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/defs.h"
  16
  17 #if wxUSE_STDPATHS
  18
  19 #include "wx/string.h"
  20 #include "wx/filefn.h"
  21
  22 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  23 // wxStandardPaths returns the standard locations in the file system
  24 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  25
  26 class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxStandardPathsBase
  27 {
  28 public:
  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
  43     // return the global standard paths object
  44     static wxStandardPathsBase& Get();
  45
  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;
  51
  52     // return the directory with system config files:
  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;
  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
  63     virtual wxString GetUserConfigDir() const = 0;
  64
  65     // return the location of the applications global, i.e. not user-specific,
  66     // data files
  67     //
  68     // prefix/share/appname under Unix, c:\Program Files\appname under Windows,
  69     // appname.app/Contents/SharedSupport app bundle directory under Mac
  70     virtual wxString GetDataDir() const = 0;
  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
  75     virtual wxString GetLocalDataDir() const;
  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
  81     // and ~/Library/Application Support/appname under Mac
  82     virtual wxString GetUserDataDir() const = 0;
  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
  89     virtual wxString GetUserLocalDataDir() const;
  90
  91     // return the directory where the loadable modules (plugins) live
  92     //
  93     // prefix/lib/appname under Unix, program directory under Windows and
  94     // Contents/Plugins app bundle subdirectory under Mac
  95     virtual wxString GetPluginsDir() const = 0;
  96
  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
 112     GetLocalizedResourcesDir(const wxString& lang,
 113                              ResourceCat WXUNUSED(category)
 114                                 = ResourceCat_None) const
 115     {
 116         return GetResourcesDir() + wxFILE_SEP_PATH + lang;
 117     }
 118
 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
 125     // return the temporary directory for the current user
 126     virtual wxString GetTempDir() const;
 127
 128
 129     // virtual dtor for the base class
 130     virtual ~wxStandardPathsBase();
 131
 132 protected:
 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);
 136 };
 137
 138 #if defined(__WXMSW__)
 139     #include "wx/msw/stdpaths.h"
 140 // We want CoreFoundation paths on both CarbonLib and Darwin (for all ports)
 141 #elif defined(__WXMAC__) || defined(__DARWIN__)
 142     #include "wx/mac/corefoundation/stdpaths.h"
 143 #elif defined(__OS2__)
 144     #include "wx/os2/stdpaths.h"
 145 #elif defined(__UNIX__)
 146     #include "wx/unix/stdpaths.h"
 147 #elif defined(__PALMOS__)
 148     #include "wx/palmos/stdpaths.h"
 149 #else
 150
 151 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 152 // Minimal generic implementation
 153 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 154
 155 class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxStandardPaths : public wxStandardPathsBase
 156 {
 157 public:
 158     void SetInstallPrefix(const wxString& prefix) { m_prefix = prefix; }
 159     wxString GetInstallPrefix() const { return m_prefix; }
 160
 161     virtual wxString GetExecutablePath() const { return m_prefix; }
 162     virtual wxString GetConfigDir() const { return m_prefix; }
 163     virtual wxString GetUserConfigDir() const { return m_prefix; }
 164     virtual wxString GetDataDir() const { return m_prefix; }
 165     virtual wxString GetLocalDataDir() const { return m_prefix; }
 166     virtual wxString GetUserDataDir() const { return m_prefix; }
 167     virtual wxString GetPluginsDir() const { return m_prefix; }
 168     virtual wxString GetDocumentsDir() const { return m_prefix; }
 169
 170 private:
 171     wxString m_prefix;
 172 };
 173
 174 #endif
 175
 176 #endif // wxUSE_STDPATHS
 177
 178 #endif // _WX_STDPATHS_H_
 179