/**

 * $Id$

 *

 * Various path definitions and helper functions

 *

 * Copyright (c) 2005 Nathan Keynes.

 *

 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify

 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by

 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or

 * (at your option) any later version.

 *

 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,

 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of

 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the

 * GNU General Public License for more details.

 */

#ifndef lxdream_paths_H

#define lxdream_paths_H

#include <glib/gtypes.h>

/****************** System paths ****************/

/**

 * Location of the shared lxdreamrc (e.g. /usr/local/etc/lxdreamrc)

 */

const char *get_sysconf_path();

/**

 * Location of the message catalogs (e.g. /usr/local/share/locale)

 */

const char *get_locale_path();

/**

 * Location of the plugins, if any (e.g. /usr/local/lib/lxdream)

 */

const char *get_plugin_path();

/**

 * Location of the current user's data path (e.g. ~/.lxdream)

 */

const char *get_user_data_path();

/******************** Path helpers *****************/

/**

 * Escape a pathname if needed to prevent shell substitution.

 * @return a newly allocated string (or NULL if the input is NULL)

 */

gchar *get_escaped_path( const gchar *name );

/**

 * Expand a pathname according to standard shell substitution rules

 * (excluding command substitutions).

 * @return a newly allocated string (or NULL if the input is NULL)

 */

gchar *get_expanded_path( const gchar *name );

/**

 * Return an absolute path for the given input path, as a newly allocated

 * string. If the input path is already absolute, the returned string will

 * be identical to the input string.

 */

gchar *get_absolute_path( const gchar *path );

/**

 * Construct a filename in the same directory as the file at. That is,

 * if at is "/tmp/foo" and filename = "bar", the function returns 

 * "/tmp/bar".

 * @return a newly allocated string that must be released by the caller.

 */

gchar *get_filename_at( const gchar *at, const gchar *filename );

/********************* GUI Paths ***********************/

/* The following functions provide a cache for the most recently accessed

 * path for each config key (ie for GUI file open/save dialogs)

 */

/**

 * Get the path corresponding to the given global config key

 */

const gchar *get_gui_path(int key);

/**

 * Override the path for the given global config key, without changing the

 * underlying configuration.

 */

void set_gui_path( int key, const gchar *path );

/**

 * Notify the helper functions that the config paths have changed, in which

 * event they will revert to the config-specified versions.

 */

void reset_gui_paths();

#endif /* !lxdream_paths_H */