Hi, On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 6:00 AM, DM Smith <dmsmith...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Tonny Kohar wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 2:41 AM, Tonny Kohar <tonny.ko...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 9:06 PM, DM Smith <dmsmith...@yahoo.com> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Both MacSword and JSword will set the install location to >>>> ~/Library/Application Support/Sword. >>>> >>> >>> Just quick questions, is that Mac OSX location (~/Library/Application >>> Support/Sword) is mapped into env variable which is accesssible/able >>> to get the value from System.getProperties (java program) ? or it must >>> be hard coded ? >>> >> >> Almost forgot, Does the mentioned path above is in English >> (~/Library/Application/Support/Sword) ? >> Does Mac OSX allow folder path to be put using other language eg: >> chinese/japanese/etc. >> >> ps: Windows allows folder and file path/name using other language. >> > > Tonny, > > I didn't know about the alternate languages for Windows. No one has reported > a problem yet. My hope is that Windows uses "Application Data" regardless of > language, as this folder is created by the OS. > > The code JSword uses is here: > http://crosswire.org/svn/jsword/trunk/common/src/main/java/org/crosswire/common/util/OSType.java > > A couple of things: > 1) The java property os.name is used to determine the kind of OS. > OSType.fromString(System.getProperty("os.name")) will figure out what the OS > is. > 2) The static OSType.getOSType() will return the proper OSType for the > machine. > 3) Given the proper OSType for the machine, the method: > getUserAreaFolder(".sword", "Sword") > will return a complete path to the appropriately named folder in the OSes > app data area for the user. > 4) the path is based upon the Java property user.home, which can be changed > via -Duser.home=/somewhere/else. This is very useful. > > It is typically called in this fashion: > URI appDataArea = OSType.getOSType().getUserAreaFolder(".jsword", "JSword"); > For my home computer, this evaluates to > "file:///Users/DM/Library/Application Support/JSword" > On windows, I get something like "file:///c:/Documents and > Settings/dm/Application Data/JSword". > Elsewhere (Linux, BSD, ...), I get "file:///home/dmsmith/.jsword". > (I might have too many or few /// in file:/// :) > > There are a couple of places that Mac specific behavior needs to be added > (e.g. placing preferences on the proper menu) so the following construct can > be used: > if (OSType.MAC.equals(OSType.getOSType())) > { > .... do something Mac specific ... > } >
Thanks for the info it is very appreciated. Look like I have some coding to do for Alkitab to follow the spec :) Another questions, once the spec is decided (for module path). What is your plan, do you will put it on the (JSword/Sword) as API or it will be handled by the application itself (BD, Alkitab, etc) ? Cheers Tonny Kohar -- Alkitab Bible Study imagine, design, create ... http://www.kiyut.com _______________________________________________ sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page
