Detect running from IDE

[mdijkens]

I regularly want to know if I'm running from the IDE (during development) or not.
To set the current working directory correct or to stop with End instead of System
etc.

I now use this code which seems to work for some time already:

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Dim Shared DEVELOPMENT As _Byte
$If WIN Then
  DEVELOPMENT = (Environ$("sessionname") = "Console"): If Not DEVELOPMENT Then ChDir _StartDir$
$End If
'...
If DEVELOPMENT Then End Else System

But is this a correct/reliable way? Where does sessionname=Console come from and will it stay like this in future versions?
I would love to have a _DEVELOPMENT variable out-of-the-box as part of QB64pe

Sidenote: Why is _CWD not correct initialized when not running from the IDE; It then points to the directory containing your exe instead

[FellippeHeitor]

This is 100% guaranteed to work:

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$DEBUG

test$ = ENVIRON$("QB64DEBUGPORT")

IF test$ = "" THEN PRINT "running independently" ELSE PRINT "running from inside the IDE"

Unless, of course, you have manually set QB64DEBUGPORT in your environment for whatever obscure reason.