now attaches to parent console on windows

chatterino.pro

@@ -232,6 +232,7 @@ SOURCES += \
     src/singletons/TooltipPreviewImage.cpp \
     src/singletons/Updates.cpp \
     src/singletons/WindowManager.cpp \
+    src/util/AttachToConsole.cpp \
     src/util/Clipboard.cpp \
     src/util/DebugCount.cpp \
     src/util/FormatTime.cpp \
@@ -464,6 +465,7 @@ HEADERS += \
     src/singletons/TooltipPreviewImage.hpp \
     src/singletons/Updates.hpp \
     src/singletons/WindowManager.hpp \
+    src/util/AttachToConsole.hpp \
     src/util/Clamp.hpp \
     src/util/Clipboard.hpp \
     src/util/CombinePath.hpp \

src/common/Args.cpp

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include "common/QLogging.hpp"
 #include "singletons/Paths.hpp"
 #include "singletons/WindowManager.hpp"
+#include "util/AttachToConsole.hpp"
 #include "util/CombinePath.hpp"
 #include "widgets/Window.hpp"
 
@@ -26,10 +27,17 @@ Args::Args(const QApplication &app)
     QCommandLineOption parentWindowOption("parent-window");
     parentWindowOption.setFlags(QCommandLineOption::HiddenFromHelp);
 
+    // Verbose
+    QCommandLineOption verboseOption({{"v", "verbose"},
+                                      "Attaches to the Console on windows, "
+                                      "allowing you to see debug output."});
+    crashRecoveryOption.setFlags(QCommandLineOption::HiddenFromHelp);
+
     parser.addOptions({
         {{"V", "version"}, "Displays version information."},
         crashRecoveryOption,
         parentWindowOption,
+        verboseOption,
     });
     parser.addOption(QCommandLineOption(
         {"c", "channels"},
@@ -46,6 +54,7 @@ Args::Args(const QApplication &app)
 
     if (parser.isSet("help"))
     {
+        attachToConsole();
         qInfo().noquote() << parser.helpText();
         ::exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
     }
@@ -60,7 +69,9 @@ Args::Args(const QApplication &app)
         this->applyCustomChannelLayout(parser.value("c"));
     }
 
-    this->printVersion = parser.isSet("v");
+    this->verbose = parser.isSet(verboseOption);
+
+    this->printVersion = parser.isSet("V");
     this->crashRecovery = parser.isSet("crash-recovery");
 }
 

src/common/Args.hpp

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ public:
     bool shouldRunBrowserExtensionHost{};
     bool dontSaveSettings{};
     boost::optional<WindowLayout> customChannelLayout;
+    bool verbose{};
 
 private:
     void applyCustomChannelLayout(const QString &argValue);

src/main.cpp

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include "providers/twitch/api/Kraken.hpp"
 #include "singletons/Paths.hpp"
 #include "singletons/Settings.hpp"
+#include "util/AttachToConsole.hpp"
 #include "util/IncognitoBrowser.hpp"
 
 using namespace chatterino;
@@ -63,6 +64,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     }
     else if (getArgs().printVersion)
     {
+        attachToConsole();
+
         auto version = Version::instance();
         qInfo().noquote() << QString("%1 (commit %2%3)")
                                  .arg(version.fullVersion())
@@ -73,6 +76,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     }
     else
     {
+        if (getArgs().verbose)
+        {
+            attachToConsole();
+        }
+
         IvrApi::initialize();
         Helix::initialize();
         Kraken::initialize();