1 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
3 // SFML - Simple and Fast Multimedia Library
4 // Copyright (C) 2007-2014 Laurent Gomila (laurent.gom@gmail.com)
6 // This software is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied warranty.
7 // In no event will the authors be held liable for any damages arising from the use of this software.
9 // Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose,
10 // including commercial applications, and to alter it and redistribute it freely,
11 // subject to the following restrictions:
13 // 1. The origin of this software must not be misrepresented;
14 // you must not claim that you wrote the original software.
15 // If you use this software in a product, an acknowledgment
16 // in the product documentation would be appreciated but is not required.
18 // 2. Altered source versions must be plainly marked as such,
19 // and must not be misrepresented as being the original software.
21 // 3. This notice may not be removed or altered from any source distribution.
23 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
28 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
30 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
31 #include <SFML/System/Export.hpp>
37 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
38 /// \brief Standard stream used by SFML to output warnings and errors
40 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
41 SFML_SYSTEM_API std::ostream& err();
46 #endif // SFML_ERR_HPP
49 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
53 /// By default, sf::err() outputs to the same location as std::cerr,
54 /// (-> the stderr descriptor) which is the console if there's
57 /// It is a standard std::ostream instance, so it supports all the
58 /// insertion operations defined by the STL
59 /// (operator <<, manipulators, etc.).
61 /// sf::err() can be redirected to write to another output, independently
62 /// of std::cerr, by using the rdbuf() function provided by the
63 /// std::ostream class.
67 /// // Redirect to a file
68 /// std::ofstream file("sfml-log.txt");
69 /// std::streambuf* previous = sf::err().rdbuf(file.rdbuf());
71 /// // Redirect to nothing
72 /// sf::err().rdbuf(NULL);
74 /// // Restore the original output
75 /// sf::err().rdbuf(previous);
78 /// \return Reference to std::ostream representing the SFML error stream
80 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////