(J��rgen Spitzm��ller): implement a BrowseDir capablility in the File Dialog.

[features.git] / src / frontends / controllers / helper_funcs.C

diff --git a/src/frontends/controllers/helper_funcs.C b/src/frontends/controllers/helper_funcs.C
index e853bb6cdcfa59da6382bad2193f8f559fc28bd7..8fa6d4d9d436d83700cc1d55c19abe0f78d039b2 100644 (file)
--- a/src/frontends/controllers/helper_funcs.C
+++ b/src/frontends/controllers/helper_funcs.C
@@ -89,6 +89,40 @@ string const browseRelFile(LyXView * lv, string const & filename,
 }
 
 
+string const browseDir(LyXView * lv, string const & pathname,
+                       string const & title,
+                       pair<string,string> const & dir1,
+                       pair<string,string> const & dir2)
+{
+       string lastPath(".");
+       if (!pathname.empty())
+               lastPath = OnlyPath(pathname);
+
+       FileDialog fileDlg(lv, title, LFUN_SELECT_FILE_SYNC, dir1, dir2);
+
+       FileDialog::Result result;
+
+       while (true) {
+               result = fileDlg.opendir(lastPath,
+                               OnlyFilename(pathname));
+
+               if (result.second.empty())
+                       return result.second;
+
+               lastPath = OnlyPath(result.second);
+
+               if (result.second.find_first_of("#~$% ") == string::npos)
+                       break;
+
+               Alert::alert(_("directory name can't contain any "
+                       "of these characters:"),
+                       _("space, '#', '~', '$' or '%'."));
+       }
+
+       return result.second;
+}
+
+
 // sorry this is just a temporary hack we should include vspace.h! (Jug)
 extern const char * stringFromUnit(int);