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[wxWidgets.git] / interface / wx / utils.h

diff --git a/interface/wx/utils.h b/interface/wx/utils.h
index 41ca90a8b4da0f3745dc733edd6a3ba310d69c49..34a9e15347460572c0d182de67325c60e1614f1c 100644 (file)
--- a/interface/wx/utils.h
+++ b/interface/wx/utils.h
@@ -3,12 +3,61 @@
 // Purpose:     interface of various utility classes and functions
 // Author:      wxWidgets team
 // RCS-ID:      $Id$
 // Purpose:     interface of various utility classes and functions
 // Author:      wxWidgets team
 // RCS-ID:      $Id$

-// Licence:     wxWindows license
+// Licence:     wxWindows licence

 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 

+/**
+    Signal constants used by wxProcess.
+*/
+enum wxSignal
+{
+    wxSIGNONE = 0,  //!< verify if the process exists under Unix
+    wxSIGHUP,
+    wxSIGINT,
+    wxSIGQUIT,
+    wxSIGILL,
+    wxSIGTRAP,
+    wxSIGABRT,
+    wxSIGEMT,
+    wxSIGFPE,
+    wxSIGKILL,      //!< forcefully kill, dangerous!
+    wxSIGBUS,
+    wxSIGSEGV,
+    wxSIGSYS,
+    wxSIGPIPE,
+    wxSIGALRM,
+    wxSIGTERM       //!< terminate the process gently
+};
+
+/**
+    Return values for wxProcess::Kill.
+*/
+enum wxKillError
+{
+    wxKILL_OK,              //!< no error
+    wxKILL_BAD_SIGNAL,      //!< no such signal
+    wxKILL_ACCESS_DENIED,   //!< permission denied
+    wxKILL_NO_PROCESS,      //!< no such process
+    wxKILL_ERROR            //!< another, unspecified error
+};
+
+enum wxKillFlags
+{
+    wxKILL_NOCHILDREN = 0,  //!< don't kill children
+    wxKILL_CHILDREN = 1     //!< kill children
+};
+
+enum wxShutdownFlags
+{
+    wxSHUTDOWN_FORCE    = 1, //!< can be combined with other flags (MSW-only)
+    wxSHUTDOWN_POWEROFF = 2, //!< power off the computer
+    wxSHUTDOWN_REBOOT   = 4, //!< shutdown and reboot
+    wxSHUTDOWN_LOGOFF   = 8  //!< close session (currently MSW-only)
+};
+
+

 /**
     @class wxWindowDisabler
 /**
     @class wxWindowDisabler

-    @wxheader{utils.h}

 
     This class disables all windows of the application (may be with the
     exception of one of them) in its constructor and enables them back in its
 
     This class disables all windows of the application (may be with the
     exception of one of them) in its constructor and enables them back in its


@@ -38,6 +87,14 @@ public:
     /**
         Disables all top level windows of the applications with the exception
         of @a winToSkip if it is not @NULL.
     /**
         Disables all top level windows of the applications with the exception
         of @a winToSkip if it is not @NULL.

+
+        Notice that under MSW if @a winToSkip appears in the taskbar, the user
+        will be able to close the entire application (even though its main
+        window is disabled) by right clicking on the taskbar icon and selecting
+        the appropriate "Close" command from the context menu. To prevent this
+        from happening you may want to use wxFRAME_TOOL_WINDOW, if applicable,
+        or wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR style when creating the window that will remain
+        enabled.

     */
     wxWindowDisabler(wxWindow* winToSkip);
 
     */
     wxWindowDisabler(wxWindow* winToSkip);
 


@@ -51,7 +108,6 @@ public:
 
 /**
     @class wxBusyCursor
 
 /**
     @class wxBusyCursor

-    @wxheader{utils.h}

 
     This class makes it easy to tell your user that the program is temporarily
     busy. Just create a wxBusyCursor object on the stack, and within the
 
     This class makes it easy to tell your user that the program is temporarily
     busy. Just create a wxBusyCursor object on the stack, and within the


@@ -80,7 +136,7 @@ public:
     /**
         Constructs a busy cursor object, calling wxBeginBusyCursor().
     */
     /**
         Constructs a busy cursor object, calling wxBeginBusyCursor().
     */

-    wxBusyCursor(wxCursor* cursor = wxHOURGLASS_CURSOR);
+    wxBusyCursor(const wxCursor* cursor = wxHOURGLASS_CURSOR);

 
     /**
         Destroys the busy cursor object, calling wxEndBusyCursor().
 
     /**
         Destroys the busy cursor object, calling wxEndBusyCursor().


@@ -90,93 +146,12 @@ public:
 
 
 
 
 
 

