wxString EDA_APP::GetHelpFile( void )
{
wxString fn;
wxArrayString subdirs, altsubdirs;
/* FIXME: This is not the ideal way to handle this. Unfortunately, the
* CMake install paths seem to be a moving target so this crude
* hack solve the problem of install path differences between
* Windows and non-Windows platforms. */
// Partially fixed, but must be enhanced
// Create subdir tree for "standard" linux distributions, when KiCad comes
// from a distribution files are in /usr/share/doc/kicad/help and binaries
// in /usr/bin or /usr/local/bin
subdirs.Add( wxT( "share" ) );
subdirs.Add( _T( "doc" ) );
subdirs.Add( wxT( "kicad" ) );
subdirs.Add( _T( "help" ) );
// Create subdir tree for linux and Windows KiCad pack.
// Note the pack form under linux is also useful if a user wants to
// install KiCad to a server because there is only one path to mount
// or export (something like /usr/local/kicad).
// files are in <install dir>/kicad/doc/help
// (often /usr/local/kicad/kicad/doc/help)
// <install dir>/kicad/ is retrieved from m_BinDir
altsubdirs.Add( _T( "doc" ) );
altsubdirs.Add( _T( "help" ) );
/* Search for a help file.
* we *must* find a help file.
* so help is searched in directories in this order:
* help/<canonical name> like help/en_GB
* help/<short name> like help/en
* help/en
*/
// Step 1 : Try to find help file in help/<canonical name>
subdirs.Add( m_Locale->GetCanonicalName() );
altsubdirs.Add( m_Locale->GetCanonicalName() );
fn = FindFileInSearchPaths( m_HelpFileName, &altsubdirs );
if( !fn )
fn = FindFileInSearchPaths( m_HelpFileName, &subdirs );
// Step 2 : if not found Try to find help file in help/<short name>
if( !fn )
{
subdirs.RemoveAt( subdirs.GetCount() - 1 );
altsubdirs.RemoveAt( altsubdirs.GetCount() - 1 );
// wxLocale::GetName() does not return always the short name
subdirs.Add( m_Locale->GetName().BeforeLast( '_' ) );
altsubdirs.Add( m_Locale->GetName().BeforeLast( '_' ) );
fn = FindFileInSearchPaths( m_HelpFileName, &altsubdirs );
if( !fn )
fn = FindFileInSearchPaths( m_HelpFileName, &subdirs );
}
// Step 3 : if not found Try to find help file in help/en
if( !fn )
{
subdirs.RemoveAt( subdirs.GetCount() - 1 );
altsubdirs.RemoveAt( altsubdirs.GetCount() - 1 );
subdirs.Add( _T( "en" ) );
altsubdirs.Add( _T( "en" ) );
fn = FindFileInSearchPaths( m_HelpFileName, &altsubdirs );
if( !fn )
fn = FindFileInSearchPaths( m_HelpFileName, &subdirs );
}
return fn;
}
// See also FindKicadHelpPath.cpp.notused.
wxString SearchHelpFileFullPath( const SEARCH_STACK& aSStack, const wxString& aBaseName )
{
wxArrayString subdirs;
wxArrayString altsubdirs;
SEARCH_STACK ss = aSStack;
// It might already be in aSStack, but why depend on other code
// far away when it's so easy to add it again (to our copy) as the first place to look.
// This is CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX unless DEFAULT_INSTALL_PATH was defined during
// build configuration:
ss.AddPaths( wxT( DEFAULT_INSTALL_PATH ), 0 );
#if defined(__WXMAC__)
ss.AddPaths( GetOSXKicadMachineDataDir() );
ss.AddPaths( Pgm().GetExecutablePath(), 0 );
// OS X packages can have the help files in
// /Library/Application\ Support/kicad/help,
// and in Contents/SharedSupport/help inside the
// bundle.
