hluk/CopyQ

--help not working on windows powershell, cmd or gitbash

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#2,937 opened on Dec 27, 2024

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Windowsbughelp wanted

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Description

Describe the bug From CMD:

C:\Users\edgeb1>copyq --help
<no output>

From powershell

➜ copyq --help
<no output>

From Gitbash

edgeb1@RSCMW3512 MINGW64 ~
$ copyq --help
<no output>

To Reproduce

  1. Run copyq --help from any available shell.

Expected behavior Should display help options

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Version, OS and Environment

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that said, windows 11, copyq 9.1.0

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  • Application Version (for example 7.1.0) 9.1.0

  • OS (for example Windows 11, Ubuntu 22.04, macOS Sonoma 14.4) windows 11

  • Desktop environment, window manager (if applicable) windows 11

Additional context I am able to run copyq --add XXX to add things to the clipboard. I just get no output from any copyq shell commands

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Research direction
Investigate how the help flag is processed on Windows. Check if output is being suppressed or redirected incorrectly. Look at the argument parsing logic and ensure help output goes to stdout.
Tech stack
cpp
Domain
clidesktop
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