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[wxWidgets.git] / include / wx / unix / stdpaths.h
1 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2 // Name: wx/unix/stdpaths.h
3 // Purpose: wxStandardPaths for Unix systems
4 // Author: Vadim Zeitlin
5 // Modified by:
6 // Created: 2004-10-19
7 // RCS-ID: $Id$
8 // Copyright: (c) 2004 Vadim Zeitlin <vadim@wxwindows.org>
9 // Licence: wxWindows licence
10 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
11
12 #ifndef _WX_UNIX_STDPATHS_H_
13 #define _WX_UNIX_STDPATHS_H_
14
15 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
16 // wxStandardPaths
17 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
18
19 class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxStandardPaths : public wxStandardPathsBase
20 {
21 public:
22 // tries to determine the installation prefix automatically (Linux only right
23 // now) and returns /usr/local if it failed
24 void DetectPrefix();
25
26 // set the program installation directory which is /usr/local by default
27 //
28 // under some systems (currently only Linux) the program directory can be
29 // determined automatically but for portable programs you should always set
30 // it explicitly
31 void SetInstallPrefix(const wxString& prefix);
32
33 // get the program installation prefix
34 //
35 // if the prefix had been previously by SetInstallPrefix, returns that
36 // value, otherwise calls DetectPrefix()
37 wxString GetInstallPrefix() const;
38
39
40 // implement base class pure virtuals
41 virtual wxString GetExecutablePath() const;
42 virtual wxString GetConfigDir() const;
43 virtual wxString GetUserConfigDir() const;
44 virtual wxString GetDataDir() const;
45 virtual wxString GetLocalDataDir() const;
46 virtual wxString GetUserDataDir() const;
47 virtual wxString GetPluginsDir() const;
48 virtual wxString GetLocalizedResourcesDir(const wxString& lang,
49 ResourceCat category) const;
50 #ifndef __VMS
51 virtual wxString GetDocumentsDir() const;
52 #endif
53
54 private:
55 wxString m_prefix;
56 };
57
58 #endif // _WX_UNIX_STDPATHS_H_
59