wxSystemSettings class API face lift: better names for its methods

[wxWidgets.git] / src / common / utilscmn.cpp

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Name:        utilscmn.cpp
// Purpose:     Miscellaneous utility functions and classes
// Author:      Julian Smart
// Modified by:
// Created:     29/01/98
// RCS-ID:      $Id$
// Copyright:   (c) 1998 Julian Smart
// Licence:     wxWindows license
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

// ============================================================================
// declarations
// ============================================================================

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// headers
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

#ifdef __GNUG__
    #pragma implementation "utils.h"
#endif

// For compilers that support precompilation, includes "wx.h".
#include "wx/wxprec.h"

#ifdef __BORLANDC__
    #pragma hdrstop
#endif

#ifndef WX_PRECOMP
    #include "wx/defs.h"
    #include "wx/string.h"
    #include "wx/utils.h"
    #include "wx/intl.h"
    #include "wx/log.h"

    #if wxUSE_GUI
        #include "wx/app.h"
        #include "wx/window.h"
        #include "wx/frame.h"
        #include "wx/menu.h"
        #include "wx/msgdlg.h"
        #include "wx/textdlg.h"
        #include "wx/textctrl.h"    // for wxTE_PASSWORD
        #if wxUSE_ACCEL
            #include "wx/menuitem.h"
            #include "wx/accel.h"
        #endif // wxUSE_ACCEL
    #endif // wxUSE_GUI
#endif // WX_PRECOMP

#ifndef __WIN16__
#include "wx/process.h"
#include "wx/txtstrm.h"
#endif

#include <ctype.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>

#if !defined(__WATCOMC__)
    #if !(defined(_MSC_VER) && (_MSC_VER > 800))
        #include <errno.h>
    #endif
#endif

#if wxUSE_GUI
    #include "wx/colordlg.h"
    #include "wx/notebook.h"
    #include "wx/frame.h"
    #include "wx/statusbr.h"
    #include "wx/toolbar.h"
#endif // wxUSE_GUI

#include <time.h>

#ifndef __MWERKS__
    #include <sys/types.h>
    #include <sys/stat.h>
#endif

#ifdef __SALFORDC__
    #include <clib.h>
#endif

#ifdef __WXMSW__
    #include "wx/msw/private.h"
#endif

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// function protoypes
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

#if wxUSE_GUI
    static wxWindow *wxFindWindowByLabel1(const wxString& title, wxWindow *parent);
    static wxWindow *wxFindWindowByName1 (const wxString& title, wxWindow *parent);
#endif // wxUSE_GUI

// ============================================================================
// implementation
// ============================================================================

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// string functions
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

#if defined(__WXMAC__) && !defined(__DARWIN__)
int strcasecmp(const char *str_1, const char *str_2)
{
  register char c1, c2;
  do {
    c1 = tolower(*str_1++);
    c2 = tolower(*str_2++);
  } while ( c1 && (c1 == c2) );

  return c1 - c2;
}

int strncasecmp(const char *str_1, const char *str_2, size_t maxchar)
{

  register char c1, c2;
  while( maxchar--)
  {
    c1 = tolower(*str_1++);
    c2 = tolower(*str_2++);

    if ( !c1 || c1!=c2 )
                  return c1 - c2;

  } ;

  return 0 ;

}
#endif // __WXMAC__ && !__DARWIN__

#if defined( __VMS__ ) && ( __VMS_VER < 70000000 )
// we have no strI functions under VMS, therefore I have implemented
// an inefficient but portable version: convert copies of strings to lowercase
// and then use the normal comparison
static void myLowerString(char *s)
{
  while(*s){
    if(isalpha(*s)) *s = (char)tolower(*s);
    s++;
  }
}

int strcasecmp(const char *str_1, const char *str_2)
{
  char *temp1 = new char[strlen(str_1)+1];
  char *temp2 = new char[strlen(str_2)+1];
  strcpy(temp1,str_1);
  strcpy(temp2,str_2);
  myLowerString(temp1);
  myLowerString(temp2);

  int result = wxStrcmp(temp1,temp2);
  delete[] temp1;
  delete[] temp2;

  return(result);
}

int strncasecmp(const char *str_1, const char *str_2, size_t maxchar)
{
  char *temp1 = new char[strlen(str_1)+1];
  char *temp2 = new char[strlen(str_2)+1];
  strcpy(temp1,str_1);
  strcpy(temp2,str_2);
  myLowerString(temp1);
  myLowerString(temp2);

  int result = strncmp(temp1,temp2,maxchar);
  delete[] temp1;
  delete[] temp2;

  return(result);
}
#endif // __VMS__

#if defined(__WINDOWS__) && !defined(__WXMICROWIN__)

