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fix: hide Windows console when launched from Explorer #33

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14 changes: 14 additions & 0 deletions app/main.cpp
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#include <stdio.h>

#if defined(_WIN32)
# include <windows.h>
#endif

namespace {

constexpr i32 kInitialWidth = 1200;
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int main(int argc, char **argv) {
SDL_SetMainReady();

// Detach the console when we are its only process (Explorer double-click).
// Keep it when launched from an existing terminal so stderr/stdout still work.
#if defined(_WIN32)
DWORD process_ids[2];
DWORD count = GetConsoleProcessList(process_ids, 2);
if (count == 1) {
FreeConsole();
}
#endif

Arena *arena = ArenaAlloc(GB(1));

// --screenshot <path>: draw one frame, save it, exit. Everything else on the
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