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
  47     // return the directory with system config files:
  48     // /etc under Unix, c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data
  49     // under Windows, /Library/Preferences for Mac
  50     virtual wxString GetConfigDir() const = 0;
  51
  52     // return the directory for the user config files:
  53     // $HOME under Unix, c:\Documents and Settings\username under Windows,
  54     // ~/Library/Preferences under Mac
  55     //
  56     // only use this if you have a single file to put there, otherwise
  57     // GetUserDataDir() is more appropriate
  58     virtual wxString GetUserConfigDir() const = 0;
  59
  60     // return the location of the applications global, i.e. not user-specific,
  61     // data files
  62     //
  63     // prefix/share/appname under Unix, c:\Program Files\appname under Windows,
  64     // appname.app/Contents/SharedSupport app bundle directory under Mac
  65     virtual wxString GetDataDir() const = 0;
  66
  67     // return the location for application data files which are host-specific
  68     //
  69     // same as GetDataDir() except under Unix where it is /etc/appname
  70     virtual wxString GetLocalDataDir() const;
  71
  72     // return the directory for the user-dependent application data files
  73     //
  74     // $HOME/.appname under Unix,
  75     // c:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\appname under Windows
  76     // and ~/Library/Application Support/appname under Mac
  77     virtual wxString GetUserDataDir() const = 0;
  78
  79     // return the directory for user data files which shouldn't be shared with
  80     // the other machines
  81     //
  82     // same as GetUserDataDir() for all platforms except Windows where it is
  83     // the "Local Settings\Application Data\appname" directory
  84     virtual wxString GetUserLocalDataDir() const;
  85
  86     // return the directory where the loadable modules (plugins) live
  87     //
  88     // prefix/lib/appname under Unix, program directory under Windows and
  89     // Contents/Plugins app bundle subdirectory under Mac
  90     virtual wxString GetPluginsDir() const = 0;
  91
  92     // get resources directory: resources are auxiliary files used by the
  93     // application and include things like image and sound files
  94     //
  95     // same as GetDataDir() for all platforms except Mac where it returns
  96     // Contents/Resources subdirectory of the app bundle
  97     virtual wxString GetResourcesDir() const { return GetDataDir(); }
  98
  99     // get localized resources directory containing the resource files of the
 100     // specified category for the given language
 101     //
 102     // in general this is just GetResourcesDir()/lang under Windows and Unix
 103     // and GetResourcesDir()/lang.lproj under Mac but is something quite
 104     // different under Unix for message catalog category (namely the standard
 105     // prefix/share/locale/lang/LC_MESSAGES)
 106     virtual wxString
 107     GetLocalizedResourcesDir(const wxChar *lang,
 108                              ResourceCat WXUNUSED(category)
 109                                 = ResourceCat_None) const
 110     {
 111         return GetResourcesDir() + wxFILE_SEP_PATH + lang;
 112     }
 113
 114
 115     // virtual dtor for the base class
 116     virtual ~wxStandardPathsBase();
 117
 118 protected:
 119     // append "/appname" suffix if the app name is set (doesn't append the
 120     // slash if dir already ends with a slash or dot)
 121     static wxString AppendAppName(const wxString& dir);
 122 };
 123
 124 #if defined(__WXMSW__)
 125     #include "wx/msw/stdpaths.h"
 126 // We want CoreFoundation paths on both CarbonLib and Darwin (for all ports)
 127 #elif defined(__WXMAC__) || defined(__DARWIN__)
 128     #include "wx/mac/corefoundation/stdpaths.h"
 129 #elif defined(__OS2__)
 130     #include "wx/os2/stdpaths.h"
 131 #elif defined(__UNIX__)
 132     #include "wx/unix/stdpaths.h"
 133 #elif defined(__PALMOS__)
 134     #include "wx/palmos/stdpaths.h"
 135 #else
 136
 137 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 138 // Minimal generic implementation
 139 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 140
 141 class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxStandardPaths : public wxStandardPathsBase
 142 {
 143 public:
 144     void SetInstallPrefix(const wxString& prefix) { m_prefix = prefix; }
 145     wxString GetInstallPrefix() const { return m_prefix; }
 146     virtual wxString GetConfigDir() const { return m_prefix; }
 147     virtual wxString GetUserConfigDir() const { return m_prefix; }
 148     virtual wxString GetDataDir() const { return m_prefix; }
 149     virtual wxString GetLocalDataDir() const { return m_prefix; }
 150     virtual wxString GetUserDataDir() const { return m_prefix; }
 151     virtual wxString GetPluginsDir() const { return m_prefix; }
 152
 153 private:
 154     wxString m_prefix;
 155 };
 156
 157 #endif
 158
 159 #endif // wxUSE_STDPATHS
 160
 161 #endif // _WX_STDPATHS_H_
 162