#ifndef __GNUWIN32__
#ifndef __MWERKS__
#define strcasecmp stricmp
#define strncasecmp strnicmp
#else
#define strcasecmp _stricmp
#define strncasecmp _strnicmp
#endif
#endif

#else

#ifdef __EMX__
#define strcasecmp stricmp
#define strncasecmp strnicmp
#endif

// This declaration is missing in SunOS!
// (Yes, I know it is NOT ANSI-C but its in BSD libc)
#if defined(__xlC) || defined(__AIX__) || defined(__GNUG__)
extern "C"
{
  int strcasecmp (const char *, const char *);
  int strncasecmp (const char *, const char *, size_t);
}
#endif
#endif  /* __WXMSW__ */

#ifdef __WXPM__
#define strcasecmp stricmp
#define strncasecmp strnicmp
#endif

#ifdef __WATCOMC__
#define strcasecmp stricmp
#define strncasecmp strnicmp
#endif

wxChar *
copystring (const wxChar *s)
{
  if (s == NULL) s = wxT("");
  size_t len = wxStrlen (s) + 1;

  wxChar *news = new wxChar[len];
  memcpy (news, s, len * sizeof(wxChar));    // Should be the fastest

  return news;
}

// Id generation
static long wxCurrentId = 100;

long
wxNewId (void)
{
  return wxCurrentId++;
}

long
wxGetCurrentId(void) { return wxCurrentId; }

void
wxRegisterId (long id)
{
  if (id >= wxCurrentId)
    wxCurrentId = id + 1;
}

void
StringToFloat (const wxChar *s, float *number)
{
  if (s && *s && number)
    *number = (float) wxStrtod (s, (wxChar **) NULL);
}

void
StringToDouble (const wxChar *s, double *number)
{
  if (s && *s && number)
    *number = wxStrtod (s, (wxChar **) NULL);
}

wxChar *
FloatToString (float number, const wxChar *fmt)
{
  static wxChar buf[256];

  wxSprintf (buf, fmt, number);
  return buf;
}

wxChar *
DoubleToString (double number, const wxChar *fmt)
{
  static wxChar buf[256];

  wxSprintf (buf, fmt, number);
  return buf;
}

void
StringToInt (const wxChar *s, int *number)
{
  if (s && *s && number)
    *number = (int) wxStrtol (s, (wxChar **) NULL, 10);
}

void
StringToLong (const wxChar *s, long *number)
{
  if (s && *s && number)
    *number = wxStrtol (s, (wxChar **) NULL, 10);
}

wxChar *
IntToString (int number)
{
  static wxChar buf[20];

  wxSprintf (buf, wxT("%d"), number);
  return buf;
}

wxChar *
LongToString (long number)
{
  static wxChar buf[20];

  wxSprintf (buf, wxT("%ld"), number);
  return buf;
}

// Array used in DecToHex conversion routine.
static wxChar hexArray[] = wxT("0123456789ABCDEF");

// Convert 2-digit hex number to decimal
int wxHexToDec(const wxString& buf)
{
  int firstDigit, secondDigit;

  if (buf.GetChar(0) >= wxT('A'))
    firstDigit = buf.GetChar(0) - wxT('A') + 10;
  else
    firstDigit = buf.GetChar(0) - wxT('0');

  if (buf.GetChar(1) >= wxT('A'))
    secondDigit = buf.GetChar(1) - wxT('A') + 10;
  else
    secondDigit = buf.GetChar(1) - wxT('0');

  return (firstDigit & 0xF) * 16 + (secondDigit & 0xF );
}

// Convert decimal integer to 2-character hex string
void wxDecToHex(int dec, wxChar *buf)
{
  int firstDigit = (int)(dec/16.0);
  int secondDigit = (int)(dec - (firstDigit*16.0));
  buf[0] = hexArray[firstDigit];
  buf[1] = hexArray[secondDigit];
  buf[2] = 0;
}