-/**
-    @class wxMouseState
-    @wxheader{utils.h}
-
-    Represents the mouse state.
-
-    The methods of this class generally mirror the corresponding methods of
-    wxMouseEvent.
-
-    This class is implemented entirely in @<wx/utils.h@>, meaning no extra
-    library needs to be linked to use this class.
-
-    @category{misc}
-
-    @see wxGetMouseState()
- */
-class wxMouseState
-{
-public:
-    /**
-        Default constructor.
-    */
-    wxMouseState();
-
-    /**
-        Returns X coordinate of the physical mouse event position.
-    */
-    wxCoord GetX() const;
-    /**
-        Returns Y coordinate of the physical mouse event position.
-    */
-    wxCoord GetY() const;
-    /**
-        Returns the physical mouse position.
-    */
-    wxPoint GetPosition() const;
-
-    /**
-        Returns @true if the left mouse button changed to down.
-    */
-    bool LeftDown() const;
-    /**
-        Returns @true if the middle mouse button changed to down.
-    */
-    bool MiddleDown() const;
-    /**
-        Returns @true if the right mouse button changed to down.
-    */
-    bool RightDown() const;
-    /**
-        Returns @true if the first extra button mouse button changed to down.
-    */
-    bool Aux1Down() const;
-    /**
-        Returns @true if the second extra button mouse button changed to down.
-    */
-    bool Aux2Down() const;
-
-    /**
-        Returns @true if the control key is down.
-    */
-    bool ControlDown() const;
-    /**
-        Returns @true if the shift key is down.
-    */
-    bool ShiftDown() const;
-    /**
-        Returns @true if the alt key is down.
-    */
-    bool AltDown() const;
-    /**
-        Returns @true if the meta key is down.
-    */
-    bool MetaDown() const;
-    /**
-        Same as MetaDown() under Mac systems, ControlDown() for the others.
-    */
-    bool CmdDown() const;
-};
-
-

 // ============================================================================
 // Global functions/macros
 // ============================================================================
 
 
 // ============================================================================
 // Global functions/macros
 // ============================================================================
 
 

-/** @ingroup group_funcmacro_dialog */
+/** @addtogroup group_funcmacro_dialog */

 //@{
 
 /**
 //@{
 
 /**


@@ -189,7 +164,7 @@ public:
 
     @header{wx/utils.h}
 */
 
     @header{wx/utils.h}
 */

-void wxBeginBusyCursor(wxCursor* cursor = wxHOURGLASS_CURSOR);
+void wxBeginBusyCursor(const wxCursor* cursor = wxHOURGLASS_CURSOR);

 
 /**
     Changes the cursor back to the original cursor, for all windows in the
 
 /**
     Changes the cursor back to the original cursor, for all windows in the


@@ -217,6 +192,8 @@ bool wxIsBusy();
     @note This function is categorized as a GUI one and so is not thread-safe.
 
     @header{wx/utils.h}
     @note This function is categorized as a GUI one and so is not thread-safe.
 
     @header{wx/utils.h}

+
+    @library{wxcore}

 */
 void wxBell();
 
 */
 void wxBell();
 


@@ -229,17 +206,49 @@ void wxBell();
 
     @since 2.9.0
 
 
     @since 2.9.0
 

+    @see wxGetLibraryVersionInfo()
+

     @header{wx/utils.h}
 */
     @header{wx/utils.h}
 */

-void wxInfoMessageBox(wxWindow parent = NULL);
+void wxInfoMessageBox(wxWindow* parent);

 
 //@}
 
 
 //@}
 

+/** @addtogroup group_funcmacro_version */
+//@{

 
 

+/**
+    Get wxWidgets version information.

 
 

-/** @ingroup group_funcmacro_env */
+    @since 2.9.2
+
+    @see wxVersionInfo
+
+    @header{wx/utils.h}
+
+    @library{wxcore}
+*/
+wxVersionInfo wxGetLibraryVersionInfo();
+
+//@}
+
+
+
+/** @addtogroup group_funcmacro_env */

 //@{
 
 //@{
 

+/**
+    A map type containing environment variables names and values.
+
+    This type is used with wxGetEnvMap() function and wxExecuteEnv structure
+    optionally passed to wxExecute().
+
+    @since 2.9.2
+
+    @header{wx/utils.h}
+*/
+typedef wxStringToStringHashMap wxEnvVariableHashMap;
+

 /**
     This is a macro defined as @c getenv() or its wide char version in Unicode
     mode.
 /**
     This is a macro defined as @c getenv() or its wide char version in Unicode
     mode.


@@ -252,8 +261,9 @@ void wxInfoMessageBox(wxWindow parent = NULL);
 wxChar* wxGetenv(const wxString& var);
 
 /**
 wxChar* wxGetenv(const wxString& var);
 
 /**

-    Returns the current value of the environment variable @c var in @c value.
-    @c value may be @NULL if you just want to know if the variable exists and
+    Returns the current value of the environment variable @a var in @a value.
+
+    @a value may be @NULL if you just want to know if the variable exists and

     are not interested in its value.
 
     Returns @true if the variable exists, @false otherwise.
     are not interested in its value.
 
     Returns @true if the variable exists, @false otherwise.


@@ -263,10 +273,25 @@ wxChar* wxGetenv(const wxString& var);
 bool wxGetEnv(const wxString& var, wxString* value);
 
 /**
 bool wxGetEnv(const wxString& var, wxString* value);
 
 /**

-    Sets the value of the environment variable @c var (adding it if necessary)
-    to @c value.
-
-    Returns @true on success.
+    Sets the value of the environment variable @a var (adding it if necessary)
+    to @a value.
+
+    Notice that under Windows platforms the program may have two different
+    environment blocks: the first one is that of a Windows process and is
+    always present, but the CRT may maintain its own independent copy of the
+    environment. wxSetEnv() will always update the first copy, which means that
+    wxGetEnv(), which uses it directly, will always return the expected value
+    after this call. But wxSetEnv() only updates the second copy for some
+    compilers/CRT implementations (currently only MSVC and MinGW which uses the
+    same MSVC CRT) and so using wxGetenv() (notice the difference in case) may
+    not return the updated value.
+
+    @param var
+        The environment variable to be set, must not contain @c '=' character.
+    @param value
+        New value of the variable.
+    @return
+        @true on success or @false if changing the value failed.

