# Using logging or messages from a plugin?
**URL:** https://forums.synfig.org/t/using-logging-or-messages-from-a-plugin/16634
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** windows, console, logs
**Created:** [July 4, 2025, 7:32pm UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/using-logging-or-messages-from-a-plugin/16634 "2025-07-04T19:32:41Z")
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### Author:  [@BobSynfig](https://forums.synfig.org/u/BobSynfig)
#### Post date: [July 10, 2025, 3:43pm UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/using-logging-or-messages-from-a-plugin/16634/4 "2025-07-10T15:43:13Z")
It exists since 1.0
> [@Synfig Studio 1.0 - Release Candidate #4](https://forums.synfig.org/t/synfig-studio-1-0-release-candidate-4/3386):
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> The fourth release candidate of Synfig Studio 1.0 is available for download and testing! We would like to give a special thanks to the people who [supported](http://www.synfig.org/cms/en/donate) Synfig Studio development in this period. Much thanks to: Ksenija Kuzjaeva, Patrick Hlavac-Winsor, Ricardo Tanaka, Michael Thanem, Boudewijn Rempt, Joslyn Greenard. With this update we deliver a dozen of important fixes and some usability improvements. Please check the full list of changes below. [image] List of changes: Show warning wh…
> [@Two Background Audio Files](https://forums.synfig.org/t/two-background-audio-files/14006/2):
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> Hello, VivekC. You can’t hear the SFX even without the voiceover audio? Maybe the audio spec is not supported. If you use Linux or macOS, launch SYnfig Studio from console/terminal to get the log. If on Windows, enable the console window by adding --console switch in the .bat file of the portable version. I can’t remember the full filename now.
> [@Synfig Crashes when using Color Picker](https://forums.synfig.org/t/synfig-crashes-when-using-color-picker/12377/12):
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> I just tried it here and it works fine confused Sadly, on Windows, GUI apps does not have any stdout/stdin/cerr/cout/cin/cerr. He should edit the .bat launch file in Notepad to launch with --console. He could do it by changing this line: start “” “%~dp0\bin\synfigstudio.exe” to start “” “%~dp0\bin\synfigstudio.exe” --console
Or even on Github
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> \*\*Synfig version & platform\*\*:
> master branch, commit 2b0a8874afafb0881a466e595d…99cad74d2fafdd
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> \*\*Issue description\*\*:
> Steps to reproduce:
> 1. Start Synfig Studio with "--console" parameter:
> !\[screenshot\_005\](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/332868/87956703-8a95ab80-cad9-11ea-8050-e41b29932da2.png)
> 2. Open any file and try to launch any plugin. You'll get an error:
> !\[screenshot\_006\](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/332868/87956830-aef18800-cad9-11ea-9c0e-c4bd06ecf5e4.png)
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> The bug doesn't reproducible if started without "--console" parameter.
Everywhere where we talk about to obtain logs to solve an issue …
Note that this parameter is specific to Windows, which is not the primary target for development.
Starting SynfigStudio from the terminal in Linux displays everything.
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