// Convert decimal integer to 2-character hex string
wxString wxDecToHex(int dec)
{
    wxChar buf[3];
    wxDecToHex(dec, buf);
    return wxString(buf);
}

// Match a string INDEPENDENT OF CASE
bool
StringMatch (const char *str1, const char *str2, bool subString, bool exact)
{
  if (str1 == NULL || str2 == NULL)
    return FALSE;
  if (str1 == str2)
    return TRUE;

  if (subString)
    {
      int len1 = strlen (str1);
      int len2 = strlen (str2);
      int i;

      // Search for str1 in str2
      // Slow .... but acceptable for short strings
      for (i = 0; i <= len2 - len1; i++)
        {
          if (strncasecmp (str1, str2 + i, len1) == 0)
            return TRUE;
        }
    }
  else if (exact)
    {
      if (strcasecmp (str1, str2) == 0)
        return TRUE;
    }
  else
    {
      int len1 = strlen (str1);
      int len2 = strlen (str2);

      if (strncasecmp (str1, str2, wxMin (len1, len2)) == 0)
        return TRUE;
    }

  return FALSE;
}

// Return the current date/time
// [volatile]
wxString wxNow()
{
  time_t now = time((time_t *) NULL);
  char *date = ctime(&now);
  date[24] = '\0';
  return wxString(date);
}

#if wxUSE_GUI

#if wxUSE_MENUS

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Menu accelerators related functions
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

wxChar *wxStripMenuCodes(const wxChar *in, wxChar *out)
{
    wxString s = wxMenuItem::GetLabelFromText(in);
    if ( out )
    {
        // go smash their buffer if it's not big enough - I love char * params
        memcpy(out, s.c_str(), s.length() * sizeof(wxChar));
    }
    else
    {
        out = copystring(s);
    }

    return out;
}

wxString wxStripMenuCodes(const wxString& in)
{
    wxString out;

    size_t len = in.length();
    out.reserve(len);

    for ( size_t n = 0; n < len; n++ )
    {
        wxChar ch = in[n];
        if ( ch == _T('&') )
        {
            // skip it, it is used to introduce the accel char (or to quote
            // itself in which case it should still be skipped): note that it
            // can't be the last character of the string
            if ( ++n == len )
            {
                wxLogDebug(_T("Invalid menu string '%s'"), in.c_str());
            }
            else
            {
                // use the next char instead
                ch = in[n];
            }
        }
        else if ( ch == _T('\t') )
        {
            // everything after TAB is accel string, exit the loop
            break;
        }

        out += ch;
    }

    return out;
}

#endif // wxUSE_MENUS

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Window search functions
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

/*
 * If parent is non-NULL, look through children for a label or title
 * matching the specified string. If NULL, look through all top-level windows.
 *
 */

wxWindow *
wxFindWindowByLabel (const wxString& title, wxWindow * parent)
{
    if (parent)
    {
        return wxFindWindowByLabel1(title, parent);
    }
    else
    {
        for ( wxWindowList::Node * node = wxTopLevelWindows.GetFirst();
              node;
              node = node->GetNext() )
        {
            wxWindow *win = node->GetData();
            wxWindow *retwin = wxFindWindowByLabel1 (title, win);
            if (retwin)
                return retwin;
        }                        // for()

    }
    return (wxWindow *) NULL;
}

// Recursive
static wxWindow *
wxFindWindowByLabel1 (const wxString& title, wxWindow * parent)
{
    if (parent)
    {
        if (parent->GetLabel() == title)
            return parent;
    }

    if (parent)
    {
        for ( wxWindowList::Node * node = parent->GetChildren().GetFirst();
              node;
              node = node->GetNext() )
        {
            wxWindow *win = (wxWindow *)node->GetData();
            wxWindow *retwin = wxFindWindowByLabel1 (title, win);
            if (retwin)
                return retwin;
        }

