[news.eclipse.platform] Re: Why doesn't the Eclipse console stream?

[Ed Merks <Ed.Merks@xxxxxxxxx>]

Gabriel,

Maybe you should call OutputStream.flush in the code to ensure that it's 
not buffered...


Gabriel wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Does anybody know why the Eclipse console does not stream the output 
> of a process? I have a plug-in and I run an external process and plug 
> it in Eclipse with:
>
> Process process = DebugPlugin.exec(commandLine, workingDir);
> IProcess p = DebugPlugin.newProcess(launch, process, "label");
>
> if I execute the command line in the OS command prompt/terminal the 
> output is streamed. But in eclipse it waits until it about 4096 chars 
> (4094, 4095) and only then it prints it to the console.
>
> Does anybody know how can I disable this buffer or configure the 
> console such that the output of the process is immediately seen?
>
> Thanks for the help,
> Gabriel