added wxStandardPaths::GetResourcesDir() and GetLocalizedResourcesDir()
[wxWidgets.git] / 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
21 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
22 // wxStandardPaths returns the standard locations in the file system
23 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
24
25 class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxStandardPathsBase
26 {
27 public:
28 // possible resources categorires
29 enum ResourceCat
30 {
31 // no special category
32 ResourceCat_None,
33
34 // message catalog resources
35 ResourceCat_Messages,
36
37 // end of enum marker
38 ResourceCat_Max
39 };
40
41
42 // return the global standard paths object
43 static wxStandardPathsBase& Get();
44
45
46 // return the directory with system config files:
47 // /etc under Unix, c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data
48 // under Windows, /Library/Preferences for Mac
49 virtual wxString GetConfigDir() const = 0;
50
51 // return the directory for the user config files:
52 // $HOME under Unix, c:\Documents and Settings\username under Windows,
53 // ~/Library/Preferences under Mac
54 //
55 // only use this if you have a single file to put there, otherwise
56 // GetUserDataDir() is more appropriate
57 virtual wxString GetUserConfigDir() const = 0;
58
59 // return the location of the applications global, i.e. not user-specific,
60 // data files
61 //
62 // prefix/share/appname under Unix, c:\Program Files\appname under Windows,
63 // appname.app/Contents/SharedSupport app bundle directory under Mac
64 virtual wxString GetDataDir() const = 0;
65
66 // return the location for application data files which are host-specific
67 //
68 // same as GetDataDir() except under Unix where it is /etc/appname
69 virtual wxString GetLocalDataDir() const;
70
71 // return the directory for the user-dependent application data files
72 //
73 // $HOME/.appname under Unix,
74 // c:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\appname under Windows
75 // and ~/Library/Application Support/appname under Mac
76 virtual wxString GetUserDataDir() const = 0;
77
78 // return the directory for user data files which shouldn't be shared with
79 // the other machines
80 //
81 // same as GetUserDataDir() for all platforms except Windows where it is
82 // the "Local Settings\Application Data\appname" directory
83 virtual wxString GetUserLocalDataDir() const;
84
85 // return the directory where the loadable modules (plugins) live
86 //
87 // prefix/lib/appname under Unix, program directory under Windows and
88 // Contents/Plugins app bundle subdirectory under Mac
89 virtual wxString GetPluginsDir() const = 0;
90
91 // get resources directory: resources are auxiliary files used by the
92 // application and include things like image and sound files
93 //
94 // same as GetDataDir() for all platforms except Mac where it returns
95 // Contents/Resources subdirectory of the app bundle
96 virtual wxString GetResourcesDir() const { return GetDataDir(); }
97
98 // get localized resources directory containing the resource files of the
99 // specified category for the given language
100 //
101 // in general this is just GetResourcesDir()/lang under Windows and Unix
102 // and GetResourcesDir()/lang.lproj under Mac but is something quite
103 // different under Unix for message catalog category (namely the standard
104 // prefix/share/locale/lang/LC_MESSAGES)
105 virtual wxString
106 GetLocalizedResourcesDir(const wxChar *lang,
107 ResourceCat category = ResourceCat_None) const
108 {
109 return GetResourcesDir() + wxFILE_SEP_PATH + lang;
110 }
111
112
113 // virtual dtor for the base class
114 virtual ~wxStandardPathsBase();
115
116 protected:
117 // append "/appname" suffix if the app name is set (doesn't append the
118 // slash if dir already ends with a slash or dot)
119 static wxString AppendAppName(const wxString& dir);
120 };
121
122 #if defined(__WXMSW__)
123 #include "wx/msw/stdpaths.h"
124 // We want CoreFoundation paths on both CarbonLib and Darwin (for all ports)
125 #elif defined(__WXMAC__) || defined(__DARWIN__)
126 #include "wx/mac/corefoundation/stdpaths.h"
127 #elif defined(__OS2__)
128 #include "wx/os2/stdpaths.h"
129 #elif defined(__UNIX__)
130 #include "wx/unix/stdpaths.h"
131 #elif defined(__PALMOS__)
132 #include "wx/palmos/stdpaths.h"
133 #else
134
135 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
136 // Minimal generic implementation
137 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
138
139 class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxStandardPaths : public wxStandardPathsBase
140 {
141 public:
142 void SetInstallPrefix(const wxString& prefix) { m_prefix = prefix; }
143 wxString GetInstallPrefix() const { return m_prefix; }
144 virtual wxString GetConfigDir() const { return m_prefix; }
145 virtual wxString GetUserConfigDir() const { return m_prefix; }
146 virtual wxString GetDataDir() const { return m_prefix; }
147 virtual wxString GetLocalDataDir() const { return m_prefix; }
148 virtual wxString GetUserDataDir() const { return m_prefix; }
149 virtual wxString GetPluginsDir() const { return m_prefix; }
150
151 private:
152 wxString m_prefix;
153 };
154
155 #endif
156
157 #endif // wxUSE_STDPATHS
158
159 #endif // _WX_STDPATHS_H_
160