#ifndef QSTRING_HELPERS_H
#define QSTRING_HELPERS_H
-#include "support/docstring.h"
+#include "support/strfwd.h"
-#include <QString>
+class QString;
namespace lyx {
+class LyXErr;
+
+LyXErr & operator<<(LyXErr &, QString const &);
+
/**
* toqstr - convert a UTF8 encoded char * into a QString
*
* This should not be used, since all possibly non-ASCII stuff should be
* stored in a docstring.
*/
-inline QString const toqstr(char const * str)
-{
- return QString::fromUtf8(str);
-}
+QString toqstr(char const * str);
/**
* This should not be used, since all possibly non-ASCII stuff should be
* stored in a docstring.
*/
-inline QString const toqstr(std::string const & str)
-{
- return toqstr(str.c_str());
-}
+QString toqstr(std::string const & str);
/// Is \p c a valid utf16 char?
* This is the preferred method of converting anything that possibly
* contains non-ASCII stuff to QString.
*/
-inline QString const toqstr(docstring const & ucs4)
-{
- // If possible we let qt do the work, since this version does not
- // need to be superfast.
- return QString::fromUcs4(reinterpret_cast<uint const *>(ucs4.data()), ucs4.length());
-}
+QString toqstr(docstring const & ucs4);
+/**
+ * toqstr - convert a UCS4 encoded character into a QString
+ *
+ * This is the preferred method of converting anything that possibly
+ * contains non-ASCII stuff to QString.
+ */
+QString toqstr(char_type ucs4);
/**
* qstring_to_ucs4 - convert a QString into a UCS4 encoded docstring
* This is the preferred method of converting anything that possibly
* contains non-ASCII stuff to docstring.
*/
-docstring const qstring_to_ucs4(QString const & qstr);
-
+docstring qstring_to_ucs4(QString const & qstr);
/**
* fromqstr - convert a QString into a UTF8 encoded std::string
* This should not be used except for output to lyxerr, since all possibly
* non-ASCII stuff should be stored in a docstring.
*/
-std::string const fromqstr(QString const & str);
+std::string fromqstr(QString const & str);
+
+/**
+ * constructs a regex to filter on consecutive characters
+ * matches lower- and uppercase on lowercase characters,
+ * and just uppercase for uppercase
+ */
+QString charFilterRegExp(QString const & filter);
+
+/**
+ * as above, but constructs a capturing regex for a sequence of characters
+ */
+QString charFilterRegExpC(QString const & filter);
} // namespace lyx