Experimental winapi extension for preventing the flashing black box on Windows.

Compile in a stripped version of Steve Donovan's winapi library and override
`io.popen` and `os.execute`.

1 files changed, 458 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/winapi.patch b/src/winapi.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5aa7a896
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/winapi.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,458 @@
+--- a/winapi.c	2012-06-28 04:50:56.000000000 -0400
++++ b/winapi.c	2013-11-19 15:42:27.560539900 -0500
+@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
+ #ifdef __GNUC__

+ #include <winable.h> /* GNU GCC specific */

+ #endif

+-#include "Winnetwk.h"

++#include "winnetwk.h"

+ #include <psapi.h>

+ 

+ 

+@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
+   return wstring_buff(text,wbuff,sizeof(wbuff));

+ }

+ 

++#if 0

+ /// Text encoding.

+ // @section encoding

+ 

+@@ -768,7 +769,9 @@
+   return push_bool(L, MoveFile(src,dest));

+ }

+ 

++#endif

+ #define wconv(name) (name ? wstring_buff(name,w##name,sizeof(w##name)) : NULL)

++#if 0

+ 

+ /// execute a shell command.

+ // @param verb the action (e.g. 'open' or 'edit') can be nil.

+@@ -891,6 +894,7 @@
+   }

+   return push_new_File(L,hSerial,hSerial);

+ }

++#endif

+ 

+ static int push_wait_result(lua_State *L, DWORD res) {

+   if (res == WAIT_OBJECT_0) {

+@@ -918,6 +922,7 @@
+     return push_wait_result(L,wait_single(h,timeout));

+ }

+ 

++#if 0

+ static int push_wait_async(lua_State *L, HANDLE h, int timeout, int callback);

+ 

+ /// The Event class.

+@@ -1128,6 +1133,7 @@
+   #line 825 "winapi.l.c"

+   return push_new_Mutex(L,CreateMutex(NULL,FALSE,*name==0 ? NULL : name));

+ }

++#endif

+ 

+ /// A class representing a Windows process.

+ // this example was [helpful](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms682623%28VS.85%29.aspx)

+@@ -1179,6 +1185,7 @@
+     }

+   }

+ 

++#if 0

+   /// get the name of the process.

+   // @param full true if you want the full path; otherwise returns the base name.

+   // @function get_process_name

+@@ -1280,6 +1287,7 @@
+     lua_pushnumber(L,fileTimeToMillisec(&kernel));

+     return 2;

+   }

++#endif

+ 

+   /// wait for this process to finish.

+   // @param timeout optional timeout in millisec; defaults to waiting indefinitely.

+@@ -1293,6 +1301,7 @@
+     return push_wait(L,this->hProcess, TIMEOUT(timeout));

+   }

+ 

++#if 0

+   /// run callback when this process is finished.

+   // @param callback the callback

+   // @param timeout optional timeout in millisec; defaults to waiting indefinitely.

+@@ -1320,6 +1329,7 @@
+     #line 968 "winapi.l.c"

+     return push_wait_result(L, WaitForInputIdle(this->hProcess, TIMEOUT(timeout)));

+   }

++#endif

+ 

+   /// exit code of this process.

+   // (Only makes sense if the process has in fact finished.)

+@@ -1354,15 +1364,19 @@
+ #line 995 "winapi.l.c"

+ 

+ static const struct luaL_Reg Process_methods [] = {

++#if 0

+      {"get_process_name",l_Process_get_process_name},

+    {"get_pid",l_Process_get_pid},

+    {"kill",l_Process_kill},

+    {"get_working_size",l_Process_get_working_size},

+    {"get_start_time",l_Process_get_start_time},

+    {"get_run_times",l_Process_get_run_times},

++#endif

+    {"wait",l_Process_wait},

++#if 0

+    {"wait_async",l_Process_wait_async},

+    {"wait_for_input_idle",l_Process_wait_for_input_idle},

++#endif

+    {"get_exit_code",l_Process_get_exit_code},

+    {"close",l_Process_close},

+    {"__gc",l_Process___gc},

+@@ -1388,6 +1402,7 @@
+ // @{readme.md.Creating_and_working_with_Processes}

+ // @section Processes

+ 

++#if 0

+ /// create a process object from the id.