 
     @see wxUnsetEnv()
 
 
     @see wxUnsetEnv()
 


@@ -275,8 +300,9 @@ bool wxGetEnv(const wxString& var, wxString* value);
 bool wxSetEnv(const wxString& var, const wxString& value);
 
 /**
 bool wxSetEnv(const wxString& var, const wxString& value);
 
 /**

-    Removes the variable @c var from the environment. wxGetEnv() will return
-    @NULL after the call to this function.
+    Removes the variable @a var from the environment.
+
+    wxGetEnv() will return @NULL after the call to this function.

 
     Returns @true on success.
 
 
     Returns @true on success.
 


@@ -284,11 +310,27 @@ bool wxSetEnv(const wxString& var, const wxString& value);
 */
 bool wxUnsetEnv(const wxString& var);
 
 */
 bool wxUnsetEnv(const wxString& var);
 

+/**
+    Fill a map with the complete content of current environment.
+
+    The map will contain the environment variable names as keys and their
+    values as values.
+
+    @param map
+        The environment map to fill, must be non-@NULL.
+    @return
+        @true if environment was successfully retrieved or @false otherwise.
+
+    @header{wx/utils.h}
+
+    @since 2.9.2
+*/
+bool wxGetEnvMap(wxEnvVariableHashMap *map);

 //@}
 
 
 
 //@}
 
 
 

-/** @ingroup group_funcmacro_misc */
+/** @addtogroup group_funcmacro_misc */

 //@{
 
 /**
 //@{
 
 /**


@@ -364,6 +406,9 @@ void wxEnableTopLevelWindows(bool enable = true);
     Find the deepest window at the given mouse position in screen coordinates,
     returning the window if found, or @NULL if not.
 
     Find the deepest window at the given mouse position in screen coordinates,
     returning the window if found, or @NULL if not.
 

+    This function takes child windows at the given position into account even
+    if they are disabled. The hidden children are however skipped by it.
+

     @header{wx/utils.h}
 */
 wxWindow* wxFindWindowAtPoint(const wxPoint& pt);
     @header{wx/utils.h}
 */
 wxWindow* wxFindWindowAtPoint(const wxPoint& pt);


@@ -425,12 +470,39 @@ long wxNewId();
 void wxRegisterId(long id);
 
 /**
 void wxRegisterId(long id);
 
 /**

-    Opens the @a url in user's default browser. If the @a flags parameter
-    contains @c wxBROWSER_NEW_WINDOW flag, a new window is opened for the URL
-    (currently this is only supported under Windows). The @a url may also be a
-    local file path (with or without the "file://" prefix), if it doesn't
-    correspond to an existing file and the URL has no scheme "http://" is
-    prepended to it by default.
+    Opens the @a document in the application associated with the files of this
+    type.
+
+    The @a flags parameter is currently not used
+
+    Returns @true if the application was successfully launched.
+
+    @see wxLaunchDefaultBrowser(), wxExecute()
+
+    @header{wx/utils.h}
+*/
+bool wxLaunchDefaultApplication(const wxString& document, int flags = 0);
+
+/**
+    Opens the @a url in user's default browser.
+
+    If the @a flags parameter contains @c wxBROWSER_NEW_WINDOW flag, a new
+    window is opened for the URL (currently this is only supported under
+    Windows).
+
+    And unless the @a flags parameter contains @c wxBROWSER_NOBUSYCURSOR flag,
+    a busy cursor is shown while the browser is being launched (using
+    wxBusyCursor).
+
+    The parameter @a url is interpreted as follows:
+    - if it has a valid scheme (e.g. @c "file:", @c "http:" or @c "mailto:")
+      it is passed to the appropriate browser configured in the user system.
+    - if it has no valid scheme (e.g. it's a local file path without the @c "file:"
+      prefix), then ::wxFileExists and ::wxDirExists are used to test if it's a
+      local file/directory; if it is, then the browser is called with the
+      @a url parameter eventually prefixed by @c "file:".
+    - if it has no valid scheme and it's not a local file/directory, then @c "http:"
+      is prepended and the browser is called.

 
     Returns @true if the application was successfully launched.
 
 
     Returns @true if the application was successfully launched.
 


@@ -439,29 +511,99 @@ void wxRegisterId(long id);
           may be used for local URLs while another one may be used for remote
           URLs).
 
           may be used for local URLs while another one may be used for remote
           URLs).
 

+    @see wxLaunchDefaultApplication(), wxExecute()
+

     @header{wx/utils.h}
 */
 bool wxLaunchDefaultBrowser(const wxString& url, int flags = 0);
 
 /**
     @header{wx/utils.h}
 */
 bool wxLaunchDefaultBrowser(const wxString& url, int flags = 0);
 
 /**

-    Loads a user-defined Windows resource as a string. If the resource is
-    found, the function creates a new character array and copies the data into
-    it. A pointer to this data is returned. If unsuccessful, @NULL is returned.
+    Loads an object from Windows resource file.

 
 

-    The resource must be defined in the @c .rc file using the following syntax:
+    This function loads the resource with the given name and type from the
+    resources embedded into a Windows application.

