[Scummvm-devel] data files

[David Weinehall]

On Sat, Jun 24, 2006 at 01:09:17PM +0200, Willem Jan Palenstijn wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Since 0.9.0, scummvm comes with a number of data files (modern.ini,
> modern.zip) that it has to be able to find. On most linux systems, the
> default place to put such files is $prefix/share/scummvm.
> 
> I'd like to add this directory to the standard search path for themes,
> and was thinking of the following:
> 
> * add 'datadir' to configure similar to the current 'mandir'/'bindir'.
> (So with a --datadir switch, defaulting to /usr/share.)
> 
> * add -DDATA_PATH=\"$_datadir/scummvm\" to the compiler flags, or maybe
> put it in config.h. 
> 
> * let ThemeNew.cpp call addDefaultDirectory(DATA_PATH) if DATA_PATH is
> defined.
> 
> 
> Any comments/suggestions? Specifically, am I missing a file location
> mechanism already in place? Would this be useful for other platforms as
> well?

Does anyone have any solution for this issue yet?

I'm holding back the Sid release of the Debian package of scummvm 0.9.0
because of this issue; for Sarge I found it an acceptable compromise to
ship with the old theme, but for Sid I'd rather see the new theme
working before uploading a new version.


Regards: David
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