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android_bootable_recovery/gui/gui.cpp
Ethan Yonker 03a42f6c6a Add command line capabilities
Allows sending openrecoveryscript commands to TWRP via shell.
This may be handy for visually impaired users, for various one
click utilities to drive TWRP commands from a computer, for using
TWRP when a catastrophic hardware failure like a shattered screen
prevents you from being able to use touch, or even on devices like
a TV stick where touch and USB mouse input is unavailable.

This patch also includes a few minor changes to openrecoveryscript
including proper support for rebooting via the script and for
decrypting the device via the command line.

Change-Id: I796ad168efdd2da9c25334ac93d1079daaa7b0bc
2014-08-09 07:49:35 -05:00

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/*
Copyright 2012 bigbiff/Dees_Troy TeamWin
This file is part of TWRP/TeamWin Recovery Project.
TWRP is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
TWRP is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with TWRP. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/
#include <linux/input.h>
#include <pthread.h>
#include <stdarg.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <sys/reboot.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <sys/time.h>
#include <sys/mman.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/ioctl.h>
#include <sys/mount.h>
#include <time.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
extern "C"
{
#include "../twcommon.h"
#include "../minuitwrp/minui.h"
#ifdef HAVE_SELINUX
#include "../minzip/Zip.h"
#else
#include "../minzipold/Zip.h"
#endif
#include <pixelflinger/pixelflinger.h>
}
#include "rapidxml.hpp"
#include "objects.hpp"
#include "../data.hpp"
#include "../variables.h"
#include "../partitions.hpp"
#include "../twrp-functions.hpp"
#include "../openrecoveryscript.hpp"
#include "../orscmd/orscmd.h"
#ifndef TW_NO_SCREEN_TIMEOUT
#include "blanktimer.hpp"
#endif
// Enable to print render time of each frame to the log file
//#define PRINT_RENDER_TIME 1
const static int CURTAIN_FADE = 32;
using namespace rapidxml;
// Global values
static gr_surface gCurtain = NULL;
static int gGuiInitialized = 0;
static int gGuiConsoleRunning = 0;
static int gGuiConsoleTerminate = 0;
static int gForceRender = 0;
pthread_mutex_t gForceRendermutex;
static int gNoAnimation = 1;
static int gGuiInputRunning = 0;
static int gCmdLineRunning = 0;
#ifndef TW_NO_SCREEN_TIMEOUT
blanktimer blankTimer;
#endif
// Needed by pages.cpp too
int gGuiRunning = 0;
static int gRecorder = -1;
extern "C" void gr_write_frame_to_file(int fd);
void flip(void)
{
if (gRecorder != -1)
{
timespec time;
clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &time);
write(gRecorder, &time, sizeof(timespec));
gr_write_frame_to_file(gRecorder);
}
gr_flip();
}
void rapidxml::parse_error_handler(const char *what, void *where)
{
fprintf(stderr, "Parser error: %s\n", what);
fprintf(stderr, " Start of string: %s\n",(char *) where);
LOGERR("Error parsing XML file.\n");
//abort();
}
static void curtainSet()
{
gr_color(0, 0, 0, 255);
gr_fill(0, 0, gr_fb_width(), gr_fb_height());
