[KDE/Mac] QStandardPaths possible solution

[Jeremy Whiting]

Rene,

On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 5:52 PM, René J.V. <rjvbertin at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thursday January 08 2015 16:48:46 Jeremy Whiting wrote:
>
> I just installed my brandspankingnew qt5-mac concurrent alongside my ditto
> qt4-mac. A priori the QSP patch is included, but qtdiag prints
>
> > Library info:
> >   PrefixPath: /opt/local/libexec/qt5
> >   DocumentationPath: /opt/local/share/doc/qt5
> >   HeadersPath: /opt/local/include/qt5
> >   LibrariesPath: /opt/local/libexec/qt5/Library/Frameworks
> >   LibraryExecutablesPath: /opt/local/libexec/qt5/libexec
> >   BinariesPath: /opt/local/libexec/qt5/bin
> >   PluginsPath: /opt/local/share/qt5/plugins
> >   ImportsPath: /opt/local/share/qt5/imports
> >   Qml2ImportsPath: /opt/local/share/qt5/qml
> >   ArchDataPath: /opt/local/libexec/qt5
> >   DataPath: /opt/local/share/qt5
> >   TranslationsPath: /opt/local/share/qt5/translations
> >   ExamplesPath: /opt/local/share/qt5/examples
> >   TestsPath: /opt/local/share/qt5/tests
> >
> > Standard paths [*...* denote writable entry]:
> >   DesktopLocation: "Desktop" */Users/bertin/Desktop*
> >   DocumentsLocation: "Documents" */Users/bertin/Documents*
> >   FontsLocation: "Fonts" */System/Library/Fonts*
> >   ApplicationsLocation: "Applications" */Applications*
> >   MusicLocation: "Music" */Users/bertin/Music*
> >   MoviesLocation: "Movies" */Users/bertin/Movies*
> >   PicturesLocation: "Pictures" */Users/bertin/Pictures*
> >   TempLocation: "TemporaryItems"
> >   */var/folders/j1/1439ppj08xj8h6006s6drbq00000gs/T* HomeLocation: "Home"
> >   */Users/bertin*
> >   DataLocation: "Application Support" */Users/bertin/Library/Application
> >   Support/Qt Project/qtdiag* /Library/Application Support/Qt
> Project/qtdiag
> >   /opt/local/share/Qt Project/qtdiag /Library/Application Support/Qt
> >   Project/qtdiag /opt/local/libexec/qt5/bin/ CacheLocation: "Caches"
> >   */Users/bertin/Library/Caches/Qt Project/qtdiag* /Library/Caches/Qt
> >   Project/qtdiag GenericDataLocation: "Application Support"
> >   */Users/bertin/Library/Application Support* /Library/Application
> Support
> >   /opt/local/share /Library/Application Support RuntimeLocation:
>

^^ Looks like it added /opt/local/share just fine to the
GenericDataLocation as expected, no?



> >   "Application Support" */Users/bertin/Library/Application Support*
> >   ConfigLocation: "Preferences" */Users/bertin/Library/Preferences*
> >   DownloadLocation: "Documents" */Users/bertin/Documents*
> >   GenericCacheLocation: "Caches" */Users/bertin/Library/Caches*
> >   /Library/Caches
> >   GenericConfigLocation: "Preferences"
> */Users/bertin/Library/Preferences*
>
> That reeks that the patch doesn't do anything. I wonder, looking at the
> code:
>
> QStringList QStandardPaths::standardLocations(StandardLocation type)
> {
>     QStringList dirs;
>
>     if (type == GenericDataLocation || type == DataLocation || type ==
> GenericCacheLocation || type == CacheLocation) {
>         const QString path = macLocation(type, kOnAppropriateDisk);
>         if (!path.isEmpty())
>             dirs.append(path);
>     }
>
>     if (type == GenericDataLocation) {
>         dirs.append(xdgDataDirs());
>     }
>
>     if (type == DataLocation) {
>         QStringList xdgDirs = xdgDataDirs();
>         for (int i = 0; i < xdgDirs.count(); ++i) {
>             appendOrganizationAndApp(xdgDirs[i]);
>         }
>         dirs.append(xdgDirs);
>
>         CFBundleRef mainBundle = CFBundleGetMainBundle();
>         if (mainBundle) {
>
> I'm tempted to say that the 1st, conditional invocation of xdgDataDirs()
> should come *before* the call to macLocation(), no?
>
> Also, side-ways related: why does Qt only look in /System/Library/Fonts,
> and not first in /Library/Fonts as the OS does?
>
> R.
>
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