+ // @param pid the process id

+ // @return @{Process}

+@@ -1477,6 +1492,7 @@
+     return 1;

+   }

+ }

++#endif

+ 

+ // These functions are all run in background threads, and a little bit of poor man's

+ // OOP helps here. This is the base struct for describing threads with callbacks,

+@@ -1493,6 +1509,7 @@
+   callback_data_

+ } LuaCallback, *PLuaCallback;

+ 

++#if 0

+ LuaCallback *lcb_callback(void *lcb, lua_State *L, int idx) {

+   LuaCallback *data;

+   if (lcb == NULL) {

+@@ -1510,6 +1527,7 @@
+   LuaCallback *lcb = (LuaCallback*)data;

+   return call_lua(lcb->L,lcb->callback,idx,text,persist);

+ }

++#endif

+ 

+ void lcb_allocate_buffer(void *data, int size) {

+   LuaCallback *lcb = (LuaCallback*)data;

+@@ -1535,6 +1553,7 @@
+ #define lcb_bufsz(data) ((LuaCallback *)data)->bufsz

+ #define lcb_handle(data) ((LuaCallback *)data)->handle

+ 

++#if 0

+ /// Thread object. This is returned by the @{File:read_async} method and the @{make_timer},

+ // @{make_pipe_server} and @{watch_for_file_changes} functions. Useful to kill a thread

+ // and free associated resources.

+@@ -1707,6 +1726,7 @@
+   lcb->bufsz = timeout;

+   return lcb_new_thread((TCB)handle_waiter,lcb);

+ }

++#endif

+ 

+ /// this represents a raw Windows file handle.

+ // The write handle may be distinct from the read handle.

+@@ -1748,6 +1768,7 @@
+     lcb_allocate_buffer(this,FILE_BUFF_SIZE);

+   }

+ 

++#if 0

+   /// write to a file.

+   // @param s text

+   // @return number of bytes written.

+@@ -1761,6 +1782,7 @@
+     lua_pushinteger(L,bytesWrote);

+     return 1;

+   }

++#endif

+ 

+   static BOOL raw_read (File *this) {

+     DWORD bytesRead = 0;

+@@ -1785,6 +1807,7 @@
+     }

+   }

+ 

++#if 0

+   static void file_reader (File *this) { // background reader thread

+     int n;

+     do {

+@@ -1806,6 +1829,7 @@
+     this->callback = make_ref(L,callback);

+     return lcb_new_thread((TCB)&file_reader,this);

+   }

++#endif

+ 

+   static int l_File_close(lua_State *L) {

+     File *this = File_arg(L,1);

+@@ -1825,9 +1849,13 @@
+ #line 1318 "winapi.l.c"

+ 

+ static const struct luaL_Reg File_methods [] = {

++#if 0

+      {"write",l_File_write},

++#endif

+    {"read",l_File_read},

++#if 0

+    {"read_async",l_File_read_async},

++#endif

+    {"close",l_File_close},

+    {"__gc",l_File___gc},

+   {NULL, NULL}  /* sentinel */

+@@ -1853,6 +1881,7 @@
+ /// Launching processes.

+ // @section Launch

+ 

++#if 0

+ /// set an environment variable for any child processes.

+ // @{setenv.lua} shows how this also affects processes

+ // launched with @{os.execute}

+@@ -1869,6 +1898,7 @@
+   WCHAR wname[256],wvalue[MAX_WPATH];

+   return push_bool(L, SetEnvironmentVariableW(wconv(name),wconv(value)));

+ }

++#endif

+ 

+ /// Spawn a process.

+ // @param program the command-line (program + parameters)

+@@ -1938,6 +1968,7 @@
+   }

+ }

+ 

++#if 0

+ /// execute a system command.