gr_blit(gCurtain, 0, 0, gr_get_width(gCurtain), gr_get_height(gCurtain), 0, 0);
gr_flip();
}
static void curtainRaise(gr_surface surface)
{
int sy = 0;
int h = gr_get_height(gCurtain) - 1;
int w = gr_get_width(gCurtain);
int fy = 1;
int msw = gr_get_width(surface);
int msh = gr_get_height(surface);
int CURTAIN_RATE = msh / 30;
if (gNoAnimation == 0)
{
for (; h > 0; h -= CURTAIN_RATE, sy += CURTAIN_RATE, fy += CURTAIN_RATE)
{
gr_blit(surface, 0, 0, msw, msh, 0, 0);
gr_blit(gCurtain, 0, sy, w, h, 0, 0);
gr_flip();
}
}
gr_blit(surface, 0, 0, msw, msh, 0, 0);
flip();
}
void curtainClose()
{
#if 0
int w = gr_get_width(gCurtain);
int h = 1;
int sy = gr_get_height(gCurtain) - 1;
int fbh = gr_fb_height();
int CURTAIN_RATE = fbh / 30;
if (gNoAnimation == 0)
{
for (; h < fbh; h += CURTAIN_RATE, sy -= CURTAIN_RATE)
{
gr_blit(gCurtain, 0, sy, w, h, 0, 0);
gr_flip();
}
gr_blit(gCurtain, 0, 0, gr_get_width(gCurtain),
gr_get_height(gCurtain), 0, 0);
gr_flip();
if (gRecorder != -1)
close(gRecorder);
int fade;
for (fade = 16; fade < 255; fade += CURTAIN_FADE)
{
gr_blit(gCurtain, 0, 0, gr_get_width(gCurtain),
gr_get_height(gCurtain), 0, 0);
gr_color(0, 0, 0, fade);
gr_fill(0, 0, gr_fb_width(), gr_fb_height());
gr_flip();
}
gr_color(0, 0, 0, 255);
gr_fill(0, 0, gr_fb_width(), gr_fb_height());
gr_flip();
}
#else
gr_blit(gCurtain, 0, 0, gr_get_width(gCurtain), gr_get_height(gCurtain), 0, 0);
gr_flip();
#endif
}
static void * input_thread(void *cookie)
{
int drag = 0;
static int touch_and_hold = 0, dontwait = 0;
static int touch_repeat = 0, key_repeat = 0;
static int x = 0, y = 0;
static int lshift = 0, rshift = 0;
static struct timeval touchStart;
string seconds;
HardwareKeyboard *kb = PageManager::GetHardwareKeyboard();
MouseCursor *cursor = PageManager::GetMouseCursor();
#ifndef TW_NO_SCREEN_TIMEOUT
//start screen timeout threads
blankTimer.setTimerThread();
DataManager::GetValue("tw_screen_timeout_secs", seconds);
blankTimer.setTime(atoi(seconds.c_str()));
#else
LOGINFO("Skipping screen timeout threads: TW_NO_SCREEN_TIMEOUT is set\n");
#endif
for (;;)
{
// wait for the next event
struct input_event ev;
int state = 0, ret = 0;
ret = ev_get(&ev, dontwait);
if (ret < 0)
{
struct timeval curTime;
gettimeofday(&curTime, NULL);
long mtime, seconds, useconds;
seconds = curTime.tv_sec - touchStart.tv_sec;
useconds = curTime.tv_usec - touchStart.tv_usec;
mtime = ((seconds) * 1000 + useconds / 1000.0) + 0.5;
if (touch_and_hold && mtime > 500)
{
touch_and_hold = 0;
touch_repeat = 1;
gettimeofday(&touchStart, NULL);
#ifdef _EVENT_LOGGING
LOGERR("TOUCH_HOLD: %d,%d\n", x, y);
#endif
PageManager::NotifyTouch(TOUCH_HOLD, x, y);
#ifndef TW_NO_SCREEN_TIMEOUT
blankTimer.resetTimerAndUnblank();
#endif
}
else if (touch_repeat && mtime > 100)
{
#ifdef _EVENT_LOGGING
LOGERR("TOUCH_REPEAT: %d,%d\n", x, y);
#endif
gettimeofday(&touchStart, NULL);
PageManager::NotifyTouch(TOUCH_REPEAT, x, y);
#ifndef TW_NO_SCREEN_TIMEOUT
blankTimer.resetTimerAndUnblank();
#endif
}
else if (key_repeat == 1 && mtime > 500)
{
#ifdef _EVENT_LOGGING
LOGERR("KEY_HOLD: %d,%d\n", x, y);
#endif
gettimeofday(&touchStart, NULL);
key_repeat = 2;
kb->KeyRepeat();