    }

    return (wxWindow *) NULL;                        // Not found
}

/*
 * If parent is non-NULL, look through children for a name
 * matching the specified string. If NULL, look through all top-level windows.
 *
 */

wxWindow *
wxFindWindowByName (const wxString& title, wxWindow * parent)
{
    if (parent)
    {
        return wxFindWindowByName1 (title, parent);
    }
    else
    {
        for ( wxWindowList::Node * node = wxTopLevelWindows.GetFirst();
              node;
              node = node->GetNext() )
        {
            wxWindow *win = node->GetData();
            wxWindow *retwin = wxFindWindowByName1 (title, win);
            if (retwin)
                return retwin;
        }

    }

    // Failed? Try by label instead.
    return wxFindWindowByLabel(title, parent);
}

// Recursive
static wxWindow *
wxFindWindowByName1 (const wxString& title, wxWindow * parent)
{
  if (parent)
    {
            if ( parent->GetName() == title )
                        return parent;
    }

  if (parent)
    {
      for (wxNode * node = parent->GetChildren().First (); node; node = node->Next ())
        {
          wxWindow *win = (wxWindow *) node->Data ();
          wxWindow *retwin = wxFindWindowByName1 (title, win);
          if (retwin)
            return retwin;
        }                        // for()

    }

  return (wxWindow *) NULL;                        // Not found

}

// Returns menu item id or -1 if none.
int
wxFindMenuItemId (wxFrame * frame, const wxString& menuString, const wxString& itemString)
{
#if wxUSE_MENUS
  wxMenuBar *menuBar = frame->GetMenuBar ();
  if ( menuBar )
      return menuBar->FindMenuItem (menuString, itemString);
#endif // wxUSE_MENUS

  return -1;
}

// Try to find the deepest child that contains 'pt'.
// We go backwards, to try to allow for controls that are spacially
// within other controls, but are still siblings (e.g. buttons within
// static boxes). Static boxes are likely to be created _before_ controls
// that sit inside them.
wxWindow* wxFindWindowAtPoint(wxWindow* win, const wxPoint& pt)
{
    if (!win->IsShown())
        return NULL;

    // Hack for wxNotebook case: at least in wxGTK, all pages
    // claim to be shown, so we must only deal with the selected one.
#if wxUSE_NOTEBOOK
    if (win->IsKindOf(CLASSINFO(wxNotebook)))
    {
      wxNotebook* nb = (wxNotebook*) win;
      int sel = nb->GetSelection();
      if (sel >= 0)
      {
        wxWindow* child = nb->GetPage(sel);
        wxWindow* foundWin = wxFindWindowAtPoint(child, pt);
        if (foundWin)
           return foundWin;
      }
    }
#endif

    /* Doesn't work
    // Frame case
    else if (win->IsKindOf(CLASSINFO(wxFrame)))
    {
      // Pseudo-children that may not be mentioned in the child list
      wxWindowList extraChildren;
      wxFrame* frame = (wxFrame*) win;
      if (frame->GetStatusBar())
        extraChildren.Append(frame->GetStatusBar());
      if (frame->GetToolBar())
        extraChildren.Append(frame->GetToolBar());

      wxNode* node = extraChildren.First();
      while (node)
      {
          wxWindow* child = (wxWindow*) node->Data();
          wxWindow* foundWin = wxFindWindowAtPoint(child, pt);
          if (foundWin)
            return foundWin;
          node = node->Next();
      }
    }
    */

    wxNode* node = win->GetChildren().Last();
    while (node)
    {
        wxWindow* child = (wxWindow*) node->Data();
        wxWindow* foundWin = wxFindWindowAtPoint(child, pt);
        if (foundWin)
          return foundWin;
        node = node->Previous();
    }

    wxPoint pos = win->GetPosition();
    wxSize sz = win->GetSize();
    if (win->GetParent())
    {
        pos = win->GetParent()->ClientToScreen(pos);
    }

    wxRect rect(pos, sz);
    if (rect.Inside(pt))
        return win;
    else
        return NULL;
}

wxWindow* wxGenericFindWindowAtPoint(const wxPoint& pt)
{
    // Go backwards through the list since windows
    // on top are likely to have been appended most
    // recently.
    wxNode* node = wxTopLevelWindows.Last();
    while (node)
    {
        wxWindow* win = (wxWindow*) node->Data();
        wxWindow* found = wxFindWindowAtPoint(win, pt);
        if (found)
            return found;
        node = node->Previous();
    }
    return NULL;
}

