i did what I wanted for myself - vim shim for WT (and it works!)

LICENSE

@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@
       same "printed page" as the copyright notice for easier
       identification within third-party archives.
 
-   Copyright [yyyy] [name of copyright owner]
+   Copyright 2021 Ivan Gavryliuk
 
    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.

README.md

@@ -1,45 +1,65 @@
 # win-shim
 
-**<span style="color: red">THIS IS AN EARLY ALPHA!</span>**
+> THIS IS AN EARLY ALPHA!
 
-Lightweight and customisable shim executable for **Windows**. Shims supposed to work just like target executables they are shadowing.
-
-It's written in safe C++20.
+Lightweight and customisable shim executable for **Windows** written in safe modern `C++ 20`.
 
 ## Features
 
 - Lightweight and Fast. Does not add to startup time, even for tiny utilities.
 - Self-sufficient and clean. Does not read config files or write anywhere. Does not need or require any external runtimes.
 - Mirrors:
-  - [ ] Executable name.
-  - [ ] Icon.
-  - [ ] Version information.
-  - [ ] Exit status (error code).
-- Extras
+  - [x] Exit status (error code).
+  - [x] Original version information.
+  - [x] Original file details.
+  - [x] Original application icon.
+  - [ ] Application manifest.
+- Supports:
+  - [x] Any command line, parametrised.
+- Extras (on the roadmap)
   - [ ] Limit registry access.
   - [ ] Limit filesystem access.
   - [ ] Limit amount of available RAM.
   - [ ] Change clock.
+  - [ ] Freeze in background.
 
 ## How to Use
 
-Download the latest release when ready.
+Download the latest release when ready (still in dev!).
+
+Originally this shim was written because I wanted to associate a file extension in Windows with [vim](https://www.vim.org/), but opened as a tab in [windows terminal](https://github.com/microsoft/terminal) instead of an ugly terminal popup window. WT [does allow it](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/terminal/command-line-arguments?tabs=windows), however I would need to build a command line like:
+
+```bash
+wt -w 0 nt vim.exe <path_to_file>
+```
+
+Unfortunately, you cannot associate a command line with an extension in Windows, only executable with an extension, so I though I'd build a shim executable for this.
+
+In order to achieve this, run `shmake` like following:
+
+```bash
+shmake.exe -c "wt -w 0 nt vim.exe %s" -o vimwt.exe -m "c:\scoop\apps\vim\3.2\vim.exe"
+```
+
+which should generate a new executable `winwt.exe` that when called with an argument will open a tab in WT! `%s` is replaced by arguments passed to `wimwt.exe` when it executes. The last argument `-m` will also mirror vim application icon, version info and description so it looks just like vim everywhere.
+
 
 ## Building
 
-As this is **Windows exclusive**, you need Visual Studio 2019 with Windows SDK installed. Normally I would use CMake, but is considerably harder (not impossible) to use when you need access to OS specific tools, especially native resources (which I utilise heavily to do the magic).
+As this is **Windows Exclusive**, you need Visual Studio 2019+ with Windows SDK installed. Normally I would use CMake, but it is considerably harder (not impossible) when you need access to OS specific tools, especially native resources (which I utilise heavily to do the magic). It is also very well integrated with `vcpkg`.
 
 `shmake` (but not shim) has dependency on:
-- `boost::program_options`.
+- `boost::program_options` to present you with a nice command line.
+- todo...
 
 All the dependencies are installed via [vcpkg](https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg).
 
 ```
 vcpkg install boost-program-options:x64-windows boost-program-options:x64-windows-static
 ```
 
-`shim` does not have any dependencies and is kept as small and light as possible.
+`shim` **does not have any dependencies** and is kept as small and light as possible.
 
 ### Extra Oddness
 
-`shmake` embeds `shim` inside it as a Windows native resource, so it's completely self-sufficient and can be distributed as a single `exe`. To do that, `smake`'s pre-build step copies `shim.exe` to `shim.bin` before build (as a pre-build step). Apparently `shim` is set as a project dependency of `shmake`, so it generates a full usable binary.
+`shmake` embeds `shim` inside it as a Windows native resource, so it's completely self-sufficient and can be distributed as a single `.exe`. To do that, `shmake`'s pre-build step copies `shim.exe` to `shim.bin` before build (as a pre-build step). Apparently `shim` is set as a project dependency of `shmake`, so it generates a full usable binary.

shim/shim.cpp

@@ -56,11 +56,12 @@ int wmain(int argc, wchar_t* argv[])
 
     wcout << L"waiting... ";
 	::WaitForSingleObject(pi.hProcess, INFINITE);
-    wcout << L"done." << endl;
 
     DWORD exit_code = 0;
     // if next line fails, code is still 0
     ::GetExitCodeProcess(pi.hProcess, &exit_code);
+	wcout << L"done (code: " << exit_code << L")" << endl;
+
 