#ifndef TW_NO_SCREEN_TIMEOUT
blankTimer.resetTimerAndUnblank();
#endif
}
else if (key_repeat == 2 && mtime > 100)
{
#ifdef _EVENT_LOGGING
LOGERR("KEY_REPEAT: %d,%d\n", x, y);
#endif
gettimeofday(&touchStart, NULL);
kb->KeyRepeat();
#ifndef TW_NO_SCREEN_TIMEOUT
blankTimer.resetTimerAndUnblank();
#endif
}
}
else if (ev.type == EV_ABS)
{
x = ev.value >> 16;
y = ev.value & 0xFFFF;
if (ev.code == 0)
{
if (state == 0)
{
#ifdef _EVENT_LOGGING
LOGERR("TOUCH_RELEASE: %d,%d\n", x, y);
#endif
PageManager::NotifyTouch(TOUCH_RELEASE, x, y);
#ifndef TW_NO_SCREEN_TIMEOUT
blankTimer.resetTimerAndUnblank();
#endif
touch_and_hold = 0;
touch_repeat = 0;
if (!key_repeat)
dontwait = 0;
}
state = 0;
drag = 0;
}
else
{
if (!drag)
{
if (x != 0 && y != 0) {
#ifdef _EVENT_LOGGING
LOGERR("TOUCH_START: %d,%d\n", x, y);
#endif
if (PageManager::NotifyTouch(TOUCH_START, x, y) > 0)
state = 1;
drag = 1;
touch_and_hold = 1;
dontwait = 1;
key_repeat = 0;
gettimeofday(&touchStart, NULL);
}
#ifndef TW_NO_SCREEN_TIMEOUT
blankTimer.resetTimerAndUnblank();
#endif
}
else
{
if (state == 0)
{
#ifdef _EVENT_LOGGING
LOGERR("TOUCH_DRAG: %d,%d\n", x, y);
#endif
if (PageManager::NotifyTouch(TOUCH_DRAG, x, y) > 0)
state = 1;
key_repeat = 0;
#ifndef TW_NO_SCREEN_TIMEOUT
blankTimer.resetTimerAndUnblank();
#endif
}
}
}
}
else if (ev.type == EV_KEY)
{
// Handle key-press here
#ifdef _EVENT_LOGGING
LOGERR("TOUCH_KEY: %d\n", ev.code);
#endif
// Left mouse button
if(ev.code == BTN_LEFT)
{
if(ev.value == 1)
{
cursor->GetPos(x, y);
if (PageManager::NotifyTouch(TOUCH_START, x, y) > 0)
state = 1;
drag = 1;
touch_and_hold = 1;
dontwait = 1;
key_repeat = 0;
gettimeofday(&touchStart, NULL);
}
else if(drag == 1)
{
if (state == 0)
{
cursor->GetPos(x, y);
#ifdef _EVENT_LOGGING
LOGERR("TOUCH_RELEASE: %d,%d\n", x, y);
#endif
PageManager::NotifyTouch(TOUCH_RELEASE, x, y);
touch_and_hold = 0;
touch_repeat = 0;
if (!key_repeat)
dontwait = 0;
}
state = 0;
drag = 0;
}
}
// side mouse button, often used for "back" function
else if(ev.code == BTN_SIDE)
{
if(ev.value == 1)
kb->KeyDown(KEY_BACK);
else
kb->KeyUp(KEY_BACK);
} else if (ev.value != 0) {
// This is a key press
if (kb->KeyDown(ev.code)) {
// Key repeat is enabled for this key
key_repeat = 1;
touch_and_hold = 0;
touch_repeat = 0;
dontwait = 1;
gettimeofday(&touchStart, NULL);
#ifndef TW_NO_SCREEN_TIMEOUT
blankTimer.resetTimerAndUnblank();
#endif
} else {
key_repeat = 0;
touch_and_hold = 0;
touch_repeat = 0;
dontwait = 0;
#ifndef TW_NO_SCREEN_TIMEOUT
blankTimer.resetTimerAndUnblank();
#endif
}
} else {
// This is a key release
kb->KeyUp(ev.code);
key_repeat = 0;
touch_and_hold = 0;
touch_repeat = 0;
dontwait = 0;
#ifndef TW_NO_SCREEN_TIMEOUT
blankTimer.resetTimerAndUnblank();
#endif
}
}
else if(ev.type == EV_REL)
{
#ifdef _EVENT_LOGGING
LOGERR("EV_REL %d %d\n", ev.code, ev.value);
#endif
if(ev.code == REL_X)
cursor->Move(ev.value, 0);
else if(ev.code == REL_Y)
cursor->Move(0, ev.value);
if(drag == 1) {
cursor->GetPos(x, y);
#ifdef _EVENT_LOGGING
LOGERR("TOUCH_DRAG: %d, %d\n", x, y);
#endif
if (PageManager::NotifyTouch(TOUCH_DRAG, x, y) > 0)
state = 1;
key_repeat = 0;
}
}
}
return NULL;
}
static void * command_thread(void *cookie)
