Terminal in the output console
CLion emulates terminal in the output console to help you work with text-based user interfaces (TUI), for example, curses/ncurses applications.
![Terminal in console example Terminal in console example](https://resources.jetbrains.com/help/img/idea/2024.2/cl_terminal_outputconsole_example.png)
Enable terminal emulation in output console
In the main menu, go to
.Select the desired configuration and set the Emulate terminal in the output console checkbox:
Limitations
The availability of this feature depends on the OS, debugger, and toolchain you are using. It also depends on whether there is an input redirection and whether the running process is being run with administrator rights.
The tables below show whether terminal emulation is available in the output console for running, debugging with GDB, and debugging with LLDB in a particular case:
Linux
Default | Run with privileges | Redirected input | |
---|---|---|---|
Running | |||
GDB | |||
LLDB |
macOS
Default | Run with privileges | Redirected input | |
---|---|---|---|
Run | |||
LLDB |
Windows
Default | Run with privileges | Redirected input | |
---|---|---|---|
Run | |||
GDB | |||
MSVC LLDB |
Docker, Remote, WSL toolchains
Default | Run with privileges | Redirected input | |
---|---|---|---|
Run | |||
GDB |