lots and LOTS of stuff

i lost track sorry

halyde/kernel/boot.lua

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ local filesystem = assert(loadfile("/lib/filesystem.lua")(loadfile))
 _G._OSVERSION = "HALYDE VERSION" -- TODO: Put this in a separate config file
 _G._OSLOGO = ""
 _G._PUBLIC = {}
+_G._PUBLIC.unicode = assert(loadfile("/lib/unicode.lua")(loadfile))
 
 local handle, tmpdata = filesystem.open("/halyde/config/oslogo.ans", "r"), nil
 repeat
@@ -14,29 +15,33 @@ _G.package = {["preloaded"] = {}}
 
 loadfile("/halyde/kernel/modules/datatools.lua")()
 
-function _G.require(module, ...)
-  local args = table.pack(...)
-  if package.preloaded[module] then
-    return package.preloaded[module]
+function _G.reqgen(load)
+  return function(module, ...)
+    local args = table.pack(...)
+    if package.preloaded[module] then
+      return package.preloaded[module]
+    end
+    local modulepath
+    if filesystem.exists(module) then
+      modulepath = module
+    elseif filesystem.exists("/lib/" .. module .. ".lua") then
+      modulepath = "/lib/" .. module .. ".lua"
+    elseif shell and shell.workingDirectory and filesystem.exists(filesystem.concat(shell.workingDirectory, module .. ".lua")) then
+      modulepath = shell.workingDirectory .. module .. ".lua"
+    end
+    assert(modulepath, "Module not found\nPossible locations:\n/lib/" .. module .. ".lua")
+    local handle, data, tmpdata = filesystem.open(modulepath), "", nil
+    repeat
+      tmpdata = handle:read(math.huge or math.maxinteger)
+      data = data .. (tmpdata or "")
+    until not tmpdata
+    handle:close()
+    return(assert(load(data, "="..modulepath))(table.unpack(args)))
   end
-  local modulepath
-  if filesystem.exists(module) then
-    modulepath = module
-  elseif filesystem.exists("/lib/" .. module .. ".lua") then
-    modulepath = "/lib/" .. module .. ".lua"
-  elseif shell and shell.workingDirectory and filesystem.exists(filesystem.concat(shell.workingDirectory, module .. ".lua")) then
-    modulepath = shell.workingDirectory .. module .. ".lua"
-  end
-  assert(modulepath, "Module not found\nPossible locations:\n/lib/" .. module .. ".lua")
-  local handle, data, tmpdata = filesystem.open(modulepath), "", nil
-  repeat
-    tmpdata = handle:read(math.huge or math.maxinteger)
-    data = data .. (tmpdata or "")
-  until not tmpdata
-  handle:close()
-  return(assert(load(data, "="..modulepath))(table.unpack(args)))
 end
 
+_G.require = reqgen(_G.load)
+
 function _G.package.preload(module)
   local handle, data, tmpdata = assert(filesystem.open("/lib/" .. module .. ".lua", "r")), "", nil
   repeat