 
 

+    The typical use for it is to load some data from the data files embedded
+    into the program itself. For example, you could have the following fragment
+    in your @c .rc file
+    @code
+        mydata  MYDATA  "myfile.dat"
+    @endcode
+    and then use it in the following way:

     @code
     @code

-    myResource TEXT file.ext
+        const void* data = NULL;
+        size_t size = 0;
+        if ( !wxLoadUserResource(&data, &size, "mydata", "MYDATA") ) {
+            ... handle error ...
+        }
+        else {
+            // Use the data in any way, for example:
+            wxMemoryInputStream is(data, size);
+            ... read the data from stream ...
+        }

     @endcode
 
     @endcode
 

-    Where @c file.ext is a file that the resource compiler can find.
+    @param outData Filled with the pointer to the data on successful return.
+        Notice that this pointer does @em not need to be freed by the caller.
+    @param outLen Filled with the length of the data in bytes.
+    @param resourceName The name of the resource to load.
+    @param resourceType The type of the resource in usual Windows format, i.e.
+        either a real string like "MYDATA" or an integer created by the
+        standard Windows @c MAKEINTRESOURCE() macro, including any constants
+        for the standard resources types like @c RT_RCDATA.
+    @param module The @c HINSTANCE of the module to load the resources from.
+        The current module is used by default.
+    @return true if the data was loaded from resource or false if it couldn't
+        be found (in which case no error is logged) or was found but couldn't
+        be loaded (which is unexpected and does result in an error message).
+
+    This function is available under Windows only.
+
+    @library{wxbase}
+
+    @header{wx/utils.h}
+
+    @since 2.9.1
+ */
+bool
+wxLoadUserResource(const void **outData,
+                   size_t *outLen,
+                   const wxString& resourceName,
+                   const wxChar* resourceType = "TEXT",
+                   WXHINSTANCE module = 0);
+
+/**
+    Loads a user-defined Windows resource as a string.
+
+    This is a wrapper for the general purpose overload wxLoadUserResource(const
+    void**, size_t*, const wxString&, const wxChar*, WXHINSTANCE) and can be
+    more convenient for the string data, but does an extra copy compared to the
+    general version.
+
+    @param resourceName The name of the resource to load.
+    @param resourceType The type of the resource in usual Windows format, i.e.
+        either a real string like "MYDATA" or an integer created by the
+        standard Windows @c MAKEINTRESOURCE() macro, including any constants
+        for the standard resources types like @c RT_RCDATA.
+    @param pLen Filled with the length of the returned buffer if it is
+        non-@NULL. This parameter should be used if NUL characters can occur in
+        the resource data. It is new since wxWidgets 2.9.1
+    @param module The @c HINSTANCE of the module to load the resources from.
+        The current module is used by default. This parameter is new since
+        wxWidgets 2.9.1.
+    @return A pointer to the data to be <tt>delete[]<tt>d by caller on success
+        or @NULL on error.

 
     This function is available under Windows only.
 
 
     This function is available under Windows only.
 

+    @library{wxbase}
+

     @header{wx/utils.h}
 */
     @header{wx/utils.h}
 */

-wxString wxLoadUserResource(const wxString& resourceName,
-                            const wxString& resourceType = "TEXT");
+char* wxLoadUserResource(const wxString& resourceName,
+                         const wxChar* resourceType = "TEXT",
+                         int* pLen = NULL,
+                         WXHINSTANCE module = 0);

 
 /**
     @deprecated Replaced by wxWindow::Close(). See the
 
 /**
     @deprecated Replaced by wxWindow::Close(). See the


@@ -476,6 +618,27 @@ wxString wxLoadUserResource(const wxString& resourceName,
 */
 void wxPostDelete(wxObject* object);
 
 */
 void wxPostDelete(wxObject* object);
 

+
+/**
+    Compare function type for use with wxQsort()
+
+    @header{wx/utils.h}
+*/
+typedef int (*wxSortCallback)(const void* pItem1, const void* pItem2, const void* user_data);
+
+/**
+    Function implementing quick sort algorithm.
+
+    This function sorts @a total_elems objects of size @a size located at @a
+    pbase. It uses @a cmp function for comparing them and passes @a user_data
+    pointer to the comparison function each time it's called.
+
+    @header{wx/utils.h}
+*/
+void wxQsort(void* pbase, size_t total_elems,
+             size_t size, wxSortCallback cmp, const void* user_data);
+
+

 /**
     Under X only, sets the current display name. This is the X host and display
     name such as "colonsay:0.0", and the function indicates which display
 /**
     Under X only, sets the current display name. This is the X host and display
     name such as "colonsay:0.0", and the function indicates which display


@@ -488,13 +651,29 @@ void wxPostDelete(wxObject* object);
 */
 void wxSetDisplayName(const wxString& displayName);
 
 */
 void wxSetDisplayName(const wxString& displayName);
 

+
+/**
+   flags for wxStripMenuCodes
+*/
+enum
+{
+    // strip '&' characters
+    wxStrip_Mnemonics = 1,
+
+    // strip everything after '\t'
+    wxStrip_Accel = 2,
+
+    // strip everything (this is the default)
+    wxStrip_All = wxStrip_Mnemonics | wxStrip_Accel
+};
+

 /**
     Strips any menu codes from @a str and returns the result.
 
     By default, the functions strips both the mnemonics character (@c '&')
     which is used to indicate a keyboard shortkey, and the accelerators, which
     are used only in the menu items and are separated from the main text by the
 /**
     Strips any menu codes from @a str and returns the result.
 
     By default, the functions strips both the mnemonics character (@c '&')
     which is used to indicate a keyboard shortkey, and the accelerators, which
     are used only in the menu items and are separated from the main text by the

-    @c \t (TAB) character. By using @a flags of @c wxStrip_Mnemonics or
+    @c \\t (TAB) character. By using @a flags of @c wxStrip_Mnemonics or

     @c wxStrip_Accel to strip only the former or the latter part, respectively.
 
