[cdt-dev] The old problem of buffering in the console (Windows)

[Omer Strulovich <omers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

If you've used Eclipse CDT on Windows you know that the Eclipse console has buffering problems.
Basically, it doesn't flush the streams when a newline is received. (Unlike a normal windows console window)
Until lately I used to either add fflush calls when needed or add the following lines in the start of the main function:
setvbuf(stdout, NULL, _IONBF, 0);
setvbuf(stderr, NULL, _IONBF, 0);

Since we're using Eclipse CDT as the recommended IDE for a software development course I need some solution or workaround to allow my students work on CDT.
Having mixed stdout & stderr is unacceptable for a programming newbie. (Seriously, this bug is probably preventing hundred of new C/C++ programmers working on windows from seriously using Eclipse instead of Visual)

I would love if someone could help me with a workaround.
Or even better, direct me to the right piece of code in Eclipse where I can solve this problem myself and be done with it. (I have the time and necessary skills)

-Omer