SCons: Add windows_subsystem=default, restores original behavior

We want debug builds to have a console and easy stdout redirection by default.
Windows makes reading the stdout/stderr stream from gui applications too cumbersome
(and most users don't know about it, and just wonder why they don't see a thing).
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Rémi Verschelde 2020-10-06 09:18:05 +02:00
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@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ def get_opts():
# Vista support dropped after EOL due to GH-10243
("target_win_version", "Targeted Windows version, >= 0x0601 (Windows 7)", "0x0601"),
EnumVariable("debug_symbols", "Add debugging symbols to release builds", "yes", ("yes", "no", "full")),
EnumVariable("windows_subsystem", "Windows subsystem", "gui", ("console", "gui")),
EnumVariable("windows_subsystem", "Windows subsystem", "default", ("default", "console", "gui")),
BoolVariable("separate_debug_symbols", "Create a separate file containing debugging symbols", False),
("msvc_version", "MSVC version to use. Ignored if VCINSTALLDIR is set in shell env.", None),
BoolVariable("use_mingw", "Use the Mingw compiler, even if MSVC is installed. Only used on Windows.", False),
@ -178,8 +178,15 @@ def configure_msvc(env, manual_msvc_config):
"""Configure env to work with MSVC"""
# Build type
if env["tests"]:
env["windows_subsystem"] = "console"
elif env["windows_subsystem"] == "default":
# Default means we use console for debug, gui for release.
if "debug" in env["target"]:
env["windows_subsystem"] = "console"
else:
env["windows_subsystem"] = "gui"
if env["target"] == "release":
if env["optimize"] == "speed": # optimize for speed (default)
@ -311,6 +318,12 @@ def configure_mingw(env):
if env["tests"]:
env["windows_subsystem"] = "console"
elif env["windows_subsystem"] == "default":
# Default means we use console for debug, gui for release.
if "debug" in env["target"]:
env["windows_subsystem"] = "console"
else:
env["windows_subsystem"] = "gui"
if env["target"] == "release":
env.Append(CCFLAGS=["-msse2"])