     Notice that in most cases wxMenuItem::GetLabelFromText() or
     @c wxStrip_Accel to strip only the former or the latter part, respectively.
 
     Notice that in most cases wxMenuItem::GetLabelFromText() or


@@ -508,7 +687,7 @@ wxString wxStripMenuCodes(const wxString& str, int flags = wxStrip_All);
 
 
 
 
 
 

-/** @ingroup group_funcmacro_networkuseros */
+/** @addtogroup group_funcmacro_networkuseros */

 //@{
 
 /**
 //@{
 
 /**


@@ -598,7 +777,7 @@ wxString wxGetFullHostName();
 
     @header{wx/utils.h}
 */
 
     @header{wx/utils.h}
 */

-wxString wxGetUserHome(const wxString& user = "");
+wxString wxGetUserHome(const wxString& user = wxEmptyString);

 
 /**
     This function returns the "user id" also known as "login name" under Unix
 
 /**
     This function returns the "user id" also known as "login name" under Unix


@@ -666,8 +845,34 @@ bool wxGetUserName(char* buf, int sz);
 wxString wxGetOsDescription();
 
 /**
 wxString wxGetOsDescription();
 
 /**

-    Gets the version and the operating system ID for currently running OS. See
-    wxPlatformInfo for more details about wxOperatingSystemId.
+    Gets the version and the operating system ID for currently running OS. 
+    The returned wxOperatingSystemId value can be used for a basic categorization
+    of the OS family; the major and minor version numbers allows to detect a specific
+    system.
+    
+    For Unix-like systems (@c wxOS_UNIX) the major and minor version integers will 
+    contain the kernel major and minor version numbers (as returned by the
+    'uname -r' command); e.g. "2" and "6" if the machine is using kernel 2.6.19.
+
+    For Mac OS X systems (@c wxOS_MAC) the major and minor version integers are the
+    natural version numbers associated with the OS; e.g. "10" and "6" if the machine
+    is using Mac OS X Snow Leopard.    
+    
+    For Windows-like systems (@c wxOS_WINDOWS) the major and minor version integers will 
+    contain the following values:
+    @beginTable
+    @row3col{<b>Windows OS name</b>, <b>Major version</b>, <b>Minor version</b>}
+    @row3col{Windows 7,                 6, 1}
+    @row3col{Windows Server 2008 R2,    6, 1}
+    @row3col{Windows Server 2008,       6, 0}
+    @row3col{Windows Vista,             6, 0}
+    @row3col{Windows Server 2003 R2,    5, 2}
+    @row3col{Windows Server 2003,       5, 2}
+    @row3col{Windows XP,                5, 1}
+    @row3col{Windows 2000,              5, 0}
+    @endDefList
+    See the <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms724832(VS.85).aspx">MSDN</a>
+    for more info about the values above.

 
     @see wxGetOsDescription(), wxPlatformInfo
 
 
     @see wxGetOsDescription(), wxPlatformInfo
 


@@ -701,13 +906,139 @@ bool wxIsPlatform64Bit();
 */
 bool wxIsPlatformLittleEndian();
 
 */
 bool wxIsPlatformLittleEndian();
 

+/**
+    Returns a structure containing informations about the currently running
+    Linux distribution.
+    
+    This function uses the @c lsb_release utility which is part of the 
+    <tt>Linux Standard Base Core</tt> specification 
+    (see http://refspecs.linux-foundation.org/lsb.shtml) since the very first LSB 
+    release 1.0 (released in 2001).
+    The @c lsb_release utility is very common on modern Linux distributions but in
+    case it's not available, then this function will return a ::wxLinuxDistributionInfo
+    structure containing empty strings.
+    
+    This function is Linux-specific and is only available when the @c __LINUX__
+    symbol is defined.
+*/
+wxLinuxDistributionInfo wxGetLinuxDistributionInfo();
+

 //@}
 
 
 
 //@}
 
 
 

-/** @ingroup group_funcmacro_procctrl */
+/** @addtogroup group_funcmacro_procctrl */

