diff -r 000000000000 -r 037942e1bc4f bl/print.c
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/bl/print.c	Mon Feb 20 10:10:48 2012 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+#ifdef WIN32
+#include <windows.h>
+#endif
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <glib.h>
+
+/*
+ * Handlers for g_print() and g_printerr() which will output via
+ * WriteConsoleW when run under MS-Windows and the corresponding
+ * stream has not been re-directed. In all other cases, output
+ * via stdout and stderr respectively.
+ */
+
+#ifdef WIN32
+static HANDLE bl_console=0;
+
+static void bl_print_handler_console(const char *string)
+{
+    long len;
+    DWORD dummy;
+    gunichar2 *string2;
+    string2=g_utf8_to_utf16(string,-1,NULL,&len,NULL);
+    if (string2)
+    {
+	WriteConsoleW(bl_console,string2,len,&dummy,NULL);
+	g_free(string2);
+    }
+}
+#endif
+
+static void bl_print_handler_stdout(const char *string)
+{
+    fputs(string,stdout);
+}
+
+static void bl_print_handler_stderr(const char *string)
+{
+    fputs(string,stderr);
+}
+
+void bl_set_print_handlers(void)
+{
+#ifdef WIN32
+    DWORD dummy;
+    if (GetConsoleMode(GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE),&dummy))
+    {
+	bl_console=GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
+	g_set_print_handler(bl_print_handler_console);
+    }
+    else
+#endif
+	g_set_print_handler(bl_print_handler_stdout);
+#ifdef WIN32
+    if (GetConsoleMode(GetStdHandle(STD_ERROR_HANDLE),&dummy))
+    {
+	if (!bl_console)
+	    bl_console=GetStdHandle(STD_ERROR_HANDLE);
+	g_set_printerr_handler(bl_print_handler_console);
+    }
+    else
+#endif
+	g_set_printerr_handler(bl_print_handler_stderr);
+}