can't see any logs when using #[windows_subsystem = "windows"]

rust-cli / env_logger

A logging implementation for `log` which is configured via an environment variable.

https://docs.rs/env_logger

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can't see any logs when using #[windows_subsystem = "windows"] #290

Open wiiznokes opened 11 months ago

wiiznokes commented 11 months ago

Maybe related: #214.

I don't know if we can do anything about it, but I just wasted 10 minutes understanding why my logs no longer worked under Windows. It might be good to mention it in the docs.

wiiznokes commented 11 months ago

work around, while not being perfect (only working on debug target):

#![cfg_attr(not(debug_assertions), windows_subsystem = "windows")]

epage commented 11 months ago

So if I understand correctly, windows_subsystem = "windows" means no stdout / stderr is created.

Maybe I don't do enough Windows programming lately but I would assume that setting this is a fairly advanced use case, meaning

It would be uncommon enough that documenting might make things more confusing
There is a certain level of base understanding expected when using this
- Obviously, this fails since you are here but wanting to lay out my assumptions so I can better understand why I'm wrong.

Could you help me in finding where my understanding is wrong?

wiiznokes commented 11 months ago

I only use this so that no console pops when launching my program (i'm doing a graphical interface). AFIK, it's the only ways to have this behavior on Windows, so every graphical program will want to use this i think. For example, i know Tauri use it in it's examples

It would be uncommon enough that documenting might make things more confusing

I understand that, it's as you want, maybe having one issue is enought

epage commented 11 months ago

Ah, guis, so this isn't just an advanced issue.