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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: KStandardDir
From:       Stephan Kulow <coolo () itm ! mu-luebeck ! de>
Date:       1999-06-23 10:13:19
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Waldo Bastian wrote:
> 
> Robert Williams wrote:
> >
> > I am trying to fix Kmahjongg to use KStandardDir so it can be
> > run from the panel.
> > I looked at locateLocal() and that returns $HOME/.kde ....
> > How do you get /opt/kde/share/apps/kmahjongg/picts?
> 
> "picts" isn't a standard place. Can you change this to
> "pics"?
> 
> If you do, you can load images (e.g. tile.png) from this
> directoryplace by using Icon("tile.png").
> 
> This is the "right way".
> 
> You can also use locate("appdata", "picts") to get the
No you can't. 
> directory itself or use locate("appdata", "picts/tile.png")
> to get the full path (including tile.png).
> 
> This last one is preffered since you may have a picts
> directory around which doesn't have any tile.png in it.
That's the problem and the reason why locate will refuse to
find directories.
> 
> locateLocal() returns only directories/files to which
> you can write. In your case you are not interested in
> this.
Right.

Greetings, Stephan

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