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[wxWidgets.git] / docs / latex / wx / mimetype.tex

diff --git a/docs/latex/wx/mimetype.tex b/docs/latex/wx/mimetype.tex
index f2b8242b776dd868bb558e687432d48a1c1c3a16..822e0a553cf51cb209965b5159a0c7127afc9b72 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/latex/wx/mimetype.tex
+++ b/docs/latex/wx/mimetype.tex
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ initialization is needed.
 (system-wide) and .mailcap and .mime.types in the current user's home directory:
 all of these files are searched for and loaded if found by default. However,
 additional functions 
-\helpref{wxMimeTypesManager::ReadMailcap}{wxmimetypesmanagerreadmailcap} and
+\helpref{wxMimeTypesManager::ReadMailcap}{wxmimetypesmanagerreadmailcap} and 
 \helpref{wxMimeTypesManager::ReadMimeTypes}{wxmimetypesmanagerreadmimetypes} are
 provided to load additional files.
 
@@ -36,6 +36,15 @@ No base class.
 
 \latexignore{\rtfignore{\wxheading{Function groups}}}
 
+\membersection{Helper functions}
+
+All of these functions are static (i.e. don't need a wxMimeTypesManager object
+to call them) and provide some useful operations for string representations of
+MIME types. Their usage is recommended instead of directly working with MIME
+types using wxString functions.
+
+\helpref{IsOfType}{wxmimetypesmanagerisoftype}
+
 \membersection{Constructor and destructor}
 
 NB: You won't normally need to use more than one wxMimeTypesManager object in a
@@ -61,7 +70,8 @@ default ones which are loaded automatically) containing MIME
 information in either mailcap(5) or mime.types(5) format.
 
 \helpref{ReadMailcap}{wxmimetypesmanagerreadmailcap}\\
-\helpref{ReadMimeTypes}{wxmimetypesmanagerreadmimetypes}
+\helpref{ReadMimeTypes}{wxmimetypesmanagerreadmimetypes}\\
+\helpref{AddFallbacks}{wxmimetypesmanageraddfallbacks}
 
 %%%%% MEMBERS HERE %%%%%
 \helponly{\insertatlevel{2}{
@@ -84,6 +94,17 @@ additional mailcap/mime.types files.
 
 Destructor is not virtual, so this class should not be derived from.
 
+\membersection{wxMimeTypesManager::AddFallbacks}\label{wxmimetypesmanageraddfallbacks}
+
+\func{void}{AddFallbacks}{\param{const wxFileTypeInfo *}{fallbacks}}
+
+This function may be used to provdie hard-wired fallbacks for the MIME types
+and extensions that might not be present in the system MIME database.
+
+% TODO
+
+Please see the typetest sample for an example of using it.
+
 \membersection{wxMimeTypesManager::GetFileTypeFromExtension}\label{wxmimetypesmanagergetfiletypefromextension}
 
 \func{wxFileType*}{GetFileTypeFromExtension}{\param{const wxString\&}{ extension}}
@@ -100,19 +121,43 @@ Gather information about the files with given MIME type and return the
 corresponding \helpref{wxFileType}{wxfiletype} object or NULL if the MIME type
 is unknown.
 
+\membersection{wxMimeTypesManager::IsOfType}\label{wxmimetypesmanagerisoftype}
+
+\func{bool}{IsOfType}{\param{const wxString\&}{ mimeType}, \param{const wxString\&}{ wildcard}}
+
+This function returns TRUE if either the given {\it mimeType} is exactly the
+same as {\it wildcard} or if it has the same category and the subtype of
+{\it wildcard} is '*'. Note that the '*' wildcard is not allowed in
+{\it mimeType} itself.
+
+The comparaison don by this function is case insensitive so it is not
+necessary to convert the strings to the same case before calling it.
+
 \membersection{wxMimeTypesManager::ReadMailcap}\label{wxmimetypesmanagerreadmailcap}
 
-\func{void}{ReadMailcap}{\param{const wxString\&}{ filename}}
+\func{bool}{ReadMailcap}{\param{const wxString\&}{ filename}, \param{bool}{ fallback = FALSE}}
 
 Load additional file containing information about MIME types and associated
 information in mailcap format. See metamail(1) and mailcap(5) for more
 information.
 
+{\it fallback} parameter may be used to load additional mailcap files without
+overriding the settings found in the standard files: normally, entries from
+files loaded with ReadMailcap will override the entries from files loaded
+previously (and the standard ones are loaded in the very beginning), but this
+will not happen if this parameter is set to TRUE (default is FALSE).
+
+The return value is TRUE if there were no errors in the file or FALSE
+otherwise.
+
 \membersection{wxMimeTypesManager::ReadMimeTypes}\label{wxmimetypesmanagerreadmimetypes}
 
-\func{void}{ReadMimeTypes}{\param{const wxString\&}{ filename}}
+\func{bool}{ReadMimeTypes}{\param{const wxString\&}{ filename}}
 
 Load additional file containing information about MIME types and associated
 information in mime.types file format. See metamail(1) and mailcap(5) for more
 information.
 
+The return value is TRUE if there were no errors in the file or FALSE
+otherwise.
+