X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/wxWidgets.git/blobdiff_plain/8e124873c5bd39ba8e9cc3c05ac7e4c97fbe59cd..066f3611df971be93b2ec46b82c2f05f3ff9a422:/docs/latex/wx/mimetype.tex diff --git a/docs/latex/wx/mimetype.tex b/docs/latex/wx/mimetype.tex index 822e0a553c..f3fcf52bdc 100644 --- a/docs/latex/wx/mimetype.tex +++ b/docs/latex/wx/mimetype.tex @@ -19,8 +19,23 @@ additional functions \helpref{wxMimeTypesManager::ReadMimeTypes}{wxmimetypesmanagerreadmimetypes} are provided to load additional files. +If GNOME or KDE desktop environment is installed, then wxMimeTypesManager +gathers MIME information from respective files (e.g. .kdelnk files under KDE). + NB: Currently, wxMimeTypesManager is limited to reading MIME type information -but it will support modifying it as well in the future versions. +but it will support modifying it as well in future versions. + +\wxheading{Global objects} + +Global instance of wxMimeTypesManager is always available. It is defined +as follows: + +\begin{verbatim} +wxMimeTypesManager *wxTheMimeTypesManager; +\end{verbatim} + +It is recommended to use this instance instead of creating your own because +gathering MIME information may take quite a long time on Unix systems. \wxheading{Derived from} @@ -30,13 +45,18 @@ No base class. +\wxheading{Library} + +\helpref{wxBase}{librarieslist} + \wxheading{See also} \helpref{wxFileType}{wxfiletype} \latexignore{\rtfignore{\wxheading{Function groups}}} -\membersection{Helper functions} + +\membersection{Helper functions}\label{mimehelperfunctions} 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 @@ -45,7 +65,8 @@ types using wxString functions. \helpref{IsOfType}{wxmimetypesmanagerisoftype} -\membersection{Constructor and destructor} + +\membersection{Constructor and destructor}\label{mimeconstructordestructor} NB: You won't normally need to use more than one wxMimeTypesManager object in a program. @@ -53,16 +74,18 @@ program. \helpref{wxMimeTypesManager}{wxmimetypesmanagerctor}\\ \helpref{\destruct{wxMimeTypesManager}}{wxmimetypesmanagerdtor} -\membersection{Query database} + +\membersection{Query database}\label{mimequerydatabase} These functions are the heart of this class: they allow to find a \helpref{file type}{wxfiletype} object from either file extension or MIME type. If the function is successful, it returns a pointer to the wxFileType object -which {\bf must} be deleted by the caller, otherwise NULL will be returned. +which {\bf must} be deleted by the caller, otherwise \NULL will be returned. \helpref{GetFileTypeFromMimeType}{wxmimetypesmanagergetfiletypefrommimetype}\\ \helpref{GetFileTypeFromExtension}{wxmimetypesmanagergetfiletypefromextension} + \membersection{Initialization functions}\label{wxmimetypesmanagerinit} {\bf Unix:} These functions may be used to load additional files (except for the @@ -80,6 +103,7 @@ information in either mailcap(5) or mime.types(5) format. }} + \membersection{wxMimeTypesManager::wxMimeTypesManager}\label{wxmimetypesmanagerctor} \func{}{wxMimeTypesManager}{\void} @@ -88,54 +112,63 @@ Constructor puts the object in the "working" state, no additional initialization are needed - but \helpref{ReadXXX}{wxmimetypesmanagerinit} may be used to load additional mailcap/mime.types files. + \membersection{wxMimeTypesManager::\destruct{wxMimeTypesManager}}\label{wxmimetypesmanagerdtor} \func{}{\destruct{wxMimeTypesManager}}{\void} 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 +This function may be used to provide 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}} Gather information about the files with given extension and return the -corresponding \helpref{wxFileType}{wxfiletype} object or NULL if the extension +corresponding \helpref{wxFileType}{wxfiletype} object or \NULL if the extension is unknown. +The \arg{extension} parameter may have, or not, the leading dot, if it has it, +it is stripped automatically. It must not however be empty. + + \membersection{wxMimeTypesManager::GetFileTypeFromMimeType}\label{wxmimetypesmanagergetfiletypefrommimetype} \func{wxFileType*}{GetFileTypeFromMimeType}{\param{const wxString\&}{ mimeType}} Gather information about the files with given MIME type and return the -corresponding \helpref{wxFileType}{wxfiletype} object or NULL if the MIME type +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 +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 +The comparison 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{bool}{ReadMailcap}{\param{const wxString\&}{ filename}, \param{bool}{ fallback = FALSE}} +\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 @@ -145,11 +178,12 @@ information. 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). +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 +The return value is true if there were no errors in the file or false otherwise. + \membersection{wxMimeTypesManager::ReadMimeTypes}\label{wxmimetypesmanagerreadmimetypes} \func{bool}{ReadMimeTypes}{\param{const wxString\&}{ filename}} @@ -158,6 +192,6 @@ 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 +The return value is true if there were no errors in the file or false otherwise.