#endif // wxUSE_GUI

/*
On Fri, 21 Jul 1995, Paul Craven wrote:

> Is there a way to find the path of running program's executable? I can get
> my home directory, and the current directory, but I don't know how to get the
> executable directory.
>

The code below (warty as it is), does what you want on most Unix,
DOS, and Mac platforms (it's from the ALS Prolog main).

|| Ken Bowen      Applied Logic Systems, Inc.         PO Box 180,
||====            Voice:  +1 (617)965-9191            Newton Centre,
||                FAX:    +1 (617)965-1636            MA  02159  USA
                  Email:  ken@als.com        WWW: http://www.als.com
------------------------------------------------------------------------
*/

// This code is commented out but it may be integrated with wxWin at
// a later date, after testing. Thanks Ken!
#if 0

/*--------------------------------------------------------------------*
 | whereami is given a filename f in the form:  whereami(argv[0])
 | It returns the directory in which the executable file (containing
 | this code [main.c] ) may be found.  A dot will be returned to indicate
 | the current directory.
 *--------------------------------------------------------------------*/

static void
whereami(name)
    char *name;
{
    register char *cutoff = NULL;        /* stifle -Wall */
    register char *s;
    register char *t;
    int   cc;
    char  ebuf[4096];

    /*
     * See if the file is accessible either through the current directory
     * or through an absolute path.
     */

    if (access(name, R_OK) == 0) {

        /*-------------------------------------------------------------*
         * The file was accessible without any other work.  But the current
         * working directory might change on us, so if it was accessible
         * through the cwd, then we should get it for later accesses.
         *-------------------------------------------------------------*/

        t = imagedir;
        if (!absolute_pathname(name)) {
#if defined(__DOS__) || defined(__WIN32__)
            int   drive;
            char *newrbuf;

            newrbuf = imagedir;
#ifndef __DJGPP__
            if (*(name + 1) == ':') {
                if (*name >= 'a' && *name <= 'z')
                    drive = (int) (*name - 'a' + 1);
                else
                    drive = (int) (*name - 'A' + 1);
                *newrbuf++ = *name;
                *newrbuf++ = *(name + 1);
                *newrbuf++ = DIR_SEPARATOR;
            }
            else {
                drive = 0;
                *newrbuf++ = DIR_SEPARATOR;
            }
            if (getcwd(newrbuf, drive) == 0) {        /* } */
#else
            if (getcwd(newrbuf, 1024) == 0) {        /* } */
#endif
#else  /* DOS */
#ifdef HAVE_GETWD
            if (getwd(imagedir) == 0) {                /* } */
#else  /* !HAVE_GETWD */
            if (getcwd(imagedir, 1024) == 0) {
#endif /* !HAVE_GETWD */
#endif /* DOS */
                fatal_error(FE_GETCWD, 0);
            }
            for (; *t; t++)        /* Set t to end of buffer */
                ;
            if (*(t - 1) == DIR_SEPARATOR)        /* leave slash if already
                                                 * last char
                                                 */
                cutoff = t - 1;
            else {
                cutoff = t;        /* otherwise put one in */
                *t++ = DIR_SEPARATOR;
            }
        }
#if (!defined(__MAC__) && !defined(__DJGPP__) && !defined(__GO32__) && !defined(__WIN32__))
        else
                (*t++ = DIR_SEPARATOR);
#endif

        /*-------------------------------------------------------------*
         * Copy the rest of the string and set the cutoff if it was not
         * already set.  If the first character of name is a slash, cutoff
         * is not presently set but will be on the first iteration of the
         * loop below.
         *-------------------------------------------------------------*/

        for ((*name == DIR_SEPARATOR ? (s = name+1) : (s = name));;) {
            if (*s == DIR_SEPARATOR)
                        cutoff = t;
            if (!(*t++ = *s++))
                        break;
        }

    }
    else {

        /*-------------------------------------------------------------*
         * Get the path list from the environment.  If the path list is
         * inaccessible for any reason, leave with fatal error.
         *-------------------------------------------------------------*/

#ifdef __MAC__
        if ((s = getenv("Commands")) == (char *) 0)
#else
        if ((s = getenv("PATH")) == (char *) 0)
#endif
            fatal_error(FE_PATH, 0);