+ // This is like `os.execute()`, except that it works without ugly

+ // console flashing in Windows GUI applications. It additionally

+@@ -2564,11 +2595,28 @@
+     return push_error(L);

+   }

+ }

++#endif

+ 

+ #line 2005 "winapi.l.c"

+ static const char *lua_code_block = ""\

+   "function winapi.execute(cmd,unicode)\n"\

+   "  local comspec = os.getenv('COMSPEC')\n"\

++  "  cmd = comspec ..' /c '..cmd\n"\

++  "  local P,f = winapi.spawn_process(cmd)\n"\

++  "  if not P then return nil,f end\n"\

++  "  local txt = f:read()\n"\

++  "  local out = {}\n"\

++  "  while txt do\n"\

++  "    table.insert(out,txt)\n"\

++  "    txt = f:read()\n"\

++  "  end\n"\

++  "  return P:wait():get_exit_code(),table.concat(out,'')\n"\

++  "end\n"\

++;

++#if 0

++static const char *lua_code_block = ""\

++  "function winapi.execute(cmd,unicode)\n"\

++  "  local comspec = os.getenv('COMSPEC')\n"\

+   "  if unicode ~= 'unicode' then\n"\

+   "    cmd = comspec ..' /c '..cmd\n"\

+   "    local P,f = winapi.spawn_process(cmd)\n"\

+@@ -2638,11 +2686,13 @@
+   "end\n"\

+   "function winapi.dirs(mask,subdirs) return winapi.files(mask,subdirs,'D') end\n"\

+ ;

++#endif

+ static void load_lua_code (lua_State *L) {

+   luaL_dostring(L,lua_code_block);

+ }

+ 

+ 

++#if 0

+ #line 2010 "winapi.l.c"

+ int init_mutex(lua_State *L) {

+ setup_mutex();

+@@ -2769,9 +2819,11 @@
+  lua_pushinteger(L,REG_MULTI_SZ); lua_setfield(L,-2,"REG_MULTI_SZ");

+  lua_pushinteger(L,REG_EXPAND_SZ); lua_setfield(L,-2,"REG_EXPAND_SZ");

+ }

++#endif

+ 

+ #line 2126 "winapi.l.c"

+ static const luaL_Reg winapi_funs[] = {

++#if 0

+        {"set_encoding",l_set_encoding},

+    {"get_encoding",l_get_encoding},

+    {"encode",l_encode},

+@@ -2804,7 +2856,9 @@
+    {"get_processes",l_get_processes},

+    {"wait_for_processes",l_wait_for_processes},

+    {"setenv",l_setenv},

++#endif

+    {"spawn_process",l_spawn_process},

++#if 0

+    {"thread",l_thread},

+    {"make_timer",l_make_timer},

+    {"open_pipe",l_open_pipe},

+@@ -2817,6 +2871,7 @@
+    {"watch_for_file_changes",l_watch_for_file_changes},

+    {"open_reg_key",l_open_reg_key},

+    {"create_reg_key",l_create_reg_key},

++#endif

+     {NULL,NULL}

+ };

+ 

+@@ -2829,16 +2884,24 @@
+ #else

+     luaL_register(L,"winapi",winapi_funs);

+ #endif

++#if 0

+     Window_register(L);

+ Event_register(L);

+ Mutex_register(L);

++#endif

+ Process_register(L);

++#if 0

+ Thread_register(L);

++#endif

+ File_register(L);

++#if 0

+ Regkey_register(L);

++#endif

+ load_lua_code(L);

++#if 0

+ init_mutex(L);

+ set_winapi_constants(L);

++#endif

+     return 1;

