Programming

So I have ported a C++ program from windows to linux
and when I run it from terminal all is well. However
when executed from file manager there is no screen output.
The program runs and does what it should, just the problem
of not knowing if there are errors or if its even complete. Is there a way to have it open in terminal automatically?
Thanks.

Well, without knowing what you code is supposed to do, how it talks to the screen etc., it's a bit difficult.

Are you saying that this is written for a text screen session, but you want to fire it from the GUI? You might need to associate the file type with a program in the GUI (I've only done this on Windows) in such a way that it opens a console session to run the command. Of course this might affect all files with that suffix.

You could also write a wrapper that opens the console and forces the command in too.



I hope that this helps,
Robin

Basic C++ code uses stdout, and does not "know" about Windows at all. Windowing requires a fair amount of code - when you run something like it has to call whatever windowing libraries your system has.

Visual Studio handles that in Windows. Since we know zero about your system, we are giving you "zero" kinds of answers. If you want actual help:
1. what UNIX/Linux system
2. what gui do you have? KDE, Gnome, etc.
3. do you use an IDE on the UNIX/Linux side?


If the program is smallish, posting the code will also help.

Here are my system details:
EDITION="Cinnamon 64-bit"
DESCRIPTION="Linux Mint 18 Sarah"
DESKTOP=Gnome
TOOLKIT=GTK


Correct!

No, compile from the command line.

Funny thing is just about anything with a file extension I double click in file manager will give me the option to run
in terminal but not this. Mint doesn't show an option to add gnome terminal under "open with other application"

You may want to check the configuration files for links between your program's extension and the terminal to open. Or, for a test, you could give it an extension that opens a window.

Specifically your file associations are broken or do not exist:

Run the file manager (Caja), right-click on the file, select Properties and the Open With tab. Now, click on one of the radio buttons for the listed applications. If none shows, the file you create from compiling has to have recognized extension, as RudiC said. Try .exe as the extension:

from the command line:

Code:

mv output_file output_file.exe
# or if it already has an extension:
mv output_file.[whatever is here] output_file.exe

Re-run Caja.

I have done this and there is no terminal listed, I have manually added terminal but all that will do is open terminal and not run the program.


I have renamed extension exe,bin,run and they all behave the same as the current no extension.

If I rename to .txt extension, double clicking program
will open dialog with option to run in terminal and it will execute without problem with visible screen output.
But at some point I'm going to forget that .txt file is executable.
Even renaming the extension something like .runme won't work