Drafts for a semi-native Windows port

So ...

Windows port (no, seriously, stop laughing)

... this is an "unlikely goal". I'd like to suggest to make it a "likely goal" instead since it works reasonably well on Windows 10 over the WSL.

So the two things missing to make it a mostly charming experience (minus the "spaces in filenames" issue ;-)) are:

A wrapper cmd script that allows one to start sam over a desktop icon or something. I currently use a PowerShell command for that, but that could be easier. I have a desktop shortcut to:

powershell.exe -windowstyle hidden -command "&{ bash -ic sam }"

Something like that, probably.
A method to rewrite native WSL paths to Windows paths. /mnt/c/Users/... is horrible. A Windows version of sam should be able to read and write Windows paths (and maybe translate it internally).

Rough draft without a single moment of checking if it even builds:

char file_path = "/mnt/c/some_file.txt"; / ... some more code ... */

/ Check for a Windows environment: / FILE version_file; if ((version_file = fopen("/proc/version_signature","r")) != NULL) { / This file should be the same everywhere ... / / Related: https://www.reddit.com/r/bashonubuntuonwindows/comments/8ra282/is_there_a_way_to_semireliably_check_for_a/e0pmfui */ char line[100]; fscanf(version_file, "%s", line);
```
  /* If "Microsoft" is in here, this is probably the WSL. */
  if (strstr(line, "Microsoft") != NULL) {
      /* Do translation stuff, e.g. "/mnt/c/" -> "C:\" etc. */
      /* ... */
  }

  fclose(version_file);
```
}

deadpixi / sam