        /*
         * Copy path list into ebuf and set the source pointer to the
         * beginning of this buffer.
         */

        strcpy(ebuf, s);
        s = ebuf;

        for (;;) {
            t = imagedir;
            while (*s && *s != PATH_SEPARATOR)
                *t++ = *s++;
            if (t > imagedir && *(t - 1) == DIR_SEPARATOR)
                ;                /* do nothing -- slash already is in place */
            else
                *t++ = DIR_SEPARATOR;        /* put in the slash */
            cutoff = t - 1;        /* set cutoff */
            strcpy(t, name);
            if (access(imagedir, R_OK) == 0)
                break;

            if (*s)
                s++;                /* advance source pointer */
            else
                fatal_error(FE_INFND, 0);
        }

    }

    /*-------------------------------------------------------------*
     | At this point the full pathname should exist in imagedir and
     | cutoff should be set to the final slash.  We must now determine
     | whether the file name is a symbolic link or not and chase it down
     | if it is.  Note that we reuse ebuf for getting the link.
     *-------------------------------------------------------------*/

#ifdef HAVE_SYMLINK
    while ((cc = readlink(imagedir, ebuf, 512)) != -1) {
        ebuf[cc] = 0;
        s = ebuf;
        if (*s == DIR_SEPARATOR) {
            t = imagedir;
        }
        else {
            t = cutoff + 1;
        }
        for (;;) {
            if (*s == DIR_SEPARATOR)
                cutoff = t;        /* mark the last slash seen */
            if (!(*t++ = *s++))        /* copy the character */
                break;
        }
    }

#endif /* HAVE_SYMLINK */

    strcpy(imagename, cutoff + 1);        /* keep the image name */
    *(cutoff + 1) = 0;                /* chop off the filename part */
}

#endif

#if wxUSE_GUI

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// GUI helpers
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

/*
 * N.B. these convenience functions must be separate from msgdlgg.cpp, textdlgg.cpp
 * since otherwise the generic code may be pulled in unnecessarily.
 */

#if wxUSE_MSGDLG

int wxMessageBox(const wxString& message, const wxString& caption, long style,
                 wxWindow *parent, int WXUNUSED(x), int WXUNUSED(y) )
{
    wxMessageDialog dialog(parent, message, caption, style);

    int ans = dialog.ShowModal();
    switch ( ans )
    {
        case wxID_OK:
            return wxOK;
        case wxID_YES:
            return wxYES;
        case wxID_NO:
            return wxNO;
        case wxID_CANCEL:
            return wxCANCEL;
    }

    wxFAIL_MSG( _T("unexpected return code from wxMessageDialog") );

    return wxCANCEL;
}

#endif // wxUSE_MSGDLG

#if wxUSE_TEXTDLG

wxString wxGetTextFromUser(const wxString& message, const wxString& caption,
                        const wxString& defaultValue, wxWindow *parent,
                        int x, int y, bool WXUNUSED(centre) )
{
    wxString str;
    wxTextEntryDialog dialog(parent, message, caption, defaultValue, wxOK|wxCANCEL, wxPoint(x, y));
    if (dialog.ShowModal() == wxID_OK)
    {
        str = dialog.GetValue();
    }

    return str;
}

wxString wxGetPasswordFromUser(const wxString& message,
                               const wxString& caption,
                               const wxString& defaultValue,
                               wxWindow *parent)
{
    wxString str;
    wxTextEntryDialog dialog(parent, message, caption, defaultValue,
                             wxOK | wxCANCEL | wxTE_PASSWORD);
    if ( dialog.ShowModal() == wxID_OK )
    {
        str = dialog.GetValue();
    }

    return str;
}

#endif // wxUSE_TEXTDLG

#if wxUSE_COLOURDLG

wxColour wxGetColourFromUser(wxWindow *parent, const wxColour& colInit)
{
      wxColourData data;
      data.SetChooseFull(TRUE);
      if ( colInit.Ok() )
      {
          data.SetColour((wxColour &)colInit); // const_cast
      }

      wxColour colRet;
      wxColourDialog dialog(parent, &data);
      if ( dialog.ShowModal() == wxID_OK )
      {
          colRet = dialog.GetColourData().GetColour();
      }
      //else: leave it invalid

      return colRet;
}

#endif // wxUSE_COLOURDLG

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// missing C RTL functions (FIXME shouldn't be here at all)
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

