X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/wxWidgets.git/blobdiff_plain/7af3ca164537ce06c7df5f9923a53a0d82e21cd0..e588dd6b1abfbf0315523487b6b9b9c0b51dce9b:/docs/latex/wx/config.tex diff --git a/docs/latex/wx/config.tex b/docs/latex/wx/config.tex index d8e9f3b302..03b3a89223 100644 --- a/docs/latex/wx/config.tex +++ b/docs/latex/wx/config.tex @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ No base class (to let wxWindows choose a wxConfig class for your platform)\\ (base config class)\\ - (wxFileconfig class)\\ + (wxFileConfig class)\\ (wxRegConfig class)\\ (wxIniConfig class) @@ -87,9 +87,8 @@ one (especially because creating a wxFileConfig object might be a time consuming operation). In this case, you may create this global config object in the very start of the program and {\it Set()} it as the default. Then, from anywhere in your program, you may access it using the {\it Get()} function. -Note that wxWindows will delete this config object for you during the program -shutdown (from \helpref{wxApp::OnExit}{wxapponexit} to be precise) but you can -also do it yourself earlier if needed. +Note that you must delete this object (usually in \helpref{wxApp::OnExit}{wxapponexit}) +in order to avoid memory leaks, wxWindows won't do it automatically. As it happens, you may even further simplify the procedure described above: you may forget about calling {\it Set()}. When {\it Get()} is called and there @@ -183,11 +182,11 @@ regardless of the platform (i.e. it is {\bf not} '$\backslash\backslash$' under \membersection{Enumeration} The functions in this section allow to enumerate all entries and groups in the -config file. All functions here return FALSE when there are no more items. +config file. All functions here return false when there are no more items. You must pass the same index to GetNext and GetFirst (don't modify it). Please note that it is {\bf not} the index of the current item (you will have -some great surprizes with wxRegConfig if you assume this) and you shouldn't +some great surprises with wxRegConfig if you assume this) and you shouldn't even look at it: it is just a "cookie" which stores the state of the enumeration. It can't be stored inside the class because it would prevent you from running several enumerations simultaneously, that's why you must pass it @@ -276,7 +275,7 @@ arbitrary path (either relative or absolute), not just the key name. \membersection{Rename entries/groups} The functions in this section allow to rename entries or subgroups of the -current group. They will return FALSE on error. typically because either the +current group. They will return false on error. typically because either the entry/group with the original name doesn't exist, because the entry/group with the new name already exists or because the function is not supported in this wxConfig implementation. @@ -315,8 +314,8 @@ the call to {\tt config->Read("UserData")} will return something like Although this feature is very useful, it may be annoying if you read a value which containts '\$' or '\%' symbols (\% is used for environment variables expansion under Windows) which are not used for environment variable -expansion. In this situation you may call SetExpandEnvVars(FALSE) just before -reading this value and SetExpandEnvVars(TRUE) just after. Another solution +expansion. In this situation you may call SetExpandEnvVars(false) just before +reading this value and SetExpandEnvVars(true) just after. Another solution would be to prefix the offending symbols with a backslash. The following functions control this option: @@ -339,7 +338,8 @@ The following functions control this option: \param{const wxString\& }{vendorName = wxEmptyString}, \param{const wxString\& }{localFilename = wxEmptyString}, \param{const wxString\& }{globalFilename = wxEmptyString}, - \param{long}{ style = 0}} + \param{long}{ style = 0}, + \param{wxMBConv\&}{ conv = wxConvUTF8}} This is the default and only constructor of the wxConfigBase class, and derived classes. @@ -368,8 +368,24 @@ a local or global config file is created or used. If the flag is present but the parameter is empty, the parameter will be set to a default. If the parameter is present but the style flag not, the relevant flag will be added to the style. For wxFileConfig you can also add wxCONFIG\_USE\_RELATIVE\_PATH -by logicaly or'ing it to either of the \_FILE options to tell wxFileConfig to -use relative instead of absolute paths. } +by logically or'ing it to either of