title: Display a Console in Qt
body: <p>I want to add a console to my application, and here's my problem.</p>
  
  <p>In Qt Creator, I create a new Project, I select 'Qt Console Application', convert it from using <code>QCoreApplication</code> to <code>QApplication</code>, add <code>core</code> <code>gui</code> <code>widgets</code> to the <code>QT</code> configuration flag in the project file, and it works. I can create windows while having a console window. So the project file looks like this...</p>
  
  <pre><code>QT += core gui widgets
  
  TARGET = ConsoleApp
  CONFIG += console
  CONFIG -= app_bundle
  TEMPLATE = app
  
  #sources...
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>This is working perfectly and I could develop a full GUI app with this; however, the app is already built. When I created the project for the app, I chose 'Qt Widgets Application'. So I thought I could just copy the configuration of the ConsoleApp's project file over to my app's project file. So My apps project file looks like this...</p>
  
  <pre><code>QT += core gui widgets
  
  TARGET = GuiApp
  CONFIG += console
  CONFIG -= app_bundle
  TEMPLATE = app
  
  #sources...
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But this is not showing me a console and I don't understand why.  I know I could just create a Console Application and just transfer my source over which right there solves my problem, but I wanna know... why is the console not showing up in my GUI app despite using the exact same configuration as the console app in the project file?</p>
  
  <p>I'm compiling with Qt 5.3.1 MSVC2013 OpenGL 64bit on Windows 8 64bit, all in Qt Creator 3.1.2</p>