     // free OS resources
     ::CloseHandle(pi.hProcess);

shim/shim.rc

@@ -34,46 +34,20 @@ END
 
 
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-// English (United Kingdom) resources
+// Neutral (Default) resources
 
-#if !defined(AFX_RESOURCE_DLL) || defined(AFX_TARG_ENG)
-LANGUAGE LANG_ENGLISH, SUBLANG_ENGLISH_UK
+#if !defined(AFX_RESOURCE_DLL) || defined(AFX_TARG_NEUD)
+LANGUAGE LANG_NEUTRAL, SUBLANG_DEFAULT
 #pragma code_page(1252)
 
-#ifdef APSTUDIO_INVOKED
-/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-//
-// TEXTINCLUDE
-//
-
-1 TEXTINCLUDE 
-BEGIN
-    "resource.h\0"
-END
-
-2 TEXTINCLUDE 
-BEGIN
-    "#include ""winres.h""\r\n"
-    "\0"
-END
-
-3 TEXTINCLUDE 
-BEGIN
-    "\r\n"
-    "\0"
-END
-
-#endif    // APSTUDIO_INVOKED
-
-
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 //
 // Version
 //
 
 VS_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO
- FILEVERSION 1,0,0,1
- PRODUCTVERSION 1,0,0,1
+ FILEVERSION 1,0,0,0
+ PRODUCTVERSION 1,0,0,0
  FILEFLAGSMASK 0x3fL
 #ifdef _DEBUG
  FILEFLAGS 0x1L
@@ -86,24 +60,60 @@ VS_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO
 BEGIN
     BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
     BEGIN
-        BLOCK "080904b0"
+        BLOCK "040004b0"
         BEGIN
-            VALUE "CompanyName", "TODO: <Company name>"
-            VALUE "FileDescription", "TODO: <File description>"
-            VALUE "FileVersion", "1.0.0.1"
+            VALUE "CompanyName", "Ivan G"
+            VALUE "FileDescription", "Shim executable"
+            VALUE "FileVersion", "1.0.0.0"
             VALUE "InternalName", "shim.exe"
             VALUE "LegalCopyright", "Copyright (C) 2021"
             VALUE "OriginalFilename", "shim.exe"
-            VALUE "ProductName", "TODO: <Product name>"
-            VALUE "ProductVersion", "1.0.0.1"
+            VALUE "ProductName", "Shim executable"
+            VALUE "ProductVersion", "1.0.0.0"
         END
     END
     BLOCK "VarFileInfo"
     BEGIN
-        VALUE "Translation", 0x809, 1200
+        VALUE "Translation", 0x400, 1200
     END
 END
 
+#endif    // Neutral (Default) resources
+/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+
+/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// English (United Kingdom) resources
+
+#if !defined(AFX_RESOURCE_DLL) || defined(AFX_TARG_ENG)
+LANGUAGE LANG_ENGLISH, SUBLANG_ENGLISH_UK
+#pragma code_page(1252)
+
+#ifdef APSTUDIO_INVOKED
+/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//
+// TEXTINCLUDE
+//
+
+1 TEXTINCLUDE 
+BEGIN
+    "resource.h\0"
+END
+
+2 TEXTINCLUDE 
+BEGIN
+    "#include ""winres.h""\r\n"
+    "\0"
+END
+
+3 TEXTINCLUDE 
+BEGIN
+    "\r\n"
+    "\0"
+END
+
+#endif    // APSTUDIO_INVOKED
+
 
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 //

shmake/data.rc

@@ -52,6 +52,45 @@ END
 
 IDR_SHIM_EXE            RCDATA                  "shim.bin"
 
+
+/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//
+// Version
+//
+
+VS_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO
+ FILEVERSION 1,0,0,0
+ PRODUCTVERSION 1,0,0,0
+ FILEFLAGSMASK 0x3fL
+#ifdef _DEBUG
+ FILEFLAGS 0x1L
+#else
+ FILEFLAGS 0x0L
+#endif
+ FILEOS 0x40004L
+ FILETYPE 0x1L
+ FILESUBTYPE 0x0L
+BEGIN
+    BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
+    BEGIN
+        BLOCK "080904b0"
+        BEGIN
+            VALUE "CompanyName", "Ivan G"
+            VALUE "FileDescription", "Shim maker"
+            VALUE "FileVersion", "1.0.0.0"
+            VALUE "InternalName", "shmake.exe"
+            VALUE "LegalCopyright", "Copyright (C) 2021"
+            VALUE "OriginalFilename", "shmake.exe"
+            VALUE "ProductName", "Shim maker"
+            VALUE "ProductVersion", "1.0.0.0"
+        END
+    END
+    BLOCK "VarFileInfo"
+    BEGIN
+        VALUE "Translation", 0x809, 1200
+    END
+END
+
 #endif    // English (United Kingdom) resources
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////