the \_FILE options to tell wxFileConfig to +use relative instead of absolute paths. For wxFileConfig, you can also +add wxCONFIG\_USE\_NO\_ESCAPE\_CHARACTERS which will turn off character +escaping for the values of entries stored in the config file: for example +a {\it foo} key with some backslash characters will be stored as {\tt foo=C:$\backslash$mydir} instead +of the usual storage of {\tt foo=C:$\backslash\backslash$mydir}. + +The wxCONFIG\_USE\_NO\_ESCAPE\_CHARACTERS style can be helpful if your config +file must be read or written to by a non-wxWindows program (which might not +understand the escape characters). Note, however, that if +wxCONFIG\_USE\_NO\_ESCAPE\_CHARACTERS style is used, it is is now +your application's responsibility to ensure that there is no newline or +other illegal characters in a value, before writing that value to the file.} + +\docparam{conv}{This parameter is only used by wxFileConfig when compiled +in Unicode mode. It specifies the encoding in what the configuration file +is written.} + \wxheading{Remarks} @@ -408,7 +424,7 @@ for use by desinstallation routine. \membersection{wxConfigBase::DeleteEntry}\label{wxconfigbasedeleteentry} -\func{bool}{DeleteEntry}{\param{const wxString\& }{ key}, \param{bool}{ bDeleteGroupIfEmpty = TRUE}} +\func{bool}{DeleteEntry}{\param{const wxString\& }{ key}, \param{bool}{ bDeleteGroupIfEmpty = true}} Deletes the specified entry and the group it belongs to if it was the last key in it and the second parameter is true. @@ -423,21 +439,21 @@ Delete the group (with all subgroups) \constfunc{bool}{Exists}{\param{wxString\& }{strName}} -returns TRUE if either a group or an entry with a given name exists +returns true if either a group or an entry with a given name exists \membersection{wxConfigBase::Flush}\label{wxconfigbaseflush} -\func{bool}{Flush}{\param{bool }{bCurrentOnly = FALSE}} +\func{bool}{Flush}{\param{bool }{bCurrentOnly = false}} permanently writes all changes (otherwise, they're only written from object's destructor) \membersection{wxConfigBase::Get}\label{wxconfigbaseget} -\func{static wxConfigBase *}{Get}{\param{bool }{CreateOnDemand = TRUE}} +\func{static wxConfigBase *}{Get}{\param{bool }{CreateOnDemand = true}} Get the current config object. If there is no current object and -{\it CreateOnDemand} is TRUE, creates one +{\it CreateOnDemand} is true, creates one (using {\it Create}) unless DontCreateOnDemand was called previously. \membersection{wxConfigBase::GetAppName}\label{wxconfigbasegetappname} @@ -523,11 +539,11 @@ and returns a 3-element list {\tt ( continue, str, index )}.} \membersection{wxConfigBase::GetNumberOfEntries}\label{wxconfigbasegetnumberofentries} -\constfunc{uint }{GetNumberOfEntries}{\param{bool }{bRecursive = FALSE}} +\constfunc{uint }{GetNumberOfEntries}{\param{bool }{bRecursive = false}} \membersection{wxConfigBase::GetNumberOfGroups}\label{wxconfigbasegetnumberofgroups} -\constfunc{uint}{GetNumberOfGroups}{\param{bool }{bRecursive = FALSE}} +\constfunc{uint}{GetNumberOfGroups}{\param{bool }{bRecursive = false}} Get number of entries/subgroups in the current group, with or without its subgroups. @@ -548,31 +564,31 @@ Returns the vendor name. \constfunc{bool}{HasEntry}{\param{wxString\& }{strName}} -returns TRUE if the entry by this name exists +returns true if the entry by this name exists \membersection{wxConfigBase::HasGroup}\label{wxconfigbasehasgroup} \constfunc{bool}{HasGroup}{\param{const wxString\& }{strName}} -returns TRUE if the group by this name exists +returns true if the group by this name exists \membersection{wxConfigBase::IsExpandingEnvVars}\label{wxconfigbaseisexpandingenvvars} \constfunc{bool}{IsExpandingEnvVars}{\void} -Returns TRUE if we are expanding environment variables in key values. +Returns true if we are expanding environment variables in key values. \membersection{wxConfigBase::IsRecordingDefaults}\label{wxconfigbaseisrecordingdefaults} \constfunc{bool}{IsRecordingDefaults}{\void} -Returns TRUE if we are writing defaults back to the config file. +Returns true if we are writing defaults back to the config file. \membersection{wxConfigBase::Read}\label{wxconfigbaseread} \constfunc{bool}{Read}{\param{const wxString\& }{key}, \param{wxString*}{ str}} -Read a string from the key, returning TRUE if the value was read. If the key +Read a string from the key, returning true if the value was read. If the key was not found, {\it str} is not changed. \constfunc{bool}{Read}{\param{const