[Windows, 4.0] Improve console handling and execute/create_process. #56012
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Same as #55987 for 4.0.
With these changes, console behavior on Windows should be the same as on Linux and macOS:
Changes:
execute
calls with piped stdout and stderr (prevent console windows for popping up when used with the GUI subsystem build, and have more consistent behavior withcreate_process
).open_console
argument to theexecute
andcreate_process
to open a new console window.interface/editor/hide_console_window
editor setting.Toggle System Console
menu option.set_console_visible
andis_console_visible
functions.Supersede: #53884
Fixes #31623 (showing console window is controlled by extra argument), "fixes" #26429 (
cmd /c
is always required for the built-in commands).