#ifdef __MWERKS__
char *strdup(const char *s)
{
        return strcpy( (char*) malloc( strlen( s ) + 1 ) , s ) ;
}

int isascii( int c )
{
        return ( c >= 0 && c < 128 ) ;
}
#endif // __MWERKS__

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// wxSafeYield and supporting functions
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

void wxEnableTopLevelWindows(bool enable)
{
    wxWindowList::Node *node;
    for ( node = wxTopLevelWindows.GetFirst(); node; node = node->GetNext() )
        node->GetData()->Enable(enable);
}

wxWindowDisabler::wxWindowDisabler(wxWindow *winToSkip)
{
    // remember the top level windows which were already disabled, so that we
    // don't reenable them later
    m_winDisabled = NULL;

    wxWindowList::Node *node;
    for ( node = wxTopLevelWindows.GetFirst(); node; node = node->GetNext() )
    {
        wxWindow *winTop = node->GetData();
        if ( winTop == winToSkip )
            continue;

        if ( winTop->IsEnabled() )
        {
            winTop->Disable();
        }
        else
        {
            if ( !m_winDisabled )
            {
                m_winDisabled = new wxWindowList;
            }

            m_winDisabled->Append(winTop);
        }
    }
}

wxWindowDisabler::~wxWindowDisabler()
{
    wxWindowList::Node *node;
    for ( node = wxTopLevelWindows.GetFirst(); node; node = node->GetNext() )
    {
        wxWindow *winTop = node->GetData();
        if ( !m_winDisabled || !m_winDisabled->Find(winTop) )
        {
            winTop->Enable();
        }
        //else: had been already disabled, don't reenable
    }

    delete m_winDisabled;
}

// Yield to other apps/messages and disable user input to all windows except
// the given one
bool wxSafeYield(wxWindow *win)
{
    wxWindowDisabler wd(win);

    bool rc = wxYield();

    return rc;
}

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// misc functions
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

// Don't synthesize KeyUp events holding down a key and producing KeyDown
// events with autorepeat. On by default and always on in wxMSW. wxGTK version
// in utilsgtk.cpp.
#ifndef __WXGTK__
bool wxSetDetectableAutoRepeat( bool WXUNUSED(flag) )
{
    return TRUE;    // detectable auto-repeat is the only mode MSW supports
}
#endif // !wxGTK

#endif // wxUSE_GUI

const wxChar *wxGetInstallPrefix()
{
    wxString prefix;
    
    if ( wxGetEnv(wxT("WX_PREFIX"), &prefix) )
        return prefix.c_str();
    
#ifdef wxINSTALL_PREFIX
    return wxT(wxINSTALL_PREFIX);
#else 
    return wxT("");
#endif
}

wxString wxGetDataDir()
{
    wxString format = wxGetInstallPrefix();
    format <<  wxFILE_SEP_PATH
           << wxT("share") << wxFILE_SEP_PATH
           << wxT("wx") << wxFILE_SEP_PATH
           << wxT("%i.%i");
    wxString dir;
    dir.Printf(format.c_str(), wxMAJOR_VERSION, wxMINOR_VERSION);
    return dir;
}


// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// network and user id functions
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

// Get Full RFC822 style email address
bool wxGetEmailAddress(wxChar *address, int maxSize)
{
    wxString email = wxGetEmailAddress();
    if ( !email )
        return FALSE;

    wxStrncpy(address, email, maxSize - 1);
    address[maxSize - 1] = wxT('\0');

    return TRUE;
}

wxString wxGetEmailAddress()
{
    wxString email;

    wxString host = wxGetFullHostName();
    if ( !!host )
    {
        wxString user = wxGetUserId();
        if ( !!user )
        {
            email << user << wxT('@') << host;
        }
    }

    return email;
}

wxString wxGetUserId()
{
    static const int maxLoginLen = 256; // FIXME arbitrary number

    wxString buf;
    bool ok = wxGetUserId(buf.GetWriteBuf(maxLoginLen), maxLoginLen);
    buf.UngetWriteBuf();

