include/wx/stdpaths.h

   1 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
   2 // Name:        wx/stdpaths.h
   3 // Purpose:     declaration of wxStandardPaths class
   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
  12 #ifndef _WX_STDPATHS_H_
  13 #define _WX_STDPATHS_H_
  14
  15 #include "wx/string.h"
  16
  17 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  18 // wxStandardPaths returns the standard locations in the file system
  19 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  20
  21 class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxStandardPathsBase
  22 {
  23 public:
  24     // return the global standard paths object
  25     static wxStandardPathsBase& Get();
  26
  27
  28     // return the directory with system config files:
  29     // /etc under Unix, c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data
  30     // under Windows, /Library/Preferences for Mac
  31     virtual wxString GetConfigDir() const = 0;
  32
  33     // return the directory for the user config files:
  34     // $HOME under Unix, c:\Documents and Settings\username under Windows,
  35     // ~/Library/Preferences under Mac
  36     //
  37     // only use this if you have a single file to put there, otherwise
  38     // GetUserDataDir() is more appropriate
  39     virtual wxString GetUserConfigDir() const = 0;
  40
  41     // return the location of the applications global, i.e. not user-specific,
  42     // data files
  43     //
  44     // prefix/share/appname under Unix, c:\Program Files\appname under Windows,
  45     // appname.app/Contents/SharedSupport app bundle directory under Mac
  46     virtual wxString GetDataDir() const = 0;
  47
  48     // return the location for application data files which are host-specific
  49     //
  50     // same as GetDataDir() except under Unix where it is /etc/appname
  51     virtual wxString GetLocalDataDir() const;
  52
  53     // return the directory for the user-dependent application data files
  54     //
  55     // $HOME/.appname under Unix,
  56     // c:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\appname under Windows
  57     // and ~/Library/Application Support/appname under Mac
  58     virtual wxString GetUserDataDir() const = 0;
  59
  60     // return the directory for user data files which shouldn't be shared with
  61     // the other machines
  62     //
  63     // same as GetUserDataDir() for all platforms except Windows where it is
  64     // the "Local Settings\Application Data\appname" directory
  65     virtual wxString GetUserLocalDataDir() const;
  66
  67     // return the directory where the loadable modules (plugins) live
  68     //
  69     // prefix/lib/appname under Unix, program directory under Windows and
  70     // Contents/Plugins app bundle subdirectory under Mac
  71     virtual wxString GetPluginsDir() const = 0;
  72
  73
  74     // virtual dtor for the base class
  75     virtual ~wxStandardPathsBase();
  76
  77 protected:
  78     // append "/appname" suffix if the app name is set (doesn't append the
  79     // slash if dir already ends with a slash or dot)
  80     static wxString AppendAppName(const wxString& dir);
  81 };
  82
  83 #if defined(__WXMSW__)
  84     #include "wx/msw/stdpaths.h"
  85 // We want CoreFoundation paths on both CarbonLib and Darwin (for all ports)
  86 #elif defined(__WXMAC__) || defined(__DARWIN__)
  87     #include "wx/mac/corefoundation/stdpaths.h"
  88 #elif defined(__OS2__)
  89     #include "wx/os2/stdpaths.h"
  90 #elif defined(__UNIX__)
  91     #include "wx/unix/stdpaths.h"
  92 #endif
  93
  94 #endif // _WX_STDPATHS_H_
  95