getPluginHelper() addition request

[CodeMonkey]

Sub, could you please sneak in a new helper function for the next release?

PluginHelperFactory.getPluginHelper().GetInstallDirectory()

Which would return the directory gb-pvr is installed in.

I would like this because I want to install the weather icons under the media folder because they are not skin specific.

Thanks.

[sub]

ok.

[AndyCherry]

Would it not be better to have a function

PluginHelperFactory.getPluginHelper().GetSpecialDirectory(string DirName)

using an enumeration for the string names - this way you could localise the folder names without having to change the plugin code (i.e. "media" would become "médias", "Mittel", "mezzi", "medios", etc. depending on the language of the install).

Cheers,
Andy

[TypQxQ]

I don't think we should do the same mistake as Microsoft. Localizing folders was a BIG headache for them. I know that in the Swedish Windows "Program Files" is called Program. Most programs install in Program but some in "Program Files" and then the folder program would open every time you start windows.

Anyway, A Lot of people use English OS and Programs to avoid globalization problems like this.

Globalizing folders is just too much overhead for something the enduser will probably never care about.

And by the way, how would you globalize meda to Japanese? Then all directory handling must check for unicode and handle that and everything. I know .Net does much of the work, but far from all.

That's just my opinion.

If you need globalization then the first step would ba a "prefered language" setting and a pluginhelper to get it. My globalization source code for my ShutDown plugin is almost done. Just a couple of bugs left.... Will be released soon.

[CodeMonkey]

I agree with TypQxQ. There is no point in localizing folder names. It isn't something the end user has to see or care about anyway.

[AndyCherry]

Good point - I concede I may not have thought that through particularly before posting!

Cheers,
Andy