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| author | don bright <hugh.m.bright@gmail.com> | 2013-01-22 02:57:27 (GMT) |
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| committer | don bright <hugh.m.bright@gmail.com> | 2013-01-22 02:57:27 (GMT) |
| commit | 3eb13949975fe30c2bd5f66384ae8b3ad597900d (patch) | |
| tree | 6e609fa0f99b8b37edd10f36d1fcfccedee5b7ab /src/winconsole.c | |
| parent | bc395c95f6fdb94d8cbc50984448578162b5d4dc (diff) | |
documentation fixup
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| -rw-r--r-- | src/winconsole.c | 21 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/winconsole.c b/src/winconsole.c index 296bb31..de8e682 100644 --- a/src/winconsole.c +++ b/src/winconsole.c @@ -1,14 +1,27 @@ /* - enable easy piping under windows command line, using the 'devenv' method + Enable easy piping under Windows(TM) command line. + + We use the 'devenv'(TM) method, which means we have two binary files: + + openscad.com, with IMAGE_SUBSYSTEM_WINDOWS_CUI flag set + openscad.exe, with IMAGE_SUBSYSTEM_WINDOWS_GUI flag set + + The .com version is a 'wrapper' for the .exe version. If you call + 'openscad' with no extension from a script or shell, the .com version + is prioritized by the OS and feeds the GUI stdout to the console. We use + pure C to minimize binary size when cross-compiling (~10kbytes). See Also: + http://stackoverflow.com/questions/493536/can-one-executable-be-both-a-console-and-gui-app http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2009/01/01/9259142.aspx http://blogs.msdn.com/b/junfeng/archive/2004/02/06/68531.aspx http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa298534%28v=vs.60%29.aspx - http://www.i18nguy.com/unicode/c-unicode.html http://cournape.wordpress.com/2008/07/29/redirecting-stderrstdout-in-cmdexe/ Open Group popen() documentation - See Also: inkscapec by Jos Hirth work at http://kaioa.com - and Nop Head's OpenSCAD_cl at github.com + inkscapec by Jos Hirth work at http://kaioa.com + Nop Head's OpenSCAD_cl at github.com + + TODO: + Work with unicode: http://www.i18nguy.com/unicode/c-unicode.html */ |