+ }

+ 

+--- a/wutils.h	2012-06-28 04:50:56.000000000 -0400
++++ b/wutils.h	2013-11-19 22:59:15.224130460 -0500
+@@ -4,12 +4,17 @@
+ 
+ extern int mutex_locked;
+ 
++#if 0
+ Ref make_ref(lua_State *L, int idx);
++#endif
+ void release_ref(lua_State *L, Ref ref);
++#if 0
+ int push_ref(lua_State *L, Ref ref);
++#endif
+ const char *last_error(int err);
+ int push_error_msg(lua_State *L, LPCSTR msg) ;
+ int push_error(lua_State *L);
++#if 0
+ int push_error_code(lua_State *L, int err);
+ int push_ok(lua_State *L);
+ int push_bool(lua_State *L, int bval);
+@@ -17,15 +22,19 @@
+ BOOL call_lua_direct(lua_State *L, Ref ref, int idx, LPCSTR text, int discard);
+ void make_message_window();
+ BOOL call_lua(lua_State *L, Ref ref, int idx, LPCSTR text, int discard);
++#endif
+ void lock_mutex();
+ void release_mutex();
++#if 0
+ void setup_mutex();
+ 
+ // encoding and converting text
+ void set_encoding(int e);
+ int get_encoding();
++#endif
+ 
+ LPWSTR wstring_buff(LPCSTR text, LPWSTR wbuf, int bufsz);
++#if 0
+ int push_wstring_l(lua_State *L, LPCWSTR us, int len);
+ int push_wstring(lua_State *L, LPCWSTR us);
+ 
+@@ -33,5 +42,6 @@
+ 
+ int mb_const (LPCSTR name);
+ LPCSTR mb_result (int res);
++#endif
+ 
+ #endif
+--- a/wutils.c	2012-06-28 04:50:56.000000000 -0400
++++ b/wutils.c	2013-11-19 22:59:15.224130460 -0500
+@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
+ 
+ typedef int Ref;
+ 
++#if 0
+ /// make a reference to a Lua object.
+ // @param L the state
+ // @param idx the index of the value on the stack.
+@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@
+   lua_pushvalue(L,idx);
+   return luaL_ref(L,LUA_REGISTRYINDEX);
+ }
++#endif
+ 
+ /// release a reference to a Lua value.
+ // @param L the state
+@@ -30,6 +32,7 @@
+   luaL_unref(L,LUA_REGISTRYINDEX,ref);
+ }
+ 
++#if 0
+ /// push a referenced value on the stack.
+ // @param L the state
+ // @param ref the reference
+@@ -39,6 +42,7 @@
+   lua_rawgeti(L,LUA_REGISTRYINDEX,ref);
+   return 1;
+ }
++#endif
+ 
+ const char *last_error(int err) {
+   static char errbuff[256];
+@@ -75,6 +79,7 @@
+   return push_error_msg(L,last_error(0));
+ }
+ 
++#if 0
+ /// push a particular Windows error.
+ // @param L the state
+ // @param err the error code
+@@ -192,6 +197,7 @@
+     SetWindowLongPtr(hMessageWin, GWLP_USERDATA, subclassedProc);
+   }
+ }
++#endif
+ 
+ static HANDLE hLuaMutex = NULL, hMutex = NULL;
+ int mutex_locked = 0;
+@@ -210,6 +216,7 @@
+   ReleaseMutex(hMutex);
+ }
+ 
++#if 0
+ // this is a useful function to call a Lua function within an exclusive
+ // mutex lock. There are two parameters:
+ //
+@@ -255,7 +262,9 @@
+   return res;
+ }
+ 
++#endif
+ static int current_encoding = CP_ACP;
++#if 0
+ 
+ /// set the encoding.
+ // Will be one of `CP_ACP` or `CP_UTF8`
+@@ -271,6 +280,7 @@
+ int get_encoding() {
+   return current_encoding;
+ }
++#endif
+ 
+ /// convert text to UTF-16 depending on encoding.
+ // @param text the input multi-byte text
+@@ -290,6 +300,7 @@
+   }
+ }
+ 
++#if 0
+ /// push a wide string on the Lua stack with given size.
+ // This converts to the current encoding first.
+ // @param L the State
+@@ -389,4 +400,5 @@
+   default: return "?";
+   }
+ }
++#endif
+