correct the example/documentation of GetDocumentsDir() return value
[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 #include "wx/string.h"
18 #include "wx/filefn.h"
19
20 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
21 // wxStandardPaths returns the standard locations in the file system
22 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
23
24 // NB: This is always compiled in, wxUSE_STDPATHS=0 only disables native
25 // wxStandardPaths class, but a minimal version is always available
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 // what should we use to construct paths unique to this application:
43 // (AppInfo_AppName and AppInfo_VendorName can be combined together)
44 enum
45 {
46 AppInfo_None = 0, // nothing
47 AppInfo_AppName = 1, // the application name
48 AppInfo_VendorName = 2 // the vendor name
49 };
50
51
52 // return the global standard paths object
53 static wxStandardPathsBase& Get();
54
55 // return the path (directory+filename) of the running executable or
56 // wxEmptyString if it couldn't be determined.
57 // The path is returned as an absolute path whenever possible.
58 // Default implementation only try to use wxApp->argv[0].
59 virtual wxString GetExecutablePath() const;
60
61 // return the directory with system config files:
62 // /etc under Unix, c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data
63 // under Windows, /Library/Preferences for Mac
64 virtual wxString GetConfigDir() const = 0;
65
66 // return the directory for the user config files:
67 // $HOME under Unix, c:\Documents and Settings\username under Windows,
68 // ~/Library/Preferences under Mac
69 //
70 // only use this if you have a single file to put there, otherwise
71 // GetUserDataDir() is more appropriate
72 virtual wxString GetUserConfigDir() const = 0;
73
74 // return the location of the applications global, i.e. not user-specific,
75 // data files
76 //
77 // prefix/share/appname under Unix, c:\Program Files\appname under Windows,
78 // appname.app/Contents/SharedSupport app bundle directory under Mac
79 virtual wxString GetDataDir() const = 0;
80
81 // return the location for application data files which are host-specific
82 //
83 // same as GetDataDir() except under Unix where it is /etc/appname
84 virtual wxString GetLocalDataDir() const;
85
86 // return the directory for the user-dependent application data files
87 //
88 // $HOME/.appname under Unix,
89 // c:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\appname under Windows
90 // and ~/Library/Application Support/appname under Mac
91 virtual wxString GetUserDataDir() const = 0;
92
93 // return the directory for user data files which shouldn't be shared with
94 // the other machines
95 //
96 // same as GetUserDataDir() for all platforms except Windows where it is
97 // the "Local Settings\Application Data\appname" directory
98 virtual wxString GetUserLocalDataDir() const;
99
100 // return the directory where the loadable modules (plugins) live
101 //
102 // prefix/lib/appname under Unix, program directory under Windows and
103 // Contents/Plugins app bundle subdirectory under Mac
104 virtual wxString GetPluginsDir() const = 0;
105
106 // get resources directory: resources are auxiliary files used by the
107 // application and include things like image and sound files
108 //
109 // same as GetDataDir() for all platforms except Mac where it returns
110 // Contents/Resources subdirectory of the app bundle
111 virtual wxString GetResourcesDir() const { return GetDataDir(); }
112
113 // get localized resources directory containing the resource files of the
114 // specified category for the given language
115 //
116 // in general this is just GetResourcesDir()/lang under Windows and Unix
117 // and GetResourcesDir()/lang.lproj under Mac but is something quite
118 // different under Unix for message catalog category (namely the standard
119 // prefix/share/locale/lang/LC_MESSAGES)
120 virtual wxString
121 GetLocalizedResourcesDir(const wxString& lang,
122 ResourceCat WXUNUSED(category)
123 = ResourceCat_None) const
124 {
125 return GetResourcesDir() + wxFILE_SEP_PATH + lang;
126 }
127
128 // return the "Documents" directory for the current user
129 //
130 // C:\Documents and Settings\username\My Documents under Windows,
131 // $HOME under Unix and ~/Documents under Mac
132 virtual wxString GetDocumentsDir() const;
133
134 // return the temporary directory for the current user
135 virtual wxString GetTempDir() const;
136
137
138 // ctor for the base class
139 wxStandardPathsBase();
140
141 // virtual dtor for the base class
142 virtual ~wxStandardPathsBase();
143
144 // Information used by AppendAppInfo
145 void UseAppInfo(int info)
146 {
147 m_usedAppInfo = info;
148 }
149
150 bool UsesAppInfo(int info) const { return (m_usedAppInfo & info) != 0; }
151
152
153 protected:
154 // append the path component, with a leading path seperator if a
155 // path seperator or dot (.) is not already at the end of dir
156 static wxString AppendPathComponent(const wxString& dir, const wxString& component);
157
158 // append application information determined by m_usedAppInfo to dir
159 wxString AppendAppInfo(const wxString& dir) const;
160
161
162 // combination of AppInfo_XXX flags used by AppendAppInfo()
163 int m_usedAppInfo;
164 };
165
166 #if wxUSE_STDPATHS
167 #if defined(__WXMSW__)
168 #include "wx/msw/stdpaths.h"
169 #define wxHAS_NATIVE_STDPATHS
170 // We want CoreFoundation paths on both CarbonLib and Darwin (for all ports)
171 #elif defined(__WXMAC__) || defined(__DARWIN__)
172 #include "wx/osx/core/stdpaths.h"
173 #define wxHAS_NATIVE_STDPATHS
174 #elif defined(__OS2__)
175 #include "wx/os2/stdpaths.h"
176 #define wxHAS_NATIVE_STDPATHS
177 #elif defined(__UNIX__)
178 #include "wx/unix/stdpaths.h"
179 #define wxHAS_NATIVE_STDPATHS
180 #elif defined(__PALMOS__)
181 #include "wx/palmos/stdpaths.h"
182 #define wxHAS_NATIVE_STDPATHS
183 #endif
184 #endif
185
186 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
187 // Minimal generic implementation
188 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
189
190 // NB: Note that this minimal implementation is compiled in even if
191 // wxUSE_STDPATHS=0, so that our code can still use wxStandardPaths.
192
193 #ifndef wxHAS_NATIVE_STDPATHS
194 class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxStandardPaths : public wxStandardPathsBase
195 {
196 public:
197 void SetInstallPrefix(const wxString& prefix) { m_prefix = prefix; }
198 wxString GetInstallPrefix() const { return m_prefix; }
199
200 virtual wxString GetExecutablePath() const { return m_prefix; }
201 virtual wxString GetConfigDir() const { return m_prefix; }
202 virtual wxString GetUserConfigDir() const { return m_prefix; }
203 virtual wxString GetDataDir() const { return m_prefix; }
204 virtual wxString GetLocalDataDir() const { return m_prefix; }
205 virtual wxString GetUserDataDir() const { return m_prefix; }
206 virtual wxString GetPluginsDir() const { return m_prefix; }
207 virtual wxString GetDocumentsDir() const { return m_prefix; }
208
209 private:
210 wxString m_prefix;
211 };
212 #endif // !wxHAS_NATIVE_STDPATHS
213
214 #endif // _WX_STDPATHS_H_
215