try to validate linkage on all platforms

.github/workflows/cross-platform-testing.yml

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
       RUST_BACKTRACE: 1
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        build: [linux, linux-arm, macos, win-msvc, win-gnu]
+        build: [ linux, linux-arm, macos, win-msvc, win-gnu, win32-gnu, win32-msvc ]
         include:
           - build: linux
             os: ubuntu-latest
@@ -42,6 +42,14 @@ jobs:
             os: windows-2019
             rust: stable
             target: x86_64-pc-windows-gnu
+          - build: win32-gnu
+            os: windows-latest
+            rust: stable
+            target: i686-pc-windows-gnu
+          - build: win32-msvc
+            os: windows-latest
+            rust: stable
+            target: i686-pc-windows-msvc
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
@@ -64,6 +72,11 @@ jobs:
           echo "target flag is: ${{ env.TARGET_FLAGS }}"
           echo "target dir is: ${{ env.TARGET_DIR }}"
 
+      - name: Build with all features
+        if: startsWith(matrix.os, 'windows')
+        run: ${{ env.CARGO }} build ${{ env.TARGET_FLAGS }} --all-features
+      - name: Build (and link)
+        run: ${{ env.CARGO }} build ${{ env.TARGET_FLAGS }}
       - name: Run tests
         run: ${{ env.CARGO }} test ${{ env.TARGET_FLAGS }}
       - name: Run fmt

Cargo.toml

@@ -12,6 +12,17 @@ keywords = ["open", "xdg-open", "start", "launch"]
 include = ["src/**/*", "LICENSE.md", "README.md", "changelog.md"]
 rust-version = "1.62"
 
+[features]
+## If enabled, link to `shell32` on Windows and use `ShellExecuteW` intead of a command invocation
+## when launching something in 'detached' mode.
+## That way, it should be possible to open currently opened (for writing) files as well.
+##
+## However, linking errors have been observed due to it where the one external function used here
+## couldn't be found, which is why it was put behind a feature toggle.
+##
+## This feature is only effective on Windows.
+shellexecute-on-windows = []
+
 [[bin]]
 test = false
 doc = false

src/lib.rs

@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ pub fn with_in_background<T: AsRef<OsStr>>(
 ///
 /// See documentation of [`that()`] for more details.
 pub fn that_detached(path: impl AsRef<OsStr>) -> io::Result<()> {
-    #[cfg(not(windows))]
+    #[cfg(any(not(feature = "shellexecute-on-windows"), not(windows)))]
     {
         let mut last_err = None;
         for mut cmd in commands(path) {
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ pub fn that_detached(path: impl AsRef<OsStr>) -> io::Result<()> {
         Err(last_err.expect("no launcher worked, at least one error"))
     }
 
-    #[cfg(windows)]
+    #[cfg(all(windows, feature = "shellexecute-on-windows"))]
     {
         windows::that_detached(path)
     }
@@ -263,13 +263,13 @@ pub fn that_detached(path: impl AsRef<OsStr>) -> io::Result<()> {
 ///
 /// See documentation of [`with()`] for more details.
 pub fn with_detached<T: AsRef<OsStr>>(path: T, app: impl Into<String>) -> io::Result<()> {
-    #[cfg(not(windows))]
+    #[cfg(any(not(feature = "shellexecute-on-windows"), not(windows)))]
     {
         let mut cmd = with_command(path, app);
         cmd.spawn_detached()
     }
 
-    #[cfg(windows)]
+    #[cfg(all(windows, feature = "shellexecute-on-windows"))]
     {
         windows::with_detached(path, app)
     }

src/windows.rs

@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 use std::{
     ffi::{OsStr, OsString},
-    io, iter,
-    os::windows::ffi::OsStrExt,
     process::Command,
-    ptr,
 };
 
 use std::os::windows::process::CommandExt;
@@ -39,6 +36,7 @@ fn wrap_in_quotes<T: AsRef<OsStr>>(path: T) -> OsString {
     result
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "shellexecute-on-windows")]
 pub fn that_detached<T: AsRef<OsStr>>(path: T) -> std::io::Result<()> {
     let path = wide(path);
 
@@ -47,13 +45,14 @@ pub fn that_detached<T: AsRef<OsStr>>(path: T) -> std::io::Result<()> {
             0,
             ffi::OPEN,
             path.as_ptr(),
-            ptr::null(),
-            ptr::null(),
+            std::ptr::null(),
+            std::ptr::null(),
             ffi::SW_SHOW,
         )
     }
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "shellexecute-on-windows")]
 pub fn with_detached<T: AsRef<OsStr>>(path: T, app: impl Into<String>) -> std::io::Result<()> {
     let app = wide(app.into());
     let path = wide(path);
@@ -64,21 +63,28 @@ pub fn with_detached<T: AsRef<OsStr>>(path: T, app: impl Into<String>) -> std::i
             ffi::OPEN,
             app.as_ptr(),
             path.as_ptr(),
-            ptr::null(),
+            std::ptr::null(),
             ffi::SW_SHOW,
         )
     }
 }
 
 /// Encodes as wide and adds a null character.
+#[cfg(feature = "shellexecute-on-windows")]
 fn wide<T: AsRef<OsStr>>(input: T) -> Vec<u16> {
-    input.as_ref().encode_wide().chain(iter::once(0)).collect()
+    use std::os::windows::ffi::OsStrExt;
+    input
+        .as_ref()
+        .encode_wide()
+        .chain(std::iter::once(0))
+        .collect()
 }
 
 /// Performs an operation on a specified file.
 ///
 /// <https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/shellapi/nf-shellapi-shellexecutew>
 #[allow(non_snake_case)]
+#[cfg(feature = "shellexecute-on-windows")]
 pub unsafe fn ShellExecuteW(
     hwnd: isize,
     lpoperation: *const u16,
@@ -101,10 +107,11 @@ pub unsafe fn ShellExecuteW(
     if hr > 32 {
         Ok(())
     } else {
-        Err(io::Error::last_os_error())
+        Err(std::io::Error::last_os_error())
     }
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "shellexecute-on-windows")]
 mod ffi {
     /// Activates the window and displays it in its current size and position.
     ///