From 4fd8de53a19ff6f8b19dc4a7ec61d3f04eca0d70 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Geoff Voelker <voelker@cs.washington.edu>
Date: Sun, 17 Mar 1996 00:06:39 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] (WinMain): Allocate a console for stdout and stderr if
 necessary.

---
 src/unexw32.c | 24 +++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/unexw32.c b/src/unexw32.c
index 67555b2ad36..e00662a0fea 100644
--- a/src/unexw32.c
+++ b/src/unexw32.c
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ WinMain (_hinst, _hPrevInst, _lpCmdLine, _nCmdShow)
      LPSTR _lpCmdLine;
      int _nCmdShow;
 {
+  int i, j, new_argc;
+  char **new_argv;
+
   /* Need to parse command line */
     
   hinst = _hinst;
@@ -82,7 +85,26 @@ WinMain (_hinst, _hPrevInst, _lpCmdLine, _nCmdShow)
   lpCmdLine = _lpCmdLine;
   nCmdShow = _nCmdShow;
 
-  return (main (__argc,__argv,_environ));
+  new_argc = __argc;
+  new_argv = (char **) xmalloc (sizeof (char *) * new_argc);
+  if (!new_argv)
+    return main (__argc, __argv, _environ);
+
+  for (i = j = 0; i < __argc; i++) 
+    {
+      /* Allocate a console window for stdout and stderr if requested.
+	 We want to allocate as soon as we possibly can to catch
+	 debugging output.  */
+      if (!strcmp ("-output_console", __argv[i]))
+	{
+	  AllocConsole ();
+	  new_argc--;
+	  continue;
+	}
+      new_argv[j++] = __argv[i];
+    }
+
+  return main (new_argc, new_argv, _environ);
 }
 #endif /* HAVE_NTGUI */
 
-- 
2.39.2