From a1344512aae1ba4d7f571f04ac4dd989e29258f5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pietro Gagliardi <pietro10@mac.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2014 18:31:24 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Added the Windows message loop.

---
 uitask_windows.go | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 38 insertions(+)

diff --git a/uitask_windows.go b/uitask_windows.go
index 8fe705c..df04d2e 100644
--- a/uitask_windows.go
+++ b/uitask_windows.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"syscall"
 	"unsafe"
 	"runtime"
@@ -27,6 +28,8 @@ func ui(initDone chan error) {
 	uitask = make(chan *uimsg)
 	initDone <- doWindowsInit()
 
+	go msgloop()
+
 	for m := range uitask {
 		r1, _, err := m.msg.Call(m.p...)
 		m.ret <- uiret{
@@ -35,3 +38,38 @@ func ui(initDone chan error) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+var (
+	_dispatchMessage = user32.NewProc("DispatchMessageW")
+	_getMessage = user32.NewProc("GetMessageW")
+	_postQuitMessage = user32.NewProc("PostQuitMessage")
+	_sendMessage = user32.NewProc("SendMessageW")
+	_translateMessage = user32.NewProc("TranslateMessage")
+)
+
+func msgloop() {
+	var msg struct {
+		Hwnd	_HWND
+		Message	uint32
+		WParam	_WPARAM
+		LParam	_LPARAM
+		Time		uint32
+		Pt		_POINT
+	}
+
+	for {
+		r1, _, err := getMessage.Call(
+			uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&msg)),
+			uintptr(_NULL),
+			uintptr(0),
+			uintptr(0))
+		if r1 == uintptr(getMessageFail) {		// failure
+			panic(fmt.Sprintf("GetMessage failed: %v", err))
+		} else if r1 == 0 {	// quit
+			break
+		}
+		// TODO handle potential errors in TranslateMessage() and DispatchMessage()
+		_translateMessage.Call(uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&msg)))
+		_dispatchMessage.Call(uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&msg)))
+	}
+}