add cross-platform support

Cargo.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "qali"
-version = "0.3.5"
+version = "0.3.6"
 edition = "2021"
 authors = ["[email protected]"]
 license = "MIT/Apache-2.0"

README.md

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 ![Crates.io](https://img.shields.io/crates/l/qali) 
 ![Crates.io](https://img.shields.io/crates/v/qali)
 
-Note: we're currently in the stage of initial development.
 
 [![asciicast](https://asciinema.org/a/517546.svg)](https://asciinema.org/a/517546)
 
@@ -16,8 +15,18 @@ QALI can...
 - Reduce your mental workload
 
 ## Installation
-Currently, a [Rust](https://www.rust-lang.org) installation is required 
+Note: QALI is not gauranteed to work in Windows.
 
+### From source
+download the [latest release](https://github.com/JettChenT/qali/releases/latest) of your platform, unzip, and move `q` and `qali` binaries to your `/usr/local/bin` folder
+
+### Homebrew
+```shell
+brew tap JettChenT/qali
+brew intall qali
+```
+
+### Cargo
 ```shell
 cargo install qali
 ```

src/commands/cmd.rs

@@ -11,16 +11,22 @@ pub struct Cmd {
 impl QaliCommand for Cmd {
     fn execute(&self, args: Option<&String>) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         println!("$ {} {}", &self.command.blue(), args.unwrap_or(&"".to_string()));
-        let mut prefs = self.command.split_whitespace();
-        let cmd = prefs.next().context("failed to get command")?;
-        let mut shell_cmd = Command::new(cmd);
-        for arg in prefs {
-            shell_cmd.arg(arg);
-        }
-        if let Some(arg) = args {
-            shell_cmd.arg(arg);
-        }
-        shell_cmd.status().context("Failed to execute process.")?;
+        let cmd = match args {
+            Some(args) => format!("{} {}", &self.command, args),
+            None => self.command.clone()
+        };
+        if cfg!(target_os = "windows") {
+            Command::new("cmd")
+                .args(&["/C", cmd.as_str()])
+                .status()
+                .context("Failed to execute process.")
+        } else {
+            Command::new("sh")
+                .arg("-c")
+                .arg(cmd.as_str())
+                .status()
+                .context("Failed to execute process.")
+        }?;
         Ok(())
     }
 

src/db/interface.rs

@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ pub fn ls() -> Result<()>{
         .with(Modify::new(Columns::single(0))
         .with(Format::new(|s| s.blue().to_string())))
         .to_string();
+    println!("Alias directory: {}\n", get_dir()?.to_string_lossy());
     println!("{}", table);
     Ok(())
 }