Add initThreads() function, being empty on Windows and macOS, and exe…

…cuting XInitThreads() on Linux/X11

src/c/linux.h

@@ -4,6 +4,24 @@
 
 #define OS_NAME "linux"
 
+void (*xinit_threads_reference)();
+
+void initThreads() {
+    void *libX11Handle = dlopen("libX11.so", RTLD_LAZY);
+    if(libX11Handle != NULL) {
+        debug("Running XInitThreads\n");
+    	xinit_threads_reference = dlsym(libX11Handle, "XInitThreads");
+
+    	if(xinit_threads_reference != NULL) {
+    	    xinit_threads_reference();
+    	} else {
+    	    error("Could not find XInitThreads in X11 library: %s\n", dlerror());
+    	}
+    } else {
+        error("Could not find X11 library, not running XInitThreads.\n");
+    }
+}
+
 int is_command_available(const char *command) {
     return access(command, X_OK) == 0;
 }

src/c/macos.h

@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 
 #define OS_NAME "macos"
 
+void initThreads() {}
+
 void show_alert(const char *title, const char *message) {
     /* TODO: Get this objc code working.
     // Create an NSString from the C string

src/c/win32.h

@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 #define SLASH "\\"
 #define EXE_SUFFIX ".exe"
 
+void initThreads() {}
+
 void *loadlib(const char *path) { return LoadLibrary(path); }
 void *dlsym(void *library, const char *symbol) { return GetProcAddress(library, symbol); }
 void dlclose(void *library) { FreeLibrary(library); }