# HG changeset patch
# User Markus Mützel <markus.muetzel@gmx.de>
# Date 1638725211 -3600
# Node ID 88762923aa9a527bef2d8ea113019a4988c9d83f
# Parent  b8d1edf82ec2d575d09823cef429ab4863ccf352
octave-launch: Attach to console of parent process if applicable.

* installer-files/octave-launch.c: If parent process has a console, attach to
it.

diff -r b8d1edf82ec2 -r 88762923aa9a installer-files/octave-launch.c
--- a/installer-files/octave-launch.c	Thu Dec 02 09:46:19 2021 +0100
+++ b/installer-files/octave-launch.c	Sun Dec 05 18:26:51 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.  */