 //@{
 
 //@{
 

+/**
+    @struct wxExecuteEnv
+
+    This structure can optionally be passed to wxExecute() to specify
+    additional options to use for the child process.
+
+    @since 2.9.2
+
+    @header{wx/utils.h}
+*/
+struct wxExecuteEnv
+{
+    /**
+        The initial working directory for the new process.
+
+        If this field is empty, the current working directory of this process
+        is used.
+    */
+    wxString cwd;
+
+    /**
+        The environment variable map.
+
+        If the map is empty, the environment variables of the current process
+        are also used for the child one, otherwise only the variables defined
+        in this map are used.
+    */
+    wxEnvVariableHashMap env;
+};
+
+/**
+    Bit flags that can be used with wxExecute().
+ */
+enum
+{
+    /**
+        Execute the process asynchronously.
+
+        Notice that, due to its value, this is the default.
+     */
+    wxEXEC_ASYNC    = 0,
+
+    /**
+        Execute the process synchronously.
+     */
+    wxEXEC_SYNC     = 1,
+
+    /**
+        Always show the child process console under MSW.
+
+        The child console is hidden by default if the child IO is redirected,
+        this flag allows to change this and show it nevertheless.
+
+        This flag is ignored under the other platforms.
+     */
+    wxEXEC_SHOW_CONSOLE   = 2,
+
+    /**
+        Make the new process a group leader.
+
+        Under Unix, if the process is the group leader then passing
+        wxKILL_CHILDREN to wxKill() kills all children as well as pid.
+
+        Under MSW, applies only to console applications and is only supported
+        under NT family (i.e. not under Windows 9x). It corresponds to the
+        native @c CREATE_NEW_PROCESS_GROUP and, in particular, ensures that
+        Ctrl-Break signals will be sent to all children of this process as well
+        to the process itself. Support for this flag under MSW was added in
+        version 2.9.4 of wxWidgets.
+     */
+    wxEXEC_MAKE_GROUP_LEADER = 4,
+
+    /**
+        Don't disable the program UI while running the child synchronously.
+
+        By default synchronous execution disables all program windows to avoid
+        that the user interacts with the program while the child process is
+        running, you can use this flag to prevent this from happening.
+
+        This flag can only be used with ::wxEXEC_SYNC.
+     */
+    wxEXEC_NODISABLE = 8,
+
+    /**
+        Don't dispatch events while the child process is executed.
+
+        By default, the event loop is run while waiting for synchronous
+        execution to complete and this flag can be used to simply block the
+        main process until the child process finishes
+
+        This flag can only be used with ::wxEXEC_SYNC.
+     */
+    wxEXEC_NOEVENTS = 16,
+
+    /**
+        Hide child process console under MSW.
+
+        Under MSW, hide the console of the child process if it has one,
+        even if its IO is not redirected.
+
+        This flag is ignored under the other platforms.
+     */
+    wxEXEC_HIDE_CONSOLE = 32,
+
+    /**
+        Convenient synonym for flags given system()-like behaviour.
+     */
+    wxEXEC_BLOCK = wxEXEC_SYNC | wxEXEC_NOEVENTS
+};

 /**
     Executes another program in Unix or Windows.
 
 /**
     Executes another program in Unix or Windows.
 


@@ -739,18 +1070,22 @@ bool wxIsPlatformLittleEndian();
     wxProcess::OnTerminate() will be called when the process finishes.
     Specifying this parameter also allows you to redirect the standard input
     and/or output of the process being launched by calling
     wxProcess::OnTerminate() will be called when the process finishes.
     Specifying this parameter also allows you to redirect the standard input
     and/or output of the process being launched by calling

-    wxProcess::Redirect(). If the child process IO is redirected, under Windows
-    the process window is not shown by default (this avoids having to flush an
-    unnecessary console for the processes which don't create any windows
-    anyhow) but a @c wxEXEC_NOHIDE flag can be used to prevent this from
-    happening, i.e. with this flag the child process window will be shown
-    normally.
+    wxProcess::Redirect().
+
+    Under Windows, when launching a console process its console is shown by
+    default but hidden if its IO is redirected. Both of these default
+    behaviours may be overridden: if ::wxEXEC_HIDE_CONSOLE is specified, the
+    console will never be shown. If ::wxEXEC_SHOW_CONSOLE is used, the console
+    will be shown even if the child process IO is redirected. Neither of these
+    flags affect non-console Windows applications or does anything under the
+    other systems.

 
     Under Unix the flag @c wxEXEC_MAKE_GROUP_LEADER may be used to ensure that
     the new process is a group leader (this will create a new session if
     needed). Calling wxKill() passing wxKILL_CHILDREN will kill this process as
     well as all of its children (except those which have started their own
 
     Under Unix the flag @c wxEXEC_MAKE_GROUP_LEADER may be used to ensure that
     the new process is a group leader (this will create a new session if
     needed). Calling wxKill() passing wxKILL_CHILDREN will kill this process as
     well as all of its children (except those which have started their own

-    session).
+    session). Under MSW, this flag can be used with console processes only and
+    corresponds to the native @c CREATE_NEW_PROCESS_GROUP flag.

 
     The @c wxEXEC_NOEVENTS flag prevents processing of any events from taking
     place while the child process is running. It should be only used for very
 
     The @c wxEXEC_NOEVENTS flag prevents processing of any events from taking
     place while the child process is running. It should be only used for very


@@ -768,28 +1103,31 @@ bool wxIsPlatformLittleEndian();
         string, i.e. "emacs file.txt".
     @param flags
         Must include either wxEXEC_ASYNC or wxEXEC_SYNC and can also include
         string, i.e. "emacs file.txt".
     @param flags
         Must include either wxEXEC_ASYNC or wxEXEC_SYNC and can also include

-        wxEXEC_NOHIDE, wxEXEC_MAKE_GROUP_LEADER (in either case) or
-        wxEXEC_NODISABLE and wxEXEC_NOEVENTS or wxEXEC_BLOCK, which is equal to
-        their combination, in wxEXEC_SYNC case.
+        wxEXEC_SHOW_CONSOLE, wxEXEC_HIDE_CONSOLE, wxEXEC_MAKE_GROUP_LEADER (in
+        either case) or wxEXEC_NODISABLE and wxEXEC_NOEVENTS or wxEXEC_BLOCK,
+        which is equal to their combination, in wxEXEC_SYNC case.

     @param callback
         An optional pointer to wxProcess.
     @param callback
         An optional pointer to wxProcess.

+    @param env
+        An optional pointer to additional parameters for the child process,
+        such as its initial working directory and environment variables. This
+        parameter is available in wxWidgets 2.9.2 and later only.

