Re: How to detect a MSWindows console in pure Lua

[Lorenzo Donati <lorenzodonatibz@...>]

Jeff Pohlmeyer wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 2:39 AM, Lorenzo Donati wrote:
>
> > Is there a simple way (stock Lua 5.1.4) to make a Lua script behave
> > differently depending on whether it is executed in a MSWindows shell or not?
> > I hope someone has found a clever trick that can solve my problem. :-)
>
>
> I'm not on Windows right now, but does os.getenv("CMDCMDLINE") look
> any different between scite vs. console?
>
>  - Jeff
Mmmh, just tried.
It looks different when typed directly on the command line:

echo %CMDCMDLINE%
--> cmd  /K  ansicon -p

but inside a Lua script:

print (os.getenv("CMDCMDLINE"))	--> nil

regardless of whether it is run inside scite or from a Windows XP shell.

-- Lor