// Below we account for an international subdirectory.
subdirs.Add( wxT( "help" ) );
altsubdirs.Add( wxT( "Contents" ) );
altsubdirs.Add( wxT( "SharedSupport" ) );
altsubdirs.Add( wxT( "help" ) );
#endif
#if ! defined(__WXMAC__) // && defined(__linux__)
// This is the executable path minus the trailing bin directory used on Windows and Linux.
wxFileName tmp( Pgm().GetExecutablePath(), wxEmptyString );
wxArrayString binDirs = tmp.GetDirs();
if( !binDirs.IsEmpty() && binDirs[ binDirs.GetCount() - 1 ].CmpNoCase( wxT( "bin" ) ) == 0 )
tmp.RemoveLastDir();
ss.AddPaths( tmp.GetPath(), 0 );
// Based on kicad-doc.bzr/CMakeLists.txt, line 20, the help files are
// installed into "<CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX>/share/doc/kicad/help" for linux.
// This is ${KICAD_HELP} var in that CMakeLists.txt file.
// Below we account for an international subdirectory.
subdirs.Add( wxT( "share" ) );
subdirs.Add( wxT( "doc" ) );
subdirs.Add( wxT( "kicad" ) );
subdirs.Add( wxT( "help" ) );
// Based on kicad-doc.bzr/CMakeLists.txt, line 35, the help files are
// installed into "<CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX>/doc/help" for Windows.
// This is ${KICAD_HELP} var in that CMakeLists.txt file.
// Below we account for an international subdirectory.
altsubdirs.Add( wxT( "doc" ) );
altsubdirs.Add( wxT( "help" ) );
#endif
// If there's a KICAD environment variable set, always use that guy's path first.
if( !Pgm().GetKicadEnvVariable().IsEmpty() )
ss.AddPaths( Pgm().GetKicadEnvVariable(), 0 );
/* Search for a help file.
* we *must* find a help file.
* so help is searched in directories in this order:
* help/<canonical name> like help/en_GB
* help/<short name> like help/en
* help/en
*/
wxLocale* i18n = Pgm().GetLocale();
// We try to find help file in help/<canonical name>
// If fails, try to find help file in help/<short canonical name>
// If fails, try to find help file in help/en
wxArrayString locale_name_dirs;
locale_name_dirs.Add( i18n->GetCanonicalName() ); // canonical name like fr_FR
// wxLocale::GetName() does not return always the short name
locale_name_dirs.Add( i18n->GetName().BeforeLast( '_' ) ); // short canonical name like fr
locale_name_dirs.Add( wxT( "en" ) ); // default (en)
#if defined(DEBUG) && 1
ss.Show( wxString( __func__ ) );
wxLogDebug( wxT( "%s: m_help_file:'%s'" ), __func__, GetChars( aBaseName ) );
#endif
wxLogDebug( wxT( "Checking SEARCH_STACK for file %s" ), GetChars( aBaseName ) );
// Help files can be html (.html ext) or pdf (.pdf ext) files.
// Therefore, <BaseName>.html file is searched and if not found,
// <BaseName>.pdf file is searched in the same paths
wxString fn;
for( unsigned ii = 0; ii < locale_name_dirs.GetCount(); ii++ )
{
subdirs.Add( locale_name_dirs[ii] );
altsubdirs.Add( locale_name_dirs[ii] );
fn = FindFileInSearchPaths( ss, aBaseName + wxT( ".html" ), &altsubdirs );
if( !fn.IsEmpty() )
break;
fn = FindFileInSearchPaths( ss, aBaseName + wxT( ".pdf" ), &altsubdirs );
if( !fn.IsEmpty() )
break;
fn = FindFileInSearchPaths( ss, aBaseName + wxT( ".html" ), &subdirs );
if( !fn.IsEmpty() )
break;
fn = FindFileInSearchPaths( ss, aBaseName + wxT( ".pdf" ), &subdirs );
if( !fn.IsEmpty() )
break;
subdirs.RemoveAt( subdirs.GetCount() - 1 );
altsubdirs.RemoveAt( altsubdirs.GetCount() - 1 );
}
return fn;
}
