* \author Ruurd A. Reitsma
*
* Full author contact details are available in file CREDITS.
+ *
+ * wrap OS-specific stuff
*/
#ifndef OS_H
#define OS_H
-#include <string>
+#include "support/strfwd.h"
+#include <cstddef>
-/// wrap OS specific stuff
namespace lyx {
namespace support {
namespace os {
-//
enum shell_type {
UNIX, // Do we have to distinguish sh and csh?
CMD_EXE
};
-// do some work just once
-void init(int * argc, char ** argv[]);
-// returns path of LyX binary
-std::string binpath();
-// returns name of LyX binary
-std::string binname();
-//
-void setTmpDir(std::string const & p);
-//
-std::string getTmpDir();
-//
+enum io_channel {
+ STDIN = 0,
+ STDOUT,
+ STDERR
+};
+
+enum path_case {
+ CASE_UNCHANGED,
+ CASE_ADJUSTED
+};
+
+/// Do some work just once.
+void init(int argc, char * argv[]);
+
+/// Returns the name of the NULL device (/dev/null, null).
+std::string const & nulldev();
+
+/// Tells whether \p channel is connected to a terminal or not.
+bool is_terminal(io_channel channel);
+
+/// Returns "/" on *nix, "C:/", etc on Windows.
std::string current_root();
-//
+
+///
shell_type shell();
-// DBCS aware!
-std::string::size_type common_path(std::string const & p1, std::string const & p2);
-// no-op on UNIX, '\\'->'/' on OS/2 and Win32, ':'->'/' on MacOS, etc.
-std::string slashify_path(std::string const & p);
-// converts a host OS path to unix style
+
+/// Name of the python interpreter
+std::string const python();
+
+///
+bool isFilesystemCaseSensitive();
+
+/// Extract the path common to both @c p1 and @c p2. DBCS aware!
+/// \p p1 and \p p2 are encoded in ucs4, \returns the index to the end of
+/// the last matching path component (the index may be pointing after the
+/// end of @c p1 or @c p2 if their last char is not the path separator).
+std::size_t common_path(docstring const & p1, docstring const & p2);
+
+/// Converts a unix style path to host OS style.
+/// \p p and the return value are encoded in utf8.
std::string external_path(std::string const & p);
-// converts a unix path to host OS style
+
+/// Converts a host OS style path to unix style.
+/// \p p and the return value are encoded in utf8.
std::string internal_path(std::string const & p);
-// is path absolute?
-bool is_absolute_path(std::string const & p);
-// returns a string suitable to be passed to popen when
-// same for popen().
- char const * popen_read_mode();
-//
-void warn(std::string const & mesg);
+
+/// Converts a unix style path list to host OS style.
+/// \p p and the return value are encoded in utf8.
+std::string external_path_list(std::string const & p);
+
+/// Converts a host OS style path list to unix style.
+/// \p p and the return value are encoded in utf8.
+std::string internal_path_list(std::string const & p);
+
+/**
+ * Converts a unix style path into a form suitable for inclusion in a LaTeX
+ * document.
+ * \p p is encoded in utf8.
+ * Caution: This function handles only the OS specific part of that task.
+ * Never use it directly, use lyx::support::latex_path instead.
+ */
+std::string latex_path(std::string const & p);
+
+/// Checks if the format string is suitable on the OS
+bool is_valid_strftime(std::string const & p);
+
+/** Returns a string suitable to be passed to popen when
+ * reading a file.
+ */
+char const * popen_read_mode();
+
+/** The character used to separate paths returned by the
+ * PATH environment variable.
+ */
+char path_separator();
+
+/** If @c use_windows_paths is true, LyX will output Windows-style paths to
+ * latex files rather than posix ones. Obviously, this option is used only
+ * under Windows.
+ */
+void windows_style_tex_paths(bool use_windows_paths);
+
+enum auto_open_mode {
+ VIEW,
+ EDIT
+};
+
+/** Check whether or not a file can be opened by a default viewer or editor.
+ * \param extension (without leading .)
+ * \param mode can be opened in VIEW or EDIT mode
+ * \returns whether or not the format can be opened according to \p mode
+ */
+bool canAutoOpenFile(std::string const & ext, auto_open_mode const mode = VIEW);
+
+/** View or edit a file with the default viewer or editor.
+ * \param filename file to open (encoded in utf8)
+ * \param mode open in VIEW or EDIT mode
+ * \returns whether or not the file is viewed (or edited) successfully.
+ */
+bool autoOpenFile(std::string const & filename, auto_open_mode const mode = VIEW);
+
+/** Resolves a path such that it does not contain '.', '..', or symbolic links.
+ * \warning the path must already be in the filesystem encoding.
+ * \returns the resolved path in utf8 encoding.
+ */
+std::string real_path(std::string const & path);
+
+/** Checks whether \param path starts with \param pre, accounting for case
+ * insensitive file systems.
+ */
+bool path_prefix_is(std::string const & path, std::string const & pre);
+
+/** Checks whether \param path starts with \param pre, accounting for case
+ * insensitive file systems. If true, the file system is case insensitive,
+ * and \param how == CASE_ADJUSTED, the case of the matching prefix in
+ * @c path is made equal to that of @c pre.
+ */
+bool path_prefix_is(std::string & path, std::string const & pre, path_case how = CASE_UNCHANGED);
} // namespace os
} // namespace support