add current dir functions

diff --git a/src/misc/misc.cpp b/src/misc/misc.cpp
index 663d788..a4bea14 100644 (file)
--- a/src/misc/misc.cpp
+++ b/src/misc/misc.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@
 
 #include <QCoreApplication>
 #include <QDateTime>
+#include <QSettings>
+#include <QFileInfo>
+#include <QDir>
 
 QString htmlize(QString str)
 {
@@ -677,3 +680,23 @@ void MLocalFormat::setTimeZone(QString olsonname)
                m_timezone=olsonname;
 }
 
+QString currentDir()
+{
+       return QSettings().value("lastUsedDirectory",".").toString();
+}
+
+void setCurrentDir(QString fn)
+{
+       if(fn.isEmpty())return;
+       QFileInfo fi(fn);
+       //it is already a directory
+       if(fi.isDir())QSettings().setValue("lastUsedDirectory",fn);
+       //it is probably a file
+       else {
+               //get parent directory name
+               fn=fi.dir().absolutePath();
+               if(QFileInfo(fn).isDir())
+                       QSettings().setValue("lastUsedDirectory",fn);
+               //abort if not found by now, this was bogus
+       }
+}

diff --git a/src/misc/misc.h b/src/misc/misc.h
index 4511d30..009e915 100644 (file)
--- a/src/misc/misc.h
+++ b/src/misc/misc.h
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 // Description: miscellaneous helper functions
 //
 //
-// Author: Konrad Rosenbaum <konrad@silmor.de>, (C) 2008-2011
+// Author: Konrad Rosenbaum <konrad@silmor.de>, (C) 2008-2012
 //
 // Copyright: See README/COPYING.GPL files that come with this distribution
 //
@@ -47,6 +47,12 @@ QString unix2dateTime(qint64,bool localize=true);
 /**return a (localized) regular expression that validates prices*/
 QRegExp priceRegExp(bool localize=true);
 
+///returns the current directory (the one last used in a file dialog)
+QString currentDir();
+
+///sets a new current directory (transparently handles files and directories)
+void setCurrentDir(QString);
+
 /**localized formatter class for timestamps, numbers and money;
 per default it uses the local translation to format data, but can be overidden;