diff -r 3da24640513a -r e57ca2747782 ui/common/utils.c
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+/*
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS HEADER.
+ *
+ * Copyright 2017 Olaf Wintermann. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+ *
+ *   1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+ *      notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+ *
+ *   2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+ *      notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+ *      documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+ *
+ * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
+ * AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
+ * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
+ * ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE
+ * LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
+ * CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF
+ * SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS
+ * INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
+ * CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)
+ * ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
+ * POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+ */
+
+#include "utils.h"
+#include "properties.h"
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include <cx/string.h>
+#include <cx/buffer.h>
+
+UiPathElm* ui_default_pathelm_func(const char* full_path, size_t len, size_t* ret_nelm, void* data) {
+    cxstring *pathelms;
+    size_t nelm = cx_strsplit_a(cxDefaultAllocator, cx_strn(full_path, len), CX_STR("/"), 4096, &pathelms);
+
+    if (nelm == 0) {
+        *ret_nelm = 0;
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    UiPathElm* elms = (UiPathElm*)calloc(nelm, sizeof(UiPathElm));
+    size_t n = nelm;
+    int j = 0;
+    for (int i = 0; i < nelm; i++) {
+        cxstring c = pathelms[i];
+        if (c.length == 0) {
+            if (i == 0) {
+                c.length = 1;
+            }
+            else {
+                n--;
+                continue;
+            }
+        }
+
+        cxmutstr m = cx_strdup(c);
+        elms[j].name = m.ptr;
+        elms[j].name_len = m.length;
+        
+        size_t elm_path_len = c.ptr + c.length - full_path;
+        cxmutstr elm_path = cx_strdup(cx_strn(full_path, elm_path_len));
+        elms[j].path = elm_path.ptr;
+        elms[j].path_len = elm_path.length;
+
+        j++;
+    }
+    *ret_nelm = n;
+
+    return elms;
+}
+
+void ui_get_window_default_width(int *width, int *height) {
+    const char *width_str = ui_get_property("ui.window.width");
+    const char *height_str = ui_get_property("ui.window.height");
+    if(width_str && height_str) {
+        int w = atoi(width_str);
+        int h = atoi(height_str);
+        if(w > 0 && h > 0) {
+            *width = w;
+            *height = h;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+// from UCX json.c
+static cxmutstr escape_string(cxstring str, bool escape_slash) {
+    // note: this function produces the string without enclosing quotes
+    // the reason is that we don't want to allocate memory just for that
+    CxBuffer buf = {0};
+
+    bool all_printable = true;
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < str.length; i++) {
+        unsigned char c = str.ptr[i];
+        bool escape = c < 0x20 || c == '\\' || c == '"'
+            || (escape_slash && c == '/');
+
+        if (all_printable && escape) {
+            size_t capa = str.length + 32;
+            char *space = cxMallocDefault(capa);
+            if (space == NULL) return cx_mutstrn(NULL, 0);
+            cxBufferInit(&buf, space, capa, NULL, CX_BUFFER_AUTO_EXTEND);
+            cxBufferWrite(str.ptr, 1, i, &buf);
+            all_printable = false;
+        }
+        if (escape) {
+            cxBufferPut(&buf, '\\');
+            if (c == '\"') {
+                cxBufferPut(&buf, '\"');
+            } else if (c == '\n') {
+                cxBufferPut(&buf, 'n');
+            } else if (c == '\t') {
+                cxBufferPut(&buf, 't');
+            } else if (c == '\r') {
+                cxBufferPut(&buf, 'r');
+            } else if (c == '\\') {
+                cxBufferPut(&buf, '\\');
+            } else if (c == '/') {
+                cxBufferPut(&buf, '/');
+            } else if (c == '\f') {
+                cxBufferPut(&buf, 'f');
+            } else if (c == '\b') {
+                cxBufferPut(&buf, 'b');
+            } else {
+                char code[6];
+                snprintf(code, sizeof(code), "u%04x", (unsigned int) c);
+                cxBufferPutString(&buf, code);
+            }
+        } else if (!all_printable) {
+            cxBufferPut(&buf, c);
+        }
+    }
+    cxmutstr ret;
+    if (all_printable) {
+        // don't copy the string when we don't need to escape anything
+        ret = cx_mutstrn((char*)str.ptr, str.length);
+    } else {
+        ret = cx_mutstrn(buf.space, buf.size);
+    }
+    cxBufferDestroy(&buf);
+    return ret;
+}
+
+cxmutstr ui_escape_string(cxstring str) {
+    return escape_string(str, FALSE);
+}