{
int read_fd;
FILE* orsout;
char command[1024], result[512];
LOGINFO("Starting command line thread\n");
unlink(ORS_INPUT_FILE);
if (mkfifo(ORS_INPUT_FILE, 06660) != 0) {
LOGINFO("Unable to mkfifo %s\n", ORS_INPUT_FILE);
return 0;
}
unlink(ORS_OUTPUT_FILE);
if (mkfifo(ORS_OUTPUT_FILE, 06666) != 0) {
LOGINFO("Unable to mkfifo %s\n", ORS_OUTPUT_FILE);
unlink(ORS_INPUT_FILE);
return 0;
}
read_fd = open(ORS_INPUT_FILE, O_RDONLY);
if (read_fd < 0) {
LOGINFO("Unable to open %s\n", ORS_INPUT_FILE);
unlink(ORS_INPUT_FILE);
unlink(ORS_OUTPUT_FILE);
return 0;
}
while (!gGuiRunning)
sleep(1);
for (;;) {
while (read(read_fd, &command, sizeof(command)) > 0) {
command[1022] = '\n';
command[1023] = '\0';
LOGINFO("Command '%s' received\n", command);
orsout = fopen(ORS_OUTPUT_FILE, "w");
if (!orsout) {
close(read_fd);
LOGINFO("Unable to fopen %s\n", ORS_OUTPUT_FILE);
unlink(ORS_INPUT_FILE);
unlink(ORS_OUTPUT_FILE);
return 0;
}
if (DataManager::GetIntValue("tw_busy") != 0) {
strcpy(result, "Failed, operation in progress\n");
fprintf(orsout, "%s", result);
LOGINFO("Command cannot be performed, operation in progress.\n");
} else {
if (gui_console_only() == 0) {
LOGINFO("Console started successfully\n");
gui_set_FILE(orsout);
if (strlen(command) > 11 && strncmp(command, "runscript", 9) == 0) {
char* filename = command + 11;
if (OpenRecoveryScript::copy_script_file(filename) == 0) {
LOGERR("Unable to copy script file\n");
} else {
OpenRecoveryScript::run_script_file();
}
} else if (strlen(command) > 5 && strncmp(command, "get", 3) == 0) {
char* varname = command + 4;
string temp;
DataManager::GetValue(varname, temp);
gui_print("%s = %s\n", varname, temp.c_str());
} else if (OpenRecoveryScript::Insert_ORS_Command(command)) {
OpenRecoveryScript::run_script_file();
}
gui_set_FILE(NULL);
gGuiConsoleTerminate = 1;
}
}
fclose(orsout);
}
}
close(read_fd);
LOGINFO("Command thread exiting\n");
return 0;
}
// This special function will return immediately the first time, but then
// always returns 1/30th of a second (or immediately if called later) from
// the last time it was called
static void loopTimer(void)
{
static timespec lastCall;
static int initialized = 0;
if (!initialized)
{
clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &lastCall);
initialized = 1;
return;
}
do
{
timespec curTime;
clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &curTime);
timespec diff = TWFunc::timespec_diff(lastCall, curTime);
// This is really 30 times per second
if (diff.tv_sec || diff.tv_nsec > 33333333)
{
lastCall = curTime;
return;
}
// We need to sleep some period time microseconds
unsigned int sleepTime = 33333 -(diff.tv_nsec / 1000);
usleep(sleepTime);
} while (1);
}
static int runPages(void)
{
// Raise the curtain
if (gCurtain != NULL)
{
gr_surface surface;
PageManager::Render();
gr_get_surface(&surface);
curtainRaise(surface);
gr_free_surface(surface);
}
gGuiRunning = 1;
DataManager::SetValue("tw_loaded", 1);
#ifdef PRINT_RENDER_TIME
timespec start, end;
int32_t render_t, flip_t;
#endif
for (;;)
{
loopTimer();
if (gGuiConsoleRunning) {
continue;
}
if (!gForceRender)
{
int ret;
ret = PageManager::Update();
