hide/show: Provide feedback on unsupported platforms

library/Console-posix.cpp

@@ -864,12 +864,14 @@ void Console::msleep (unsigned int msec)
     usleep((msec % 1000000) * 1000);
 }
 
-void Console::hide()
+bool Console::hide()
 {
     //Warmist: don't know if it's possible...
+    return false;
 }
 
-void Console::show()
+bool Console::show()
 {
     //Warmist: don't know if it's possible...
-}
+    return false;
+}

library/Console-windows.cpp

@@ -590,12 +590,14 @@ void Console::msleep (unsigned int msec)
     Sleep(msec);
 }
 
-void Console::hide()
+bool Console::hide()
 {
-    ShowWindow( GetConsoleWindow(), SW_HIDE );    
+    ShowWindow( GetConsoleWindow(), SW_HIDE );
+    return true;
 }
 
-void Console::show()
+bool Console::show()
 {
     ShowWindow( GetConsoleWindow(), SW_RESTORE );
-}
+    return true;
+}

library/Core.cpp

@@ -790,11 +790,21 @@ command_result Core::runCommand(color_ostream &con, const std::string &first, ve
         }
         else if(first=="hide")
         {
-            getConsole().hide();
+            if (!getConsole().hide())
+            {
+                con.printerr("Could not hide console\n");
+                return CR_FAILURE;
+            }
+            return CR_OK;
         }
         else if(first=="show")
         {
-            getConsole().show();
+            if (!getConsole().show())
+            {
+                con.printerr("Could not show console\n");
+                return CR_FAILURE;
+            }
+            return CR_OK;
         }
         else
         {

library/include/Console.h

@@ -158,8 +158,8 @@ namespace  DFHack
 
         bool is_console() { return true; }
 
-        void hide();
-        void show();
+        bool hide();
+        bool show();
     private:
         Private * d;
         tthread::recursive_mutex * wlock;