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C
401 lines
14 KiB
C
/*****************************************************************************
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* vlc_configuration.h : configuration management module
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* This file describes the programming interface for the configuration module.
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* It includes functions allowing to declare, get or set configuration options.
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*****************************************************************************
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* Copyright (C) 1999-2006 VLC authors and VideoLAN
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*
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* Authors: Gildas Bazin <gbazin@videolan.org>
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*
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* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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* under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
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* the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
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* (at your option) any later version.
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*
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* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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* GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
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*
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* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
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* along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
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* Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston MA 02110-1301, USA.
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*****************************************************************************/
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#ifndef VLC_CONFIGURATION_H
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#define VLC_CONFIGURATION_H 1
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/**
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* \defgroup config User settings
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* \ingroup interface
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* VLC provides a simple name-value dictionary for user settings.
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*
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* Those settings are per-user per-system - they are shared by all LibVLC
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* instances in a single process, and potentially other processes as well.
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*
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* Each name-value pair is called a configuration item.
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* @{
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*/
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/**
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* \file
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* This file describes the programming interface for the configuration module.
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* It includes functions allowing to declare, get or set configuration options.
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*/
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#include <sys/types.h> /* for ssize_t */
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# ifdef __cplusplus
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extern "C" {
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# endif
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typedef union
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{
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char *psz;
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int64_t i;
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float f;
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} module_value_t;
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typedef int (*vlc_string_list_cb)(const char *, char ***, char ***);
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typedef int (*vlc_integer_list_cb)(const char *, int64_t **, char ***);
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/**
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* Configuration item
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*
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* This is the internal reprensation of a configuration item.
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* See also config_FindConfig().
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*/
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struct module_config_t
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{
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uint8_t i_type; /**< Configuration type */
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const char *psz_type; /**< Configuration subtype */
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const char *psz_name; /**< Option name */
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const char *psz_text; /**< Short comment on the configuration option */
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const char *psz_longtext; /**< Long comment on the configuration option */
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module_value_t value; /**< Current value */
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module_value_t orig; /**< Default value */
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module_value_t min; /**< Minimum value (for scalars only) */
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module_value_t max; /**< Maximum value (for scalars only) */
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/* Values list */
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uint16_t list_count; /**< Choices count */
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union
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{
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const char **psz; /**< Table of possible string choices */
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const int *i; /**< Table of possible integer choices */
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} list; /**< Possible choices */
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const char **list_text; /**< Human-readable names for list values */
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};
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/**
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* Gets a configuration item type
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*
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* This function checks the type of configuration item by name.
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* \param name Configuration item name
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* \return The configuration item type or 0 if not found.
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*/
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VLC_API int config_GetType(const char *name) VLC_USED;
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/**
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* Gets an integer configuration item's value.
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*
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* This function retrieves the current value of a configuration item of
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* integral type (\ref CONFIG_ITEM_INTEGER and \ref CONFIG_ITEM_BOOL).
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*
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* \warning The behaviour is undefined if the configuration item exists but is
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* not of integer or boolean type.
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*
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* \param name Configuration item name
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* \return The configuration item value or -1 if not found.
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* \bug A legitimate integer value of -1 cannot be distinguished from an error.
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*/
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VLC_API int64_t config_GetInt(const char *name) VLC_USED;
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/**
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* Sets an integer configuration item's value.
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*
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* This function changes the current value of a configuration item of
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* integral type (\ref CONFIG_ITEM_INTEGER and \ref CONFIG_ITEM_BOOL).
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*
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* \warning The behaviour is undefined if the configuration item exists but is
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* not of integer or boolean type.
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*
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* \note If no configuration item by the specified exist, the function has no
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* effects.
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*
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* \param name Configuration item name
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* \param val New value
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*/
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VLC_API void config_PutInt(const char *name, int64_t val);
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/**
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* Gets a floating point configuration item's value.
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*
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* This function retrieves the current value of a configuration item of
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* floating point type (\ref CONFIG_ITEM_FLOAT).
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*
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* \warning The behaviour is undefined if the configuration item exists but is
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* not of floating point type.
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*
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* \param name Configuration item name
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* \return The configuration item value or -1 if not found.
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* \bug A legitimate floating point value of -1 cannot be distinguished from an
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* error.
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*/
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VLC_API float config_GetFloat(const char *name) VLC_USED;
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/**
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* Sets a floating point configuration item's value.
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*
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* This function changes the current value of a configuration item of
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* floating point type (\ref CONFIG_ITEM_FLOAT).
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*
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* \warning The behaviour is undefined if the configuration item exists but is
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* not of floating point type.
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*
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* \note If no configuration item by the specified exist, the function has no
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* effects.
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*
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* \param name Configuration item name
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* \param val New value
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*/
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VLC_API void config_PutFloat(const char *name, float val);
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/**
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* Gets a string configuration item's value.
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*
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* This function retrieves the current value of a configuration item of
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* string type (\ref CONFIG_ITEM_STRING).
