for the Unix, Windows and Mac OS X systems, however please note that these are
just the examples and the actual values may differ. For example, under Windows:
the system administrator may change the standard directories locations, i.e.
- the Windows directory may be named @c W:\\Win2003 instead of
- the default @c C:\\Windows.
+ the Windows directory may be named @c "W:\Win2003" instead of
+ the default @c "C:\Windows".
- The strings @c appname and @c username should be
- replaced with the value returned by wxApp::GetAppName
- and the name of the currently logged in user, respectively. The string
- @c prefix is only used under Unix and is @c /usr/local by
+ The strings @c appname and @c username should be replaced with the value
+ returned by wxApp::GetAppName() and the name of the currently logged in user,
+ respectively. The string @c prefix is only used under Unix and is @c /usr/local by
default but may be changed using wxStandardPaths::SetInstallPrefix.
- The directories returned by the methods of this class may or may not exist. If
- they don't exist, it's up to the caller to create them, wxStandardPaths doesn't
+ The directories returned by the methods of this class may or may not exist.
+ If they don't exist, it's up to the caller to create them, wxStandardPaths doesn't
do it.
Finally note that these functions only work with standardly packaged
This class is MT-safe: its methods may be called concurrently from different
threads without additional locking.
+ Note that you don't allocate an instance of class wxStandardPaths, but retrieve the
+ global standard paths object using @c wxStandardPaths::Get on which you call the
+ desired methods.
+
@library{wxbase}
@category{file}
@see wxFileConfig
- */
+*/
class wxStandardPaths
{
public:
/**
Returns reference to the unique global standard paths object.
*/
- static wxStandardPathsBase Get();
+ static wxStandardPathsBase& Get();
+
+ /**
+ Return the directory for the document files used by this application.
+
+ If the application-specific directory doesn't exist, this function
+ returns GetDocumentsDir().
+
+ Example return values:
+ - Unix: @c ~/appname
+ - Windows: @c "C:\Documents and Settings\username\My Documents\appname"
+ - Mac: @c ~/Documents/appname
+
+ @since 2.9.0
+
+ @see GetAppDocumentsDir()
+ */
+ virtual wxString GetAppDocumentsDir() const;
/**
Return the directory containing the system config files.
Example return values:
- - Unix: @c /etc
- - Windows: @c C:\\Documents @c and @c Settings\\All @c Users\\Application Data
- - Mac: @c /Library/Preferences
+ - Unix: @c /etc
+ - Windows: @c "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data"
+ - Mac: @c /Library/Preferences
@see wxFileConfig
*/
- wxString GetConfigDir() const;
+ virtual wxString GetConfigDir() const;
/**
Return the location of the applications global, i.e. not user-specific,
data files.
Example return values:
- - Unix: @c prefix/share/appname
- - Windows: the directory where the executable file is located
- - Mac: @c appname.app/Contents/SharedSupport bundle subdirectory
+ - Unix: @c prefix/share/appname
+ - Windows: the directory where the executable file is located
+ - Mac: @c appname.app/Contents/SharedSupport bundle subdirectory
@see GetLocalDataDir()
*/
- wxString GetDataDir() const;
+ virtual wxString GetDataDir() const;
/**
Return the directory containing the current user's documents.
+
Example return values:
- - Unix: @c ~ (the home directory)
- - Windows: @c C:\\Documents @c and @c Settings\\username\\Documents
- - Mac: @c ~/Documents
+ - Unix: @c ~ (the home directory)
+ - Windows: @c "C:\Documents and Settings\username\My Documents"
+ - Mac: @c ~/Documents
@since 2.7.0
+
+ @see GetAppDocumentsDir()
*/
- wxString GetDocumentsDir() const;
+ virtual wxString GetDocumentsDir() const;
/**
Return the directory and the filename for the current executable.
Example return values:
- - Unix: @c /usr/local/bin/exename
- - Windows: @c C:\\Programs\\AppFolder\\exename.exe
- - Mac: @c /Programs/exename
+ - Unix: @c /usr/local/bin/exename
+ - Windows: @c "C:\Programs\AppFolder\exename.exe"
+ - Mac: @c /Programs/exename
*/
- wxString GetExecutablePath() const;
+ virtual wxString GetExecutablePath() const;
/**
- @note This function is only available under Unix.
- Return the program installation prefix, e.g. @c /usr, @c /opt or
- @c /home/zeitlin.
+ Return the program installation prefix, e.g. @c /usr, @c /opt or @c /home/zeitlin.
+
If the prefix had been previously by SetInstallPrefix(), returns that
- value, otherwise tries to determine it automatically (Linux only right
- now) and finally returns the default @c /usr/local value if it failed.
+ value, otherwise tries to determine it automatically (Linux only right now)
+ and finally returns the default @c /usr/local value if it failed.
+
+ @note This function is only available under Unix.
*/
wxString GetInstallPrefix() const;
/**
Return the location for application data files which are host-specific and
can't, or shouldn't, be shared with the other machines.
- This is the same as GetDataDir() except
- under Unix where it returns @c /etc/appname.
+
+ This is the same as GetDataDir() except under Unix where it returns @c /etc/appname.
*/
- wxString GetLocalDataDir() const;
+ virtual wxString GetLocalDataDir() const;
/**
Return the localized resources directory containing the resource files of the
specified category for the given language.
