qstringutils.cpp

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//  ************************************************************************************************
//
//  BornAgain: simulate and fit reflection and scattering
//
//! @file      GUI/coregui/utils/qstringutils.cpp
//! @brief     Implements functions from Utils namespace
//!
//! @homepage  http://www.bornagainproject.org
//! @license   GNU General Public License v3 or higher (see COPYING)
//! @copyright Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH 2018
//! @authors   Scientific Computing Group at MLZ (see CITATION, AUTHORS)
//
//  ************************************************************************************************
 
#include "GUI/coregui/utils/qstringutils.h"
#include "GUI/coregui/utils/hostosinfo.h"
#include <QDir>
 
namespace GUI_StringUtils {
 
QString withTildeHomePath(const QString& path)
{
    if (GUI_OS_Utils::HostOsInfo::isWindowsHost())
        return path;
 
    static const QString homePath = QDir::homePath();
 
    QFileInfo fi(QDir::cleanPath(path));
    QString outPath = fi.absoluteFilePath();
    if (outPath.startsWith(homePath))
        outPath = QLatin1Char('~') + outPath.mid(homePath.size());
    else
        outPath = path;
    return outPath;
}
 
} // namespace GUI_StringUtils