#ifndef PRINT_RENDER_TIME
if (ret > 1)
PageManager::Render();
if (ret > 0)
flip();
#else
if (ret > 1)
{
clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &start);
PageManager::Render();
clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &end);
render_t = TWFunc::timespec_diff_ms(start, end);
flip();
clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &start);
flip_t = TWFunc::timespec_diff_ms(end, start);
LOGINFO("Render(): %u ms, flip(): %u ms, total: %u ms\n", render_t, flip_t, render_t+flip_t);
}
else if(ret == 1)
flip();
#endif
}
else
{
pthread_mutex_lock(&gForceRendermutex);
gForceRender = 0;
pthread_mutex_unlock(&gForceRendermutex);
PageManager::Render();
flip();
}
if (DataManager::GetIntValue("tw_gui_done") != 0)
break;
}
gGuiRunning = 0;
return 0;
}
static int runPage(const char *page_name)
{
gui_changePage(page_name);
// Raise the curtain
if (gCurtain != NULL)
{
gr_surface surface;
PageManager::Render();
gr_get_surface(&surface);
curtainRaise(surface);
gr_free_surface(surface);
}
gGuiRunning = 1;
DataManager::SetValue("tw_loaded", 1);
for (;;)
{
loopTimer();
if (!gForceRender)
{
int ret;
ret = PageManager::Update();
if (ret > 1)
PageManager::Render();
if (ret > 0)
flip();
}
else
{
pthread_mutex_lock(&gForceRendermutex);
gForceRender = 0;
pthread_mutex_unlock(&gForceRendermutex);
PageManager::Render();
flip();
}
if (DataManager::GetIntValue("tw_page_done") != 0)
{
gui_changePage("main");
break;
}
}
gGuiRunning = 0;
return 0;
}
int gui_forceRender(void)
{
pthread_mutex_lock(&gForceRendermutex);
gForceRender = 1;
pthread_mutex_unlock(&gForceRendermutex);
return 0;
}
int gui_changePage(std::string newPage)
{
LOGINFO("Set page: '%s'\n", newPage.c_str());
PageManager::ChangePage(newPage);
pthread_mutex_lock(&gForceRendermutex);
gForceRender = 1;
pthread_mutex_unlock(&gForceRendermutex);
return 0;
}
int gui_changeOverlay(std::string overlay)
{
PageManager::ChangeOverlay(overlay);
pthread_mutex_lock(&gForceRendermutex);
gForceRender = 1;
pthread_mutex_unlock(&gForceRendermutex);
return 0;
}
int gui_changePackage(std::string newPackage)
{
PageManager::SelectPackage(newPackage);
pthread_mutex_lock(&gForceRendermutex);
gForceRender = 1;
pthread_mutex_unlock(&gForceRendermutex);
return 0;
}
std::string gui_parse_text(string inText)
{
// Copied from std::string GUIText::parseText(void)
// This function parses text for DataManager values encompassed by %value% in the XML
static int counter = 0;
std::string str = inText;
size_t pos = 0;
size_t next = 0, end = 0;
while (1)
{
next = str.find('%', pos);
if (next == std::string::npos)
return str;
end = str.find('%', next + 1);
if (end == std::string::npos)
return str;
// We have a block of data
std::string var = str.substr(next + 1,(end - next) - 1);
str.erase(next,(end - next) + 1);
if (next + 1 == end)
str.insert(next, 1, '%');
else
{
std::string value;
if (DataManager::GetValue(var, value) == 0)
str.insert(next, value);
}
pos = next + 1;
}
}
extern "C" int gui_init(void)
{
int fd;
gr_init();
if (res_create_surface("/res/images/curtain.jpg", &gCurtain))
{
printf
("Unable to locate '/res/images/curtain.jpg'\nDid you set a DEVICE_RESOLUTION in your config files?\n");
