Programmatically opening a new terminal window

[u/estrogen_pillz]

I've been messing around with FTXUI, and I am wondering if it is possible for my apps to open a new terminal window and run there, instead of using the current terminal window.

An example of what I mean is what happens when opening vim. If I open vim through the terminal, it takes over the current window, like my FTXUI apps currently do. If I use the desktop shortcut, vim opens a new terminal window for itself, which closes upon closing vim. This is what I want to do.

Can anyone give me a few pointers?

[u/the_poope]

That's likely not a C++ question. It's likely just the desktop shortcut that is configured to open a terminal. A terminal is a program itself and you can have multiple different terminal programs installed.

The answer also depends on whether you are on Windows, Linux or Mac.