# 4.12 `quietconsole` -- non-visible stdout output

Availability: Macintosh.

`quietconsole` allows you to keep stdio output in a buffer without displaying it (or without displaying the stdout window altogether, if set with EditPythonPrefs) until you try to read from stdin or disable the buffering, at which point all the saved output is sent to the window. Good for GUI programs that do want to display their output at a crash.