wxString\& }{key}, \param{wxString*}{ str}, \param{const wxString\& }{defaultVal}} @@ -580,7 +596,7 @@ was not found, {\it str} is not changed. Read a string from the key. The default value is returned if the key was not found. -Returns TRUE if value was really read, FALSE if the default was used. +Returns true if value was really read, false if the default was used. \constfunc{wxString}{Read}{\param{const wxString\& }{key}, \param{const wxString\& }{defaultVal}} @@ -589,13 +605,13 @@ Another version of {\it Read()}, returning the string value directly. \constfunc{bool}{Read}{\param{const wxString\& }{ key}, \param{long*}{ l}} -Reads a long value, returning TRUE if the value was found. If the value was +Reads a long value, returning true if the value was found. If the value was not found, {\it l} is not changed. \constfunc{bool}{Read}{\param{const wxString\& }{ key}, \param{long*}{ l}, \param{long}{ defaultVal}} -Reads a long value, returning TRUE if the value was found. If the value was +Reads a long value, returning true if the value was found. If the value was not found, {\it defaultVal} is used instead. \constfunc{long }{Read}{\param{const wxString\& }{key}, \param{long}{ defaultVal}} @@ -622,24 +638,24 @@ won't work because the call is ambiguous: compiler can not choose between two \constfunc{bool}{Read}{\param{const wxString\& }{ key}, \param{double*}{ d}} -Reads a double value, returning TRUE if the value was found. If the value was +Reads a double value, returning true if the value was found. If the value was not found, {\it d} is not changed. \constfunc{bool}{Read}{\param{const wxString\& }{ key}, \param{double*}{ d}, \param{double}{ defaultVal}} -Reads a double value, returning TRUE if the value was found. If the value was +Reads a double value, returning true if the value was found. If the value was not found, {\it defaultVal} is used instead. \constfunc{bool}{Read}{\param{const wxString\& }{ key}, \param{bool*}{ b}} -Reads a bool value, returning TRUE if the value was found. If the value was +Reads a bool value, returning true if the value was found. If the value was not found, {\it b} is not changed. \constfunc{bool}{Read}{\param{const wxString\& }{ key}, \param{bool*}{ d}, \param{bool}{ defaultVal}} -Reads a bool value, returning TRUE if the value was found. If the value was +Reads a bool value, returning true if the value was found. If the value was not found, {\it defaultVal} is used instead. \pythonnote{In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPython @@ -668,7 +684,7 @@ Renames an entry in the current group. The entries names (both the old and the new one) shouldn't contain backslashes, i.e. only simple names and not arbitrary paths are accepted by this function. -Returns FALSE if the {\it oldName} doesn't exist or if {\it newName} already +Returns false if the {\it oldName} doesn't exist or if {\it newName} already exists. \membersection{wxConfigBase::RenameGroup}\label{wxconfigbaserenamegroup} @@ -679,7 +695,7 @@ Renames a subgroup of the current group. The subgroup names (both the old and the new one) shouldn't contain backslashes, i.e. only simple names and not arbitrary paths are accepted by this function. -Returns FALSE if the {\it oldName} doesn't exist or if {\it newName} already +Returns false if the {\it oldName} doesn't exist or if {\it newName} already exists. \membersection{wxConfigBase::Set}\label{wxconfigbaseset} @@ -691,7 +707,7 @@ current object (both the parameter and returned value may be NULL) \membersection{wxConfigBase::SetExpandEnvVars}\label{wxconfigbasesetexpandenvvars} -\func{void}{SetExpandEnvVars }{\param{bool }{bDoIt = TRUE}} +\func{void}{SetExpandEnvVars }{\param{bool }{bDoIt = true}} Determine whether we wish to expand environment variables in key values. @@ -705,7 +721,7 @@ exist it is created. \membersection{wxConfigBase::SetRecordDefaults}\label{wxconfigbasesetrecorddefaults} -\func{void}{SetRecordDefaults}{\param{bool }{bDoIt = TRUE}} +\func{void}{SetRecordDefaults}{\param{bool }{bDoIt = true}} Sets whether defaults are recorded to the config file whenever an attempt to read read the value which is not present in it is done. @@ -738,7 +754,7 @@ value}} \func{bool}{Write}{\param{const wxString\& }{ key}, \param{bool}{ value}} -These functions write the specified value to the config file and return TRUE +These functions write the specified value to the config file and return true on success. \pythonnote{In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPython