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CORE-15156, CORE-19691, CORE-19692 Finally get rid of the livecd_start.cmd hack introduced waaaay back in commitff6d7b0236(r54514)! See also commitsea682b6909(r54512) and71867403fd(r54513). For target paths, use the shell "special shell folder" syntax: `shell:windows\...` or `shell:system\...`, introduced in commit7b081be46d(PR #7158) by Whindmar Saksit. Specify an explicit icon path and index for the "Read Me.lnk" shortcut. Includes ideas from PR #7154 by Katayama Hirofumi MZ. The generated shell links are confirmed to work on ReactOS, but also on Windows 2003 and Windows 7. - Change the MKSHELLLINK icon parameter syntax to be: `-i [icon_path[,nr]]` where, either both `icon_path` and icon index are given, separated by a comma ',' , or, either the `icon_path` is given but the index is optional (default: 0), or, only the icon index is given, in which case the icon path is set to the target instead. - Use a `VERBATIM` command-line for `add_custom_command()`, so that *nix builds can cope with parameters containing backslashes. - The shortcut target path, working directory, command-line arguments, and icon path all may specify explicit Win32 environment variables (like `%SystemRoot%`, `%HOMEDRIVE%`, etc.). Because these environment variables are specified as data given to the build tool via CMake, **AND** we have to workaround keeping these variables unexpanded when they are transmitted to the tool via CMD.EXE (on builds made on Windows), specify these variables in an "escaped" format, using `^%` instead: `^%SystemRoot^%`, etc. Additionally these paths may be explicitly quoted and passed that way to the MKSHELLLINK tool. In order to deal with both unquoting the strings and unescaping the environment variables, introduce a helper function and invoke them on the aforementioned strings.
======================== ReactOS™ Version 0.4.x Updated October 9, 2021 ======================== 1. What is ReactOS? ------------------- ReactOS™ is an Open Source effort to develop a quality operating system that is compatible with applications and drivers written for the Microsoft® Windows™ NT family of operating systems (NT4, 2000, XP, 2003, Vista, 7). More information is available at: https://reactos.org 2. Relationship with the WINE project ------------------------------------- ReactOS has always intended to work with the WINE project to share as much programming effort as possible. This mainly concerns User Mode DLLs and still happens to a degree today. Other areas of cooperation lie in applications and testing suites. 3. Future compatibility ----------------------- The ReactOS project, although currently focused on Windows Server 2003 compatibility, is always keeping an eye toward compatibility with Windows Vista and future Windows NT releases. 4. Supporting other System Applications --------------------------------------- The Windows NT architecture allows for subsystems, as does the ReactOS architecture. A subsystem is an implementation of the APIs of another operating system, allowing ReactOS to run applications from other systems. We are already looking at subsystems for: Java, OS/2, and DOS and possibly others in the future. 5. Is ReactOS legal? -------------------- Yes we are. All the code of ReactOS has been written from scratch by our developers. We go to great lengths to ensure that the code our developers create is clean, same applies to the variety of methods we use to understand Windows internals, including clean room reverse engineering, using existing documentation freely available both in books and on the web, using extensive tests (tens of millions) which apply black box engineering methods against both public and private APIs exposed by the operating system. 6. Tutorials ------------ Developer and User Tutorials: https://reactos.org/wiki The tutorials contain more information on the project, compiling and testing ReactOS - amongst other topics. Contributors to the project are always welcome. 7. Frequently Asked Questions ----------------------------- Some of your questions may be answered in: https://reactos.org/faq In addition, the ReactOS forum: https://reactos.org/forum may contain complementary, yet non-official, information. 8. Authors ---------- This document was originally written by Jason Filby (jasonfilby@yahoo.com) and is now occasionally updated by various contributors.