 
 

-    @see wxShell(), wxProcess, @ref page_samples_exec
+    @see wxShell(), wxProcess, @ref page_samples_exec,
+         wxLaunchDefaultApplication(), wxLaunchDefaultBrowser()

 
     @header{wx/utils.h}
 
     @beginWxPerlOnly
 
     @header{wx/utils.h}
 
     @beginWxPerlOnly

-    This function is called @c Wx::ExecuteStdoutStderr and it only takes the
-    @a command argument, and returns a 3-element list (@c status, @c output,
-    @c errors), where @c output and @c errors are array references.
+    In wxPerl this function is called @c Wx::ExecuteCommand.

     @endWxPerlOnly
 */
 long wxExecute(const wxString& command, int flags = wxEXEC_ASYNC,
     @endWxPerlOnly
 */
 long wxExecute(const wxString& command, int flags = wxEXEC_ASYNC,

-                wxProcess* callback = NULL);
-
+                wxProcess* callback = NULL,
+                const wxExecuteEnv* env = NULL);

 //@}
 
 //@}
 

-/** @ingroup group_funcmacro_procctrl */
+/** @addtogroup group_funcmacro_procctrl */

 //@{
 /**
     This is an overloaded version of wxExecute(const wxString&,int,wxProcess*),
 //@{
 /**
     This is an overloaded version of wxExecute(const wxString&,int,wxProcess*),


@@ -803,22 +1141,32 @@ long wxExecute(const wxString& command, int flags = wxEXEC_ASYNC,
         additional ones are the command parameters and the array must be
         terminated with a @NULL pointer.
     @param flags
         additional ones are the command parameters and the array must be
         terminated with a @NULL pointer.
     @param flags

-        Must include either wxEXEC_ASYNC or wxEXEC_SYNC and can also include
-        wxEXEC_NOHIDE, wxEXEC_MAKE_GROUP_LEADER (in either case) or
-        wxEXEC_NODISABLE and wxEXEC_NOEVENTS or wxEXEC_BLOCK, which is equal to
-        their combination, in wxEXEC_SYNC case.
+        Same as for wxExecute(const wxString&,int,wxProcess*) overload.

     @param callback
         An optional pointer to wxProcess.
     @param callback
         An optional pointer to wxProcess.

+    @param env
+        An optional pointer to additional parameters for the child process,
+        such as its initial working directory and environment variables. This
+        parameter is available in wxWidgets 2.9.2 and later only.
+
+    @see wxShell(), wxProcess, @ref page_samples_exec,
+         wxLaunchDefaultApplication(), wxLaunchDefaultBrowser()

 
     @header{wx/utils.h}
 
     @header{wx/utils.h}

+
+    @beginWxPerlOnly
+    In wxPerl this function is called @c Wx::ExecuteArgs.
+    @endWxPerlOnly

 */
 long wxExecute(char** argv, int flags = wxEXEC_ASYNC,
 */
 long wxExecute(char** argv, int flags = wxEXEC_ASYNC,

-                wxProcess* callback = NULL);
+                wxProcess* callback = NULL,
+                const wxExecuteEnv *env = NULL);

 long wxExecute(wchar_t** argv, int flags = wxEXEC_ASYNC,
 long wxExecute(wchar_t** argv, int flags = wxEXEC_ASYNC,

-                wxProcess* callback = NULL);
+                wxProcess* callback = NULL,
+                const wxExecuteEnv *env = NULL);

 //@}
 
 //@}
 

-/** @ingroup group_funcmacro_procctrl */
+/** @addtogroup group_funcmacro_procctrl */

 //@{
 
 /**
 //@{
 
 /**


@@ -832,37 +1180,65 @@ long wxExecute(wchar_t** argv, int flags = wxEXEC_ASYNC,
     @param command
         The command to execute and any parameters to pass to it as a single
         string.
     @param command
         The command to execute and any parameters to pass to it as a single
         string.

+    @param output
+        The string array where the stdout of the executed process is saved.

     @param flags
     @param flags

-        Must include either wxEXEC_ASYNC or wxEXEC_SYNC and can also include
-        wxEXEC_NOHIDE, wxEXEC_MAKE_GROUP_LEADER (in either case) or
-        wxEXEC_NODISABLE and wxEXEC_NOEVENTS or wxEXEC_BLOCK, which is equal to
-        their combination, in wxEXEC_SYNC case.
+        Combination of flags to which ::wxEXEC_SYNC is always implicitly added.
+    @param env
+        An optional pointer to additional parameters for the child process,
+        such as its initial working directory and environment variables. This
+        parameter is available in wxWidgets 2.9.2 and later only.
+
+    @see wxShell(), wxProcess, @ref page_samples_exec,
+         wxLaunchDefaultApplication(), wxLaunchDefaultBrowser()

 
     @header{wx/utils.h}
 
     @header{wx/utils.h}

+
+    @beginWxPerlOnly
+    This function is called @c Wx::ExecuteStdout: it only takes the
+    @a command argument, and returns a 2-element list (@c status, @c output),
+    where @c output in an array reference.
+    @endWxPerlOnly

 */
 */

-long wxExecute(const wxString& command, wxArrayString& output,
-                int flags = 0);
+long wxExecute(const wxString& command, wxArrayString& output, int flags = 0,
+                const wxExecuteEnv *env = NULL);

 
 /**
     This is an overloaded version of wxExecute(const wxString&,int,wxProcess*),
     please see its documentation for general information.
 
     This version adds the possibility to additionally capture the messages from
 
 /**
     This is an overloaded version of wxExecute(const wxString&,int,wxProcess*),
     please see its documentation for general information.
 
