X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/wxWidgets.git/blobdiff_plain/8648883bfe1106c807f7ab3facddae36419ccead..b72979e918a07a9c4860bac4aea5c216cabbf21e:/docs/latex/wx/stdpaths.tex diff --git a/docs/latex/wx/stdpaths.tex b/docs/latex/wx/stdpaths.tex index 8e1817a43c..b7f08e9bf3 100644 --- a/docs/latex/wx/stdpaths.tex +++ b/docs/latex/wx/stdpaths.tex @@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ the Windows directory may be named \texttt{W:$\backslash$Win2003} instead of the default \texttt{C:$\backslash$Windows}. The strings \texttt{\textit{appname}} and \texttt{\textit{username}} should be -replaced with the value returned by \helpref{wxApp::GetAppName}{wxappgetappname} -and the name of the currently logged in user, respectively. The string +replaced with the value returned by \helpref{wxApp::GetAppName}{wxappgetappname} +and the name of the currently logged in user, respectively. The string \texttt{\textit{prefix}} is only used under Unix and is \texttt{/usr/local} by default but may be changed using \helpref{SetInstallPrefix}{wxstandardpathssetinstallprefix}. @@ -95,16 +95,32 @@ Example return values: \helpref{GetLocalDataDir}{wxstandardpathsgetlocaldatadir} +\membersection{wxStandardPaths::GetDocumentsDir}\label{wxstandardpathsgetdocumentsdir} + +\func{wxString}{GetDocumentsDir}{\void} + +Return the directory containing the current user's documents. + +Example return values: +\begin{itemize} + \item Unix: \tt{~} (the home directory) + \item Windows: \texttt{C:$\backslash$Documents and Settings$\backslash$\textit{username}$\backslash$Documents} + \item Mac: \texttt{~/Documents} +\end{itemize} + +\newsince{2.7.0} + + \membersection{wxStandardPaths::GetInstallPrefix}\label{wxstandardpathsgetinstallprefix} \func{wxString}{GetInstallPrefix}{\void} \textbf{Note: } This function is only available under Unix. -Return the program installation prefix, e.g. \texttt{/usr}, \texttt{/opt} or +Return the program installation prefix, e.g. \texttt{/usr}, \texttt{/opt} or \texttt{/home/zeitlin}. -If the prefix had been previously by +If the prefix had been previously by \helpref{SetInstallPrefix}{wxstandardpathssetinstallprefix}, returns that value, otherwise tries to determine it automatically (Linux only right now) and finally returns the default \texttt{/usr/local} value if it failed. @@ -121,12 +137,51 @@ This is the same as \helpref{GetDataDir()}{wxstandardpathsgetdatadir} except under Unix where it returns \texttt{/etc/\textit{appname}}. +\membersection{wxStandardPaths::GetLocalizedResourcesDir}\label{wxstandardpathsgetlocalizedresourcesdir} + +\func{wxString}{GetLocalizedResourcesDir}{\param{const wxChar*}{ lang}, \param{ResourceCat}{ category = ResourceCat\_None}} + +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 \arg{lang} subdirectory of +\helpref{GetResourcesDir()}{wxstandardpathsgetresourcesdir} (or +\texttt{\arg{lang}.lproj} under Mac OS X) but is something quite +different for message catalog category under Unix where it returns the standard +\texttt{\textit{prefix}/share/locale/\arg{lang}/LC\_MESSAGES} directory. + +\newsince{2.7.0} + + \membersection{wxStandardPaths::GetPluginsDir}\label{wxstandardpathsgetpluginsdir} \func{wxString}{GetPluginsDir}{\void} Return the directory where the loadable modules (plugins) live. +Example return values: +\begin{itemize} + \item Unix: \texttt{\textit{prefix}/share/\textit{appname}} + \item Windows: the directory where the executable file is located + \item Mac: \texttt{\textit{appname}.app/Contents/Resources} bundle subdirectory +\end{itemize} + +\wxheading{See also} + +\helpref{wxDynamicLibrary}{wxdynamiclibrary} + + +\membersection{wxStandardPaths::GetResourcesDir}\label{wxstandardpathsgetresourcesdir} + +\func{wxString}{GetResourcesDir}{\void} + +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 \helpref{GetDataDir}{wxstandardpathsgetdatadir} for +all platforms except Mac OS X. + Example return values: \begin{itemize} \item Unix: \texttt{\textit{prefix}/lib/\textit{appname}} @@ -134,9 +189,12 @@ Example return values: \item Mac: \texttt{\textit{appname}.app/Contents/PlugIns} bundle subdirectory \end{itemize} +\newsince{2.7.0} + + \wxheading{See also} -\helpref{wxDynamicLibrary}{wxdynamiclibrary} +\helpref{GetLocalizedResourcesDir}{wxstandardpathsgetlocalizedresourcesdir} \membersection{wxStandardPaths::GetUserConfigDir}\label{wxstandardpathsgetuserconfigdir} @@ -146,7 +204,7 @@ Example return values: Return the directory for the user config files: \begin{itemize} \item Unix: \tt{~} (the home directory) - \item Windows: \tt{C:$\backslash$Documents and Settings$\backslash$\textit{username}} + \item Windows: \tt{C:$\backslash$Documents and Settings$\backslash$\textit{username}$\backslash$Application Data} \item Mac: \tt{~/Library/Preferences} \end{itemize} @@ -175,7 +233,7 @@ Return the directory for user data files which shouldn't be shared with the other machines. This is the same as \helpref{GetUserDataDir()}{wxstandardpathsgetuserdatadir} for -all platforms except Windows where it returns +all platforms except Windows where it returns \texttt{C:$\backslash$Documents and Settings$\backslash$\textit{username}$\backslash$Local Settings$\backslash$Application Data$\backslash$\textit{appname}} @@ -186,7 +244,7 @@ all platforms except Windows where it returns \textbf{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 +system. By default, the value returned by \helpref{GetInstallPrefix}{wxstandardpathsgetinstallprefix} is used. Although under Linux systems the program prefix may usually be determined