CMD_EXE
};
-enum io_channel {
- STDIN = 0,
- STDOUT,
- STDERR
-};
-
enum path_case {
CASE_UNCHANGED,
CASE_ADJUSTED
};
+enum file_access {
+ EXISTING,
+ CREATE
+};
+
/// Do some work just once.
void init(int argc, char * argv[]);
+/// Returns the i-th program argument in utf8 encoding.
+std::string utf8_argv(int i);
+
+/// Removes from the internal copy \p num program arguments starting from \p i.
+void remove_internal_args(int i, int num);
+
/// 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();
+/// Returns no. of minutes allowed for a command to complete.
+int timeout_min();
+
/// Name of the python interpreter
-std::string const python();
+/// @param reset True if the python path should be recomputed
+std::string const python(bool reset = false);
///
bool isFilesystemCaseSensitive();
/// \p p and the return value are encoded in utf8.
std::string internal_path(std::string const & p);
+/// Converts a host OS style path to a unicode safe unix style.
+/// On Windows, this is achieved by using the short form of the path,
+/// which can be safely passed to standard I/O functions expecting narrow
+/// char paths even when the path contains non-ascii chars.
+/// As the short form is only available for existing files, if the file is
+/// to be accessed for writing, \param how should be set to CREATE.
+/// \p p and the return value are encoded in utf8.
+std::string safe_internal_path(std::string const & p, file_access how = EXISTING);
+
/// 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);
*/
std::string latex_path(std::string const & p);
+/**
+ * Converts a platform style path list into a form suitable for the TeX engine.
+ * \p p is encoded in utf8.
+ */
+std::string latex_path_list(std::string const & p);
+
/// Checks if the format string is suitable on the OS
bool is_valid_strftime(std::string const & p);
*/
char const * popen_read_mode();
-/** The character used to separate paths returned by the
- * PATH environment variable.
+enum path_type {
+ PLATFORM,
+ TEXENGINE
+};
+
+/** The character used to separate paths for platform environment variables
+ * (such as PATH) or for the TeX engine.
*/
-char path_separator();
+char path_separator(path_type type = PLATFORM);
/** 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
* \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);
+bool canAutoOpenFile(std::string const & ext, auto_open_mode const mode);
/** 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);
+bool autoOpenFile(std::string const & filename, auto_open_mode const mode,
+ std::string const & path = empty_string());
/** 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.
+ * \p path and the return value are encoded in utf8.
*/
std::string real_path(std::string const & path);