     This version adds the possibility to additionally capture the messages from

-    standard error output in the @a errors array.
+    standard error output in the @a errors array. As with the above overload
+    capturing standard output only, execution is always synchronous.

 
     @param command
         The command to execute and any parameters to pass to it as a single
         string.
 
     @param command
         The command to execute and any parameters to pass to it as a single
         string.

+    @param output
+        The string array where the stdout of the executed process is saved.
+    @param errors
+        The string array where the stderr of the executed process is saved.

     @param flags
     @param flags

-        Must include either wxEXEC_ASYNC or wxEXEC_SYNC and can also include
-        wxEXEC_NOHIDE, wxEXEC_MAKE_GROUP_LEADER (in either case) or
-        wxEXEC_NODISABLE and wxEXEC_NOEVENTS or wxEXEC_BLOCK, which is equal to
-        their combination, in wxEXEC_SYNC case.
+        Combination of flags to which ::wxEXEC_SYNC is always implicitly added.
+    @param env
+        An optional pointer to additional parameters for the child process,
+        such as its initial working directory and environment variables. This
+        parameter is available in wxWidgets 2.9.2 and later only.
+
+    @see wxShell(), wxProcess, @ref page_samples_exec,
+         wxLaunchDefaultApplication(), wxLaunchDefaultBrowser()

 
     @header{wx/utils.h}
 
     @header{wx/utils.h}

+
+    @beginWxPerlOnly
+    This function is called @c Wx::ExecuteStdoutStderr: it only takes the
+    @a command argument, and returns a 3-element list (@c status, @c output,
+    @c errors), where @c output and @c errors are array references.
+    @endWxPerlOnly

 */
 long wxExecute(const wxString& command, wxArrayString& output,
 */
 long wxExecute(const wxString& command, wxArrayString& output,

-                wxArrayString& errors, int flags = 0);
+                wxArrayString& errors, int flags = 0,
+                const wxExecuteEnv *env = NULL);

 
 /**
     Returns the number uniquely identifying the current process in the system.
 
 /**
     Returns the number uniquely identifying the current process in the system.


@@ -874,7 +1250,9 @@ unsigned long wxGetProcessId();
 
 /**
     Equivalent to the Unix kill function: send the given signal @a sig to the
 
 /**
     Equivalent to the Unix kill function: send the given signal @a sig to the

-    process with PID @a pid. The valid signal values are:
+    process with PID @a pid.
+
+    The valid signal values are:

 
     @code
     enum wxSignal
 
     @code
     enum wxSignal


@@ -903,7 +1281,7 @@ unsigned long wxGetProcessId();
     @c wxSIGTERM under Windows.
 
     Returns 0 on success, -1 on failure. If the @a rc parameter is not @NULL,
     @c wxSIGTERM under Windows.
 
     Returns 0 on success, -1 on failure. If the @a rc parameter is not @NULL,

-    it will be filled with a value of the the @c wxKillError enum:
+    it will be filled with a value from the @c wxKillError enum:

 
     @code
     enum wxKillError
 
     @code
     enum wxKillError


@@ -926,8 +1304,8 @@ unsigned long wxGetProcessId();
 
     @header{wx/utils.h}
 */
 
     @header{wx/utils.h}
 */

-int wxKill(long pid, int sig = wxSIGTERM,
-            wxKillError rc = NULL, int flags = 0);
+int wxKill(long pid, wxSignal sig = wxSIGTERM,
+            wxKillError* rc = NULL, int flags = wxKILL_NOCHILDREN);

 
 /**
     Executes a command in an interactive shell window. If no command is
 
 /**
     Executes a command in an interactive shell window. If no command is


@@ -937,30 +1315,34 @@ int wxKill(long pid, int sig = wxSIGTERM,
 
     @header{wx/utils.h}
 */
 
     @header{wx/utils.h}
 */

-bool wxShell(const wxString& command = NULL);
+bool wxShell(const wxString& command = wxEmptyString);

 
 /**
     This function shuts down or reboots the computer depending on the value of
     the @a flags.
 
 
 /**
     This function shuts down or reboots the computer depending on the value of
     the @a flags.
 

-    @note Doing this requires the corresponding access rights (superuser under
-          Unix, SE_SHUTDOWN privilege under Windows NT) and that this function
-          is only implemented under Unix and Win32.
+    @note Note that performing the shutdown requires the corresponding access
+        rights (superuser under Unix, SE_SHUTDOWN privilege under Windows NT)
+        and that this function is only implemented under Unix and MSW.

 
     @param flags
 
     @param flags

-        Either wxSHUTDOWN_POWEROFF or wxSHUTDOWN_REBOOT
+        One of @c wxSHUTDOWN_POWEROFF, @c wxSHUTDOWN_REBOOT or
+        @c wxSHUTDOWN_LOGOFF (currently implemented only for MSW) possibly
+        combined with @c wxSHUTDOWN_FORCE which forces shutdown under MSW by
+        forcefully terminating all the applications. As doing this can result
+        in a data loss, this flag shouldn't be used unless really necessary.

 
     @return @true on success, @false if an error occurred.
 
     @header{wx/utils.h}
 */
 
     @return @true on success, @false if an error occurred.
 
     @header{wx/utils.h}
 */

-bool wxShutdown(wxShutdownFlags flags);
+bool wxShutdown(int flags = wxSHUTDOWN_POWEROFF);

 
 //@}
 
 
 
 
 //@}
 
 
 

-/** @ingroup group_funcmacro_time */
+/** @addtogroup group_funcmacro_time */

 //@{
 
 /**
 //@{
 
 /**