This has finally started to really annoy me.
When I develop ConsoleApplications, I’m constantly running them in the IDE to debug, nothing surprising there.
Whenever I run a ConsoleApplication to debug however, two Terminal windows open - one with my app to interact with and a second Terminal window that has nothing to do with my Xojo app.
Any idea why this happens and how I can prevent it?
Running macOS.
The only workaround I know is to not close the last window. It always opens two if you do.
I agree it’s annoying. I never bothered to file Feedback though, I just keep the empty window open. (What @Tim_Parnell just said.)
Investigating it might actually be a macOS thing and not Xojo’s fault. Looks like there is no option in Terminal to spawn the app without a window. Perhaps that’s the issue?
I’m not by my machine to try, but what happens when you command tab into Terminal with no open windows? Does a new window open?
Another thing to try: if you minimise the window you don’t use, does it come back each time or keep being minimised?
(sorry, I don’t have time to try a console app right now to test myself)
I have just checked, and no.
No, but it takes up a extra space in the dock which a no-go for me.
Good suggestions but on my Mac, minimising the non-used window doesn’t change the behaviour as it un-minimises at launch.
Such a frustrating little oddity. Glad to know I’m not the only one bugged by it though!
I do wonder why there isn’t a terminal built into the IDE - that would solve the issue.
Interesting, I did not see that behavior I only see that behavior with Xojo. 
Perhaps it can be fixed? Because Lifeboat doesn’t cause this when it opens a SSH Terminal. I think we both do it with AppleScript.
I agree. There’s still the option to minimise windows in their app’s icon; sadly, this setting is either for all windows or none.
I’d love a setting so I can have it run with Warp instead of Terminal.