    if ( !ok )
        buf.Empty();

    return buf;
}

wxString wxGetUserName()
{
    static const int maxUserNameLen = 1024; // FIXME arbitrary number

    wxString buf;
    bool ok = wxGetUserName(buf.GetWriteBuf(maxUserNameLen), maxUserNameLen);
    buf.UngetWriteBuf();

    if ( !ok )
        buf.Empty();

    return buf;
}

wxString wxGetHostName()
{
    static const size_t hostnameSize = 257;

    wxString buf;
    bool ok = wxGetHostName(buf.GetWriteBuf(hostnameSize), hostnameSize);

    buf.UngetWriteBuf();

    if ( !ok )
        buf.Empty();

    return buf;
}

wxString wxGetFullHostName()
{
    static const size_t hostnameSize = 257;

    wxString buf;
    bool ok = wxGetFullHostName(buf.GetWriteBuf(hostnameSize), hostnameSize);

    buf.UngetWriteBuf();

    if ( !ok )
        buf.Empty();

    return buf;
}

wxString wxGetHomeDir()
{
    wxString home;
    wxGetHomeDir(&home);

    return home;
}

#if 0

wxString wxGetCurrentDir()
{
    wxString dir;
    size_t len = 1024;
    bool ok;
    do
    {
        ok = getcwd(dir.GetWriteBuf(len + 1), len) != NULL;
        dir.UngetWriteBuf();

        if ( !ok )
        {
            if ( errno != ERANGE )
            {
                wxLogSysError(_T("Failed to get current directory"));

                return wxEmptyString;
            }
            else
            {
                // buffer was too small, retry with a larger one
                len *= 2;
            }
        }
        //else: ok
    } while ( !ok );

    return dir;
}

#endif // 0

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// wxExecute
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

// this is a private function because it hasn't a clean interface: the first
// array is passed by reference, the second by pointer - instead we have 2
// public versions of wxExecute() below
static long wxDoExecuteWithCapture(const wxString& command,
                                   wxArrayString& output,
                                   wxArrayString* error)
{
#ifdef __WIN16__
    wxFAIL_MSG("Sorry, this version of wxExecute not implemented on WIN16.");

    return 0;
#else // !Win16
    // create a wxProcess which will capture the output
    wxProcess *process = new wxProcess;
    process->Redirect();

    long rc = wxExecute(command, TRUE /* sync */, process);

#if wxUSE_STREAMS
    if ( rc != -1 )
    {
        wxInputStream* is = process->GetInputStream();
        wxCHECK_MSG( is, -1, _T("if wxExecute() succeded, stream can't be NULL") );
        wxTextInputStream tis(*is);

        wxTextInputStream *tes = NULL;
        wxInputStream *es = NULL;
        if ( error )
        {
            es = process->GetErrorStream();

            wxCHECK_MSG( es, -1, _T("stderr can't be NULL") );

            tes = new wxTextInputStream(*es);
        }

        bool cont;
        do
        {
            cont = FALSE;

            if ( !is->Eof() && is->IsOk() )
            {
                wxString line = tis.ReadLine();
                if ( is->LastError() )
                    break;

                cont = TRUE;

                output.Add(line);
            }

            if ( error && !es->Eof() && es->IsOk() )
            {
                wxString line = tes->ReadLine();
                if ( es->LastError() )
                    break;

                cont = TRUE;

                error->Add(line);
            }
        }
        while ( cont );

        delete tes;
    }
#endif // wxUSE_STREAMS

    delete process;

    return rc;
#endif // IO redirection supoprted
}

long wxExecute(const wxString& command, wxArrayString& output)
{
    return wxDoExecuteWithCapture(command, output, NULL);
}

long wxExecute(const wxString& command,
               wxArrayString& output,
               wxArrayString& error)
{
    return wxDoExecuteWithCapture(command, output, &error);
}

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// wxApp::Yield() wrappers for backwards compatibility
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

bool wxYield()
{
#if wxUSE_GUI
    return wxTheApp && wxTheApp->Yield();
#else
    return FALSE;
#endif
}

bool wxYieldIfNeeded()
{
#if wxUSE_GUI
    return wxTheApp && wxTheApp->Yield(TRUE);
#else
    return FALSE;
#endif
}