return -1;
}
curtainSet();
ev_init();
return 0;
}
extern "C" int gui_loadResources(void)
{
#ifndef TW_OEM_BUILD
int check = 0;
DataManager::GetValue(TW_IS_ENCRYPTED, check);
if (check)
{
if (PageManager::LoadPackage("TWRP", "/res/ui.xml", "decrypt"))
{
LOGERR("Failed to load base packages.\n");
goto error;
}
else
check = 1;
}
if (check == 0 && PageManager::LoadPackage("TWRP", "/script/ui.xml", "main"))
{
std::string theme_path;
theme_path = DataManager::GetSettingsStoragePath();
if (!PartitionManager.Mount_Settings_Storage(false))
{
int retry_count = 5;
while (retry_count > 0 && !PartitionManager.Mount_Settings_Storage(false))
{
usleep(500000);
retry_count--;
}
if (!PartitionManager.Mount_Settings_Storage(false))
{
LOGERR("Unable to mount %s during GUI startup.\n",
theme_path.c_str());
check = 1;
}
}
theme_path += "/TWRP/theme/ui.zip";
if (check || PageManager::LoadPackage("TWRP", theme_path, "main"))
{
#endif // ifndef TW_OEM_BUILD
if (PageManager::LoadPackage("TWRP", "/res/ui.xml", "main"))
{
LOGERR("Failed to load base packages.\n");
goto error;
}
#ifndef TW_OEM_BUILD
}
}
#endif // ifndef TW_OEM_BUILD
// Set the default package
PageManager::SelectPackage("TWRP");
gGuiInitialized = 1;
return 0;
error:
LOGERR("An internal error has occurred: unable to load theme.\n");
gGuiInitialized = 0;
return -1;
}
extern "C" int gui_start(void)
{
if (!gGuiInitialized)
return -1;
gGuiConsoleTerminate = 1;
while (gGuiConsoleRunning)
loopTimer();
// Set the default package
PageManager::SelectPackage("TWRP");
if (!gGuiInputRunning)
{
// Start by spinning off an input handler.
pthread_t t;
pthread_create(&t, NULL, input_thread, NULL);
gGuiInputRunning = 1;
}
#ifndef TW_OEM_BUILD
if (!gCmdLineRunning)
{
// Start by spinning off an input handler.
pthread_t t;
pthread_create(&t, NULL, command_thread, NULL);
gCmdLineRunning = 1;
}
#endif
return runPages();
}
extern "C" int gui_startPage(const char *page_name)
{
if (!gGuiInitialized)
return -1;
gGuiConsoleTerminate = 1;
while (gGuiConsoleRunning)
loopTimer();
// Set the default package
PageManager::SelectPackage("TWRP");
if (!gGuiInputRunning)
{
// Start by spinning off an input handler.
pthread_t t;
pthread_create(&t, NULL, input_thread, NULL);
gGuiInputRunning = 1;
}
DataManager::SetValue("tw_page_done", 0);
return runPage(page_name);
}
static void * console_thread(void *cookie)
{
PageManager::SwitchToConsole();
while (!gGuiConsoleTerminate)
{
loopTimer();
if (!gForceRender)
{
int ret;
ret = PageManager::Update();
if (ret > 1)
PageManager::Render();
if (ret > 0)
flip();
if (ret < 0)
LOGERR("An update request has failed.\n");
}
else
{
pthread_mutex_lock(&gForceRendermutex);
gForceRender = 0;
pthread_mutex_unlock(&gForceRendermutex);
PageManager::Render();
flip();
}
}
gGuiConsoleRunning = 0;
gForceRender = 1; // this will kickstart the GUI to render again
PageManager::EndConsole();
LOGINFO("Console stopping\n");
return NULL;
}
extern "C" int gui_console_only(void)
{
if (!gGuiInitialized)
return -1;
gGuiConsoleTerminate = 0;
gGuiConsoleRunning = 1;
// Start by spinning off an input handler.
pthread_t t;
pthread_create(&t, NULL, console_thread, NULL);
return 0;
}