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Ben Eklund
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Computer Science B.S.
Game Developer
C++, Raylib, Godot
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stdin, stdout, and stderr

wizardzines.com/comics/stdin...
Panel 1: all terminal programs have 1 input and 2 outputs they're numbered: stdin is "0", stdout is "1", stderr is "2". (the numbers are called "file descriptors") panel 2: you can set them to be any file you want person: “I don't want to display the output in my terminal emulator, I want to write it to a file” person: “I'll have the proram read input from a file instead of typing it in" panel 3: 3 things you can set the inputs/outputs to 1. the TTY (so output is displayed in your terminal emulator) 2. a file 3. a pipe (to write output to the input of another program) panel 4: your shell is in charge of setting up stdin/stdout/stderr person: “python3 script.py > out.txt” shell: “ok, I'll set stdout to out.txt for that program” more about the syntax on page 15 panel 5: on 2>&1 2>&1 redirects stderr to stdout you could also do 1>&2 but I've never used this N>&M syntax for anything other redirecting stderr to stdout panel 6: gotcha: programs often buffer stdout but not stderr when a program writes text to stdout, it'll often 1. check if stdout is a TTY (using the isatty function) 2. if not, "buffer" the writes until there's 1KB of data to write, for performance reasons (this is the default in libc)
May 21, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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February 12, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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I'm torn with the release. Sales aren't too good, but the reviews are excellent. The sale-to-review ratio is also incredible. I'm hoping for more eyes for Without a Dawn: store.steampowered.com/app/3145620/... Thank you for your support! 💚💛
#visualnovel #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #steam
May 21, 2025 at 10:28 AM