected\r\n"));
+                            consoleAttached = 2;
+                        }
                 }
         }
 #endif /* !defined(HAVE_STDIO_H) && !defined(__WINRT__) */
@@ -374,6 +381,11 @@ SDL_LogOutput(void *userdata, int category, SDL_LogPriority priority,
                         OutputDebugString(TEXT("Insufficient heap memory to write message\r\n"));
                     }
                 }
+
+        } else if (consoleAttached == 2) {
+            if (!WriteFile(stderrHandle, output, lstrlenA(output), &charsWritten, NULL)) {
+                OutputDebugString(TEXT("Error calling WriteFile\r\n"));
+            }
         }
 #endif /* !defined(HAVE_STDIO_H) && !defined(__WINRT__) */