# HG changeset patch
# User Markus Mützel <markus.muetzel@gmx.de>
# Date 1638725435 -3600
# Node ID 38085f903f23e9eccf5fceee3a4819b66f358db2
# Parent  d5489b19bc4f6e7e5f709ed8dcc3d14466d6b6e7# Parent  88762923aa9a527bef2d8ea113019a4988c9d83f
maint: merge release to default.

diff -r d5489b19bc4f -r 38085f903f23 installer-files/octave-launch.c
--- a/installer-files/octave-launch.c	Sat Dec 04 15:32:37 2021 -0500
+++ b/installer-files/octave-launch.c	Sun Dec 05 18:30:35 2021 +0100
@@ -338,6 +338,12 @@
     StringCchCopyW (argbuffer, ARGBUF_SZ, L"octave.exe ");
     StringCchCatW (path, PATH_SZ, L"\\octave.exe");
 
+    /* If parent process has a console, attach to it.
+       Let the function fail silently, when parent has no console
+       (e.g., when program has been started from link in start menu).
+       No console will be shown in this case. */
+    AttachConsole (ATTACH_PARENT_PROCESS);
+
     if (! (no_gui_libs || no_gui_arg_found))
       {
         /* Unless --no-gui or --no-gui-libs is specified, we will use a GUI window.  */