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1ee445c7 1///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
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2// Name: wx/stdpaths.h
3// Purpose: declaration of wxStandardPaths class
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4// Author: Vadim Zeitlin
5// Modified by:
6// Created: 2004-10-17
7// RCS-ID: $Id$
8// Copyright: (c) 2004 Vadim Zeitlin <vadim@wxwindows.org>
9// Licence: wxWindows licence
10///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
11
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12#ifndef _WX_STDPATHS_H_
13#define _WX_STDPATHS_H_
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15#include "wx/defs.h"
16
6cb5e50b 17#include "wx/string.h"
f45bffb6 18#include "wx/filefn.h"
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1ee445c7 20// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
96e2aec5 21// wxStandardPaths returns the standard locations in the file system
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22// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
23
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24// NB: This is always compiled in, wxUSE_STDPATHS=0 only disables native
25// wxStandardPaths class, but a minimal version is always available
6cb5e50b 26class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxStandardPathsBase
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27{
28public:
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29 // possible resources categorires
30 enum ResourceCat
31 {
32 // no special category
33 ResourceCat_None,
34
35 // message catalog resources
36 ResourceCat_Messages,
37
38 // end of enum marker
39 ResourceCat_Max
40 };
41
42
6cb5e50b 43 // return the global standard paths object
fc480dc1 44 static wxStandardPathsBase& Get();
48713afd 45
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46 // return the path (directory+filename) of the running executable or
47 // wxEmptyString if it couldn't be determined.
48 // The path is returned as an absolute path whenever possible.
49 // Default implementation only try to use wxApp->argv[0].
50 virtual wxString GetExecutablePath() const;
48713afd 51
1ee445c7 52 // return the directory with system config files:
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53 // /etc under Unix, c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data
54 // under Windows, /Library/Preferences for Mac
55 virtual wxString GetConfigDir() const = 0;
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56
57 // return the directory for the user config files:
58 // $HOME under Unix, c:\Documents and Settings\username under Windows,
59 // ~/Library/Preferences under Mac
60 //
61 // only use this if you have a single file to put there, otherwise
62 // GetUserDataDir() is more appropriate
6cb5e50b 63 virtual wxString GetUserConfigDir() const = 0;
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64
65 // return the location of the applications global, i.e. not user-specific,
66 // data files
67 //
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68 // prefix/share/appname under Unix, c:\Program Files\appname under Windows,
69 // appname.app/Contents/SharedSupport app bundle directory under Mac
6cb5e50b 70 virtual wxString GetDataDir() const = 0;
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71
72 // return the location for application data files which are host-specific
73 //
74 // same as GetDataDir() except under Unix where it is /etc/appname
6cb5e50b 75 virtual wxString GetLocalDataDir() const;
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76
77 // return the directory for the user-dependent application data files
78 //
79 // $HOME/.appname under Unix,
80 // c:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\appname under Windows
48713afd 81 // and ~/Library/Application Support/appname under Mac
6cb5e50b 82 virtual wxString GetUserDataDir() const = 0;
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83
84 // return the directory for user data files which shouldn't be shared with
85 // the other machines
86 //
87 // same as GetUserDataDir() for all platforms except Windows where it is
88 // the "Local Settings\Application Data\appname" directory
6cb5e50b 89 virtual wxString GetUserLocalDataDir() const;
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90
91 // return the directory where the loadable modules (plugins) live
92 //
48713afd 93 // prefix/lib/appname under Unix, program directory under Windows and
1ee445c7 94 // Contents/Plugins app bundle subdirectory under Mac
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95 virtual wxString GetPluginsDir() const = 0;
96
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97 // get resources directory: resources are auxiliary files used by the
98 // application and include things like image and sound files
99 //
100 // same as GetDataDir() for all platforms except Mac where it returns
101 // Contents/Resources subdirectory of the app bundle
102 virtual wxString GetResourcesDir() const { return GetDataDir(); }
103
104 // get localized resources directory containing the resource files of the
105 // specified category for the given language
106 //
107 // in general this is just GetResourcesDir()/lang under Windows and Unix
108 // and GetResourcesDir()/lang.lproj under Mac but is something quite
109 // different under Unix for message catalog category (namely the standard
110 // prefix/share/locale/lang/LC_MESSAGES)
111 virtual wxString
e0b3b9d0 112 GetLocalizedResourcesDir(const wxString& lang,
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113 ResourceCat WXUNUSED(category)
114 = ResourceCat_None) const
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115 {
116 return GetResourcesDir() + wxFILE_SEP_PATH + lang;
117 }
118
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119 // return the "Documents" directory for the current user
120 //
121 // C:\Documents and Settings\username\Documents under Windows,
122 // $HOME under Unix and ~/Documents under Mac
123 virtual wxString GetDocumentsDir() const;
124
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125 // return the temporary directory for the current user
126 virtual wxString GetTempDir() const;
127
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128
129 // virtual dtor for the base class
130 virtual ~wxStandardPathsBase();
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131
132protected:
133 // append "/appname" suffix if the app name is set (doesn't append the
134 // slash if dir already ends with a slash or dot)
135 static wxString AppendAppName(const wxString& dir);
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136};
137
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138#if wxUSE_STDPATHS
139 #if defined(__WXMSW__)
140 #include "wx/msw/stdpaths.h"
141 #define wxHAS_NATIVE_STDPATHS
142 // We want CoreFoundation paths on both CarbonLib and Darwin (for all ports)
143 #elif defined(__WXMAC__) || defined(__DARWIN__)
144 #include "wx/mac/corefoundation/stdpaths.h"
145 #define wxHAS_NATIVE_STDPATHS
146 #elif defined(__OS2__)
147 #include "wx/os2/stdpaths.h"
148 #define wxHAS_NATIVE_STDPATHS
149 #elif defined(__UNIX__)
150 #include "wx/unix/stdpaths.h"
151 #define wxHAS_NATIVE_STDPATHS
152 #elif defined(__PALMOS__)
153 #include "wx/palmos/stdpaths.h"
154 #define wxHAS_NATIVE_STDPATHS
155 #endif
156#endif
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157
158// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
d6f42b1b 159// Minimal generic implementation
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160// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
161
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162// NB: Note that this minimal implementation is compiled in even if
163// wxUSE_STDPATHS=0, so that our code can still use wxStandardPaths.
164
165#ifndef wxHAS_NATIVE_STDPATHS
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166class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxStandardPaths : public wxStandardPathsBase
167{
168public:
169 void SetInstallPrefix(const wxString& prefix) { m_prefix = prefix; }
170 wxString GetInstallPrefix() const { return m_prefix; }
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171
172 virtual wxString GetExecutablePath() const { return m_prefix; }
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173 virtual wxString GetConfigDir() const { return m_prefix; }
174 virtual wxString GetUserConfigDir() const { return m_prefix; }
175 virtual wxString GetDataDir() const { return m_prefix; }
176 virtual wxString GetLocalDataDir() const { return m_prefix; }
177 virtual wxString GetUserDataDir() const { return m_prefix; }
178 virtual wxString GetPluginsDir() const { return m_prefix; }
17af82fb 179 virtual wxString GetDocumentsDir() const { return m_prefix; }
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180
181private:
182 wxString m_prefix;
183};
6ae3ead6 184#endif // !wxHAS_NATIVE_STDPATHS
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0b75a1e0 186#endif // _WX_STDPATHS_H_
1ee445c7 187