Add -console argument to show a console on Windows

app/Desktop/App.axaml.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-using System;
 using Avalonia;
 using Avalonia.Controls.ApplicationLifetimes;
 using Avalonia.Markup.Xaml;
@@ -13,7 +12,7 @@ sealed class App : Application {
 
 	public override void OnFrameworkInitializationCompleted() {
 		if (ApplicationLifetime is IClassicDesktopStyleApplicationLifetime desktop) {
-			desktop.MainWindow = new MainWindow(new Arguments(desktop.Args ?? Array.Empty<string>()));
+			desktop.MainWindow = new MainWindow(Program.Arguments);
 		}
 
 		base.OnFrameworkInitializationCompleted();

app/Desktop/Arguments.cs

@@ -6,25 +6,32 @@ namespace DHT.Desktop;
 sealed class Arguments {
 	private static readonly Log Log = Log.ForType<Arguments>();
 	
+	private const int FirstArgument = 1;
+
 	public static Arguments Empty => new(Array.Empty<string>());
 
+	public bool Console { get; }
 	public string? DatabaseFile { get; }
 	public ushort? ServerPort { get; }
 	public string? ServerToken { get; }
 
 	public Arguments(string[] args) {
-		for (int i = 0; i < args.Length; i++) {
+		for (int i = FirstArgument; i < args.Length; i++) {
 			string key = args[i];
 
 			switch (key) {
 				case "-debug":
 					Log.IsDebugEnabled = true;
 					continue;
+				
+				case "-console":
+					Console = true;
+					continue;
 			}
 
 			string value;
 
-			if (i == 0 && !key.StartsWith('-')) {
+			if (i == FirstArgument && !key.StartsWith('-')) {
 				value = key;
 				key = "-db";
 			}

app/Desktop/Program.cs

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
-using System.Globalization;
+using System;
+using System.Globalization;
 using System.Reflection;
 using Avalonia;
+using DHT.Utils.Logging;
 using DHT.Utils.Resources;
 
 namespace DHT.Desktop;
@@ -9,6 +11,7 @@ static class Program {
 	public static string Version { get; }
 	public static CultureInfo Culture { get; }
 	public static ResourceLoader Resources { get; }
+	public static Arguments Arguments { get; }
 
 	static Program() {
 		var assembly = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly();
@@ -25,10 +28,21 @@ static class Program {
 		CultureInfo.DefaultThreadCurrentUICulture = CultureInfo.InvariantCulture;
 
 		Resources = new ResourceLoader(assembly);
+		Arguments = new Arguments(Environment.GetCommandLineArgs());
 	}
 
 	public static void Main(string[] args) {
+		if (Arguments.Console && OperatingSystem.IsWindows()) {
+			WindowsConsole.AllocConsole();
+		}
+
+		try {
 			BuildAvaloniaApp().StartWithClassicDesktopLifetime(args);
+		} finally {
+			if (Arguments.Console && OperatingSystem.IsWindows()) {
+				WindowsConsole.FreeConsole();
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 	private static AppBuilder BuildAvaloniaApp() {

app/Utils/Logging/WindowsConsole.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using System.Runtime.Versioning;
+
+namespace DHT.Utils.Logging; 
+
+[SupportedOSPlatform("windows")]
+public static partial class WindowsConsole {
+	[LibraryImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
+	public static partial void AllocConsole();
+
+	[LibraryImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
+	public static partial void FreeConsole();
+}

app/Utils/Utils.csproj

@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
     <PackageId>DiscordHistoryTrackerUtils</PackageId>
   </PropertyGroup>
   
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <AllowUnsafeBlocks>true</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  
   <ItemGroup>
     <FrameworkReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.App" />
   </ItemGroup>