From 1a98074b66deabe20c2ea95d2bc3441f06b1283b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Charlie Fenton <charlief@example.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 14:17:00 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Mac: Redirect stderr to gfx_stderr.txt so we have a way to
 get  error messages from system for graphics app

svn path=/trunk/boinc_samples/; revision=13492
---
 checkin_notes              | 6 +++++-
 example_app/uc2_graphics.C | 4 ++++
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/checkin_notes b/checkin_notes
index 81261c9d75..24e85702c7 100644
--- a/checkin_notes
+++ b/checkin_notes
@@ -423,7 +423,11 @@ David  17 Aug 2007
 
 Charlie 29 Aug 2007
     - Mac: new XCode project for version 6 example_app.
-
+    - Mac: Redirect stderr to gfx_stderr.txt so we have a way to get 
+        error messages from system for graphics app.
+        
+    example_app/
+        uc2_graphics.C
     mac_build/
         UpperCase2.xcodeproj/
             project.pbxproj
diff --git a/example_app/uc2_graphics.C b/example_app/uc2_graphics.C
index 37db6d897e..f68eef55a7 100644
--- a/example_app/uc2_graphics.C
+++ b/example_app/uc2_graphics.C
@@ -242,6 +242,10 @@ static void parse_project_prefs(char* buf) {
 }
 
 int main(int argc, char** argv) {
+#ifdef __APPLE__
+    // Provide a way to get error messages from system
+    freopen("gfx_stderr.txt", "w", stderr);
+#endif
     shmem = (UC_SHMEM*)boinc_graphics_get_shmem("uppercase");
     boinc_parse_init_data_file();
     boinc_get_init_data(uc_aid);