- In general this is just the same as @a lang subdirectory of
- GetResourcesDir() (or @c lang.lproj under Mac OS X) but is something quite
- different for message catalog category under Unix where it returns the standard
+
+ In general this is just the same as @a lang subdirectory of GetResourcesDir()
+ (or @c lang.lproj under Mac OS X) but is something quite different for
+ message catalog category under Unix where it returns the standard
@c prefix/share/locale/lang/LC_MESSAGES directory.
@since 2.7.0
*/
- wxString GetLocalizedResourcesDir(const wxString& lang,
- ResourceCat category = ResourceCat_None) const;
+ virtual wxString GetLocalizedResourcesDir(const wxString& lang,
+ ResourceCat category) const;
/**
Return the directory where the loadable modules (plugins) live.
Example return values:
- - Unix: @c prefix/lib/appname
- - Windows: the directory of the executable file
- - Mac: @c appname.app/Contents/PlugIns bundle subdirectory
+ - Unix: @c prefix/lib/appname
+ - Windows: the directory of the executable file
+ - Mac: @c appname.app/Contents/PlugIns bundle subdirectory
@see wxDynamicLibrary
*/
- wxString GetPluginsDir() const;
+ virtual wxString GetPluginsDir() const;
/**
- Return the directory where the application resource files are located. The
- resources are the auxiliary data files needed for the application to run and
- include, for example, image and sound files it might use.
- This function is the same as GetDataDir() for
- all platforms except Mac OS X.
+ Return the directory where the application resource files are located.
+
+ The resources are the auxiliary data files needed for the application to run
+ and include, for example, image and sound files it might use.
+
+ This function is the same as GetDataDir() for all platforms except Mac OS X.
Example return values:
- - Unix: @c prefix/share/@e appname
- - Windows: the directory where the executable file is located
- - Mac: @c appname.app/Contents/Resources bundle subdirectory
+ - Unix: @c prefix/share/appname
+ - Windows: the directory where the executable file is located
+ - Mac: @c appname.app/Contents/Resources bundle subdirectory
@since 2.7.0
@see GetLocalizedResourcesDir()
*/
- wxString GetResourcesDir() const;
+ virtual wxString GetResourcesDir() const;
/**
- Return the directory for storing temporary files. To create unique temporary
- files,
- it is best to use wxFileName::CreateTempFileName for correct behaviour when
- multiple processes are attempting to create temporary files.
+ Return the directory for storing temporary files.
+ To create unique temporary files, it is best to use wxFileName::CreateTempFileName
+ for correct behaviour when multiple processes are attempting to create temporary files.
@since 2.7.2
*/
- wxString GetTempDir() const;
+ virtual wxString GetTempDir() const;
/**
Return the directory for the user config files:
- - Unix: @c ~ (the home directory)
- - Windows: @c C:\\Documents @c and @c Settings\\username\\Application Data
- - Mac: @c ~/Library/Preferences
+ - Unix: @c ~ (the home directory)
+ - Windows: @c "C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data"
+ - Mac: @c ~/Library/Preferences
+
Only use this method if you have a single configuration file to put in this
- directory, otherwise GetUserDataDir() is
- more appropriate.
+ directory, otherwise GetUserDataDir() is more appropriate.
*/
- wxString GetUserConfigDir() const;
+ virtual wxString GetUserConfigDir() const;
/**
Return the directory for the user-dependent application data files:
- - Unix: @c ~/.appname
- - Windows: @c C:\\Documents @c and @c Settings\\username\Application @c Data\appname
- - Mac: @c ~/Library/Application @c Support/appname
+ - Unix: @c ~/.appname
+ - Windows: @c "C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\appname"
+ - Mac: @c "~/Library/Application Support/appname"
*/
- wxString GetUserDataDir() const;
+ virtual wxString GetUserDataDir() const;
/**
Return the directory for user data files which shouldn't be shared with
the other machines.
+
This is the same as GetUserDataDir() for all platforms except Windows where it returns
- @c C:\\Documents @c and @c Settings\\username\\Local @c Settings\\Application @c Data\appname
+ @c "C:\Documents and Settings\username\Local Settings\Application Data\appname"
*/
- wxString GetUserLocalDataDir() const;
+ virtual wxString GetUserLocalDataDir() const;
/**
- @note This function is only available under Unix.
Lets wxStandardPaths know about the real program installation prefix on a Unix
- system. By default, the value returned by
- GetInstallPrefix() is used.
+ system. By default, the value returned by GetInstallPrefix() is used.
+
Although under Linux systems the program prefix may usually be determined
automatically, portable programs should call this function. Usually the prefix
is set during program configuration if using GNU autotools and so it is enough
to pass its value defined in @c config.h to this function.
+
+ @note This function is only available under Unix.
*/
void SetInstallPrefix(const wxString& prefix);
Controls what application information is used when constructing paths that
should be unique to this program, such as the application data directory, the
plugins directory on Unix, etc.
- Valid values for @a info are @c AppInfo_None and either one or
- combination of @c AppInfo_AppName and @c AppInfo_VendorName. The
- first one tells this class to not use neither application nor vendor name in
- the paths.
+
+ Valid values for @a info are @c AppInfo_None and either one or combination
+ of @c AppInfo_AppName and @c AppInfo_VendorName. The first one tells this
+ class to not use neither application nor vendor name in the paths.
+
By default, only the application name is used under Unix systems but both
application and vendor names are used under Windows and Mac.
*/
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