Use vscode debug console for output instead of terminal when "type": "cppdbg"

[yh-sb]

Feature Request

Debug Console is a cool feature, but it turns out that it works with program output only when "type": "cppvsdbg" in launch.json.
In case of cppdbg type, common terminal is used for output.

Or am I using something wrong or this feature should be definitely added.

UPDATE: I found that "avoidWindowsConsoleRedirection": true fixes the problem and output is printed to debug console. I don't quite understand what's going on, Was it intentional? But why?

[WardenGnaw]

"avoidWindowsConsoleRedirection": true is the correct way to force the output to show in the Debug Console. If that is not set, we determine that users want to use the integrated terminal for input and output.

See https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/cpp/launch-json-reference#_avoidwindowsconsoleredirection

This is the default since Debug Console does not support input.

[github-actions]

This issue has been closed because the described behavior was determined to be by design.

[yh-sb]

I found that "avoidWindowsConsoleRedirection": true has no effect on Linux. What is the way to output to Debug Console on Linux?