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*
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* \note The caller must free() the returned pointer (if non-NULL), which is a
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* duplicate of the current value. It is not safe to return a pointer to the
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* current value internally as it can be modified at any time by any other
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* thread.
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*
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* \warning The behaviour is undefined if the configuration item exists but is
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* not of string type.
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*
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* \param name Configuration item name
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* \return Normally, a heap-allocated copy of the configuration item value.
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* If the value is the empty string, if the configuration does not exist,
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* or if an error occurs, NULL is returned.
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* \bug The empty string value cannot be distinguished from an error.
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*/
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VLC_API char *config_GetPsz(const char *name) VLC_USED VLC_MALLOC;
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/**
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* Sets a string configuration item's value.
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*
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* This function changes the current value of a configuration item of
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* string type (e.g. \ref CONFIG_ITEM_STRING).
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*
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* \warning The behaviour is undefined if the configuration item exists but is
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* not of a string type.
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*
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* \note If no configuration item by the specified exist, the function has no
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* effects.
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*
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* \param name Configuration item name
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* \param val New value (will be copied)
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* \bug This function allocates memory but errors cannot be detected.
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*/
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VLC_API void config_PutPsz(const char *name, const char *val);
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/**
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* Enumerates integer configuration choices.
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*
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* Determines a list of suggested values for an integer configuration item.
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* \param values pointer to a table of integer values [OUT]
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* \param texts pointer to a table of descriptions strings [OUT]
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* \return number of choices, or -1 on error
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* \note the caller is responsible for calling free() on all descriptions and
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* on both tables. In case of error, both pointers are set to NULL.
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*/
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VLC_API ssize_t config_GetIntChoices(const char *, int64_t **values,
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char ***texts) VLC_USED;
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/**
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* Determines a list of suggested values for a string configuration item.
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* \param values pointer to a table of value strings [OUT]
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* \param texts pointer to a table of descriptions strings [OUT]
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* \return number of choices, or -1 on error
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* \note the caller is responsible for calling free() on all values, on all
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* descriptions and on both tables.
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* In case of error, both pointers are set to NULL.
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*/
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VLC_API ssize_t config_GetPszChoices(const char *,
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char ***values, char ***texts) VLC_USED;
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VLC_API int config_SaveConfigFile( libvlc_int_t * );
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#define config_SaveConfigFile(a) config_SaveConfigFile(vlc_object_instance(a))
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/**
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* Resets the configuration.
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*
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* This function resets all configuration items to their respective
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* compile-time default value.
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*/
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VLC_API void config_ResetAll(void);
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/**
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* Looks up a configuration item.
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*
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* This function looks for the internal representation of a configuration item.
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* Where possible, this should be avoided in favor of more specific function
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* calls.
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*
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* \param name Configuration item name
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* \return The internal structure, or NULL if not found.
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*/
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VLC_API module_config_t *config_FindConfig(const char *name) VLC_USED;
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/**
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* System directory identifiers
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*/
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typedef enum vlc_system_dir
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{
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VLC_PKG_DATA_DIR, /**< Package-specific architecture-independent read-only
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data directory (e.g. /usr/local/data/vlc). */
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VLC_PKG_LIB_DIR, /**< Package-specific architecture-dependent read-only
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data directory (e.g. /usr/local/lib/vlc). */
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VLC_PKG_LIBEXEC_DIR, /**< Package-specific executable read-only directory
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(e.g. /usr/local/libexec/vlc). */
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VLC_PKG_INCLUDE_DIR_RESERVED,
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VLC_SYSDATA_DIR, /**< Global architecture-independent read-only
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data directory (e.g. /usr/local/data).
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Available only on some platforms. */
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VLC_LIB_DIR, /**< Global architecture-dependent read-only directory
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(e.g. /usr/local/lib). */
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VLC_LIBEXEC_DIR, /**< Global executable read-only directory
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(e.g. /usr/local/libexec). */
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VLC_INCLUDE_DIR_RESERVED,
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VLC_LOCALE_DIR, /**< Base directory for package read-only locale data. */
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} vlc_sysdir_t;
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/**
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* Gets an installation directory.
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*
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* This function determines one of the installation directory.
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*
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* @param dir identifier of the directory (see \ref vlc_sysdir_t)
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* @param filename name of a file or other object within the directory
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* (or NULL to obtain the plain directory)
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*
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* @return a heap-allocated string (use free() to release it), or NULL on error
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*/
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VLC_API char *config_GetSysPath(vlc_sysdir_t dir, const char *filename)
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VLC_USED VLC_MALLOC;
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typedef enum vlc_user_dir
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{
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VLC_HOME_DIR, /* User's home */
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VLC_CONFIG_DIR, /* VLC-specific configuration directory */
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VLC_USERDATA_DIR, /* VLC-specific data directory */
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VLC_CACHE_DIR, /* VLC-specific user cached data directory */
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/* Generic directories (same as XDG) */
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VLC_DESKTOP_DIR=0x80,
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VLC_DOWNLOAD_DIR,
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VLC_TEMPLATES_DIR,
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VLC_PUBLICSHARE_DIR,
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VLC_DOCUMENTS_DIR,
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VLC_