X-Git-Url: https://git.quassel-irc.org/?p=quassel.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=src%2Fcommon%2Futil.h;h=28639ba97be6b1e3efe726ae2dddf06f7a89665f;hp=bbacda048a7027c77dabd8fd30fce43ce460c663;hb=6f99a6e2f39aaacabe8bb51a7bb1ff53c1b2082f;hpb=f824db0e31b54969e0b7fa0b5405b1e9173d482c

diff --git a/src/common/util.h b/src/common/util.h
index bbacda04..28639ba9 100644
--- a/src/common/util.h
+++ b/src/common/util.h
@@ -52,6 +52,21 @@ uint editingDistance(const QString &s1, const QString &s2);
 
 QDir quasselDir();
 
+//! Returns a list of data directory paths
+/** There are several locations for applications to install their data files in. On Unix,
+ *  a common location is /usr/share; others include $PREFIX/share and additional directories
+ *  specified in the env variable XDG_DATA_DIRS.
+ *  \return A list of directory paths to look for data files in
+ */
+QStringList dataDirPaths();
+
+//! Searches for a data file in the possible data directories
+/** Data files can reside in $DATA_DIR/apps/quassel, where $DATA_DIR is one of the directories
+ *  returned by \sa dataDirPaths().
+ *  \return The full path to the data file if found; a null QString else
+ */
+QString findDataFilePath(const QString &fileName);
+
 void loadTranslation(const QLocale &locale);
 
 template<typename T>