+
+wxString wxGetOsDescription()
+{
+#ifdef WXWIN_OS_DESCRIPTION
+ // use configure generated description if available
+ return wxString("MacOS (") + WXWIN_OS_DESCRIPTION + wxString(")");
+#else
+ return "MacOS" ; //TODO:define further
+#endif
+}
+
+//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// wxMac Specific utility functions
+//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+char StringMac[] = "\x0d\x80\x81\x82\x83\x84\x85\x86\x87\x88\x89\x8a\x8b\x8c\x8d\x8e\x8f"
+ "\x90\x91\x92\x93\x94\x95\x96\x97\x98\x99\x9a\x9b\x9c\x9d\x9e\x9f"
+ "\xa0\xa1\xa2\xa3\xa4\xa5\xa6\xa7\xa8\xa9\xaa\xab\xac\xae\xaf"
+ "\xb1\xb4\xb5\xb6\xbb\xbc\xbe\xbf"
+ "\xc0\xc1\xc2\xc4\xc7\xc8\xc9\xcb\xcc\xcd\xce\xcf"
+ "\xd0\xd1\xd2\xd3\xd4\xd5\xd6\xd8\xca\xdb" ;
+
+char StringANSI[] = "\x0a\xC4\xC5\xC7\xC9\xD1\xD6\xDC\xE1\xE0\xE2\xE4\xE3\xE5\xE7\xE9\xE8"
+ "\xEA\xEB\xED\xEC\xEE\xEF\xF1\xF3\xF2\xF4\xF6\xF5\xFA\xF9\xFB\xFC"
+ "\x86\xBA\xA2\xA3\xA7\x95\xB6\xDF\xAE\xA9\x99\xB4\xA8\xC6\xD8"
+ "\xB1\xA5\xB5\xF0\xAA\xBA\xE6\xF8"
+ "\xBF\xA1\xAC\x83\xAB\xBB\x85\xC0\xC3\xD5\x8C\x9C"
+ "\x96\x97\x93\x94\x91\x92\xF7\xFF\xA0\x80" ;
+
+void wxMacConvertFromPC( const char *from , char *to , int len )
+{
+ char *c ;
+ if ( from == to )
+ {
+ for( int i = 0 ; i < len ; ++ i )
+ {
+ c = strchr( StringANSI , *from ) ;
+ if ( c != NULL )
+ {
+ *to = StringMac[ c - StringANSI] ;
+ }
+ ++to ;
+ ++from ;
+ }
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ for( int i = 0 ; i < len ; ++ i )
+ {
+ c = strchr( StringANSI , *from ) ;
+ if ( c != NULL )
+ {
+ *to = StringMac[ c - StringANSI] ;
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ *to = *from ;
+ }
+ ++to ;
+ ++from ;
+ }
+ }
+}
+
+void wxMacConvertToPC( const char *from , char *to , int len )
+{
+ char *c ;
+ if ( from == to )
+ {
+ for( int i = 0 ; i < len ; ++ i )
+ {
+ c = strchr( StringMac , *from ) ;
+ if ( c != NULL )
+ {
+ *to = StringANSI[ c - StringMac] ;
+ }
+ ++to ;
+ ++from ;
+ }
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ for( int i = 0 ; i < len ; ++ i )
+ {
+ c = strchr( StringMac , *from ) ;
+ if ( c != NULL )
+ {
+ *to = StringANSI[ c - StringMac] ;
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ *to = *from ;
+ }
+ ++to ;
+ ++from ;
+ }
+ }
+}
+
+wxString wxMacMakeMacStringFromPC( const char * p )
+{
+ wxString result ;
+ int len = strlen ( p ) ;
+ if ( len > 0 )
+ {
+ wxChar* ptr = result.GetWriteBuf(len) ;
+ wxMacConvertFromPC( p , ptr , len ) ;
+ ptr[len] = 0 ;
+ result.UngetWriteBuf( len ) ;
+ }
+ return result ;
+}
+
+wxString wxMacMakePCStringFromMac( const char * p )
+{
+ wxString result ;
+ int len = strlen ( p ) ;
+ if ( len > 0 )
+ {
+ wxChar* ptr = result.GetWriteBuf(len) ;
+ wxMacConvertToPC( p , ptr , len ) ;
+ ptr[len] = 0 ;
+ result.UngetWriteBuf( len ) ;
+ }
+ return result ;
+}
+
+wxString wxMacMakeStringFromMacString( const char* from , bool mac2pcEncoding )
+{
+ if (mac2pcEncoding)
+ {
+ return wxMacMakePCStringFromMac( from ) ;
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ return wxString( from ) ;
+ }
+}
+
+//
+// Pascal Strings
+//
+
+wxString wxMacMakeStringFromPascal( ConstStringPtr from , bool mac2pcEncoding )
+{
+ // this is safe since a pascal string can never be larger than 256 bytes
+ char s[256] ;
+ CopyPascalStringToC( from , s ) ;
+ if (mac2pcEncoding)
+ {
+ return wxMacMakePCStringFromMac( s ) ;
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ return wxString( s ) ;
+ }
+}
+
+void wxMacStringToPascal( const char * from , StringPtr to , bool pc2macEncoding )
+{
+ if (pc2macEncoding)
+ {
+ CopyCStringToPascal( wxMacMakeMacStringFromPC( from ) , to ) ;
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ CopyCStringToPascal( from , to ) ;
+ }
+}
+
+//
+// CFStringRefs (Carbon only)
+//
+
+#if TARGET_CARBON
+// converts this string into a carbon foundation string with optional pc 2 mac encoding
+CFStringRef wxMacCreateCFString( const wxString &str , bool pc2macEncoding )
+{
+ return CFStringCreateWithCString( kCFAllocatorSystemDefault , str.c_str() ,
+ pc2macEncoding ?
+ kCFStringEncodingWindowsLatin1 : CFStringGetSystemEncoding() ) ;
+}
+
+#endif //TARGET_CARBON
+