launch_ext.cpp

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/*
 * This program source code file is part of KiCad, a free EDA CAD application.
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2020 Jon Evans <[email protected]>
 * Copyright (C) 2020-2021 KiCad Developers, see AUTHORS.txt for contributors.
 *
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 * Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your
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 */

#include <launch_ext.h>
#include <wx/utils.h>


bool LaunchExternal( const wxString& aPath )
{
#ifdef __WXMAC__

 const wchar_t* args[] = { L"open", aPath.wc_str(), nullptr };
 return wxExecute( const_cast<wchar_t**>( args ) ) != -1;

#elif defined( __WXGTK__ ) && !wxCHECK_VERSION( 3, 1, 1 )
 // On Unix systems `wxLaunchDefaultApplication()` before wxWidgets 3.1.1 mistakenly uses
 // `wxExecute(xdg_open + " " + document)`, thereby failing for filenames with spaces. Below is
 // a backport of the fixed `wxLaunchDefaultApplication()`, to be used until we switch to a
 // newer version of wxWidgets.

 wxString PATH, xdg_open;

 if( wxGetEnv( wxT( "PATH" ), &PATH ) && wxFindFileInPath( &xdg_open, PATH, wxT( "xdg-open" ) ) )
 {
 const char* argv[3];
 argv[0] = xdg_open.fn_str();
 argv[1] = aPath.fn_str();
 argv[2] = nullptr;

 if( wxExecute( const_cast<char**>( argv ) ) )
 return true;
 }

 return false;

#else

 wxString path( aPath );
 return wxLaunchDefaultApplication( path );

#endif
}