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Note the console behaviour when closing the GUI window.
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=== Current situation === | === Current situation === | ||
Currently, Windows Release Builds (1.2.0 and earlier) open a console window in addition to the normal ScummVM GUI window. | Currently, Windows Release Builds (1.2.0 and earlier) open a console window in addition to the normal ScummVM GUI window. | ||
This window is '''not''' the drop down debug console (CTRL-D), but the command line DOS style window which shows stdout messages i.e. debug() and warning(). | This window is '''not''' the drop down debug console (CTRL-D), but the command line DOS style window which shows stdout messages i.e. debug() and warning(). | ||
There is a perennial argument as to whether this is a good or a bad thing, mainly with respect to novice Windows users | This console window is closed together with the ScummVM GUI window if it was run from the GUI. It's kept open when ScummVM was run from the command line. | ||
There is a perennial argument as to whether this is a good or a bad thing, mainly with respect to novice Windows users. | |||
=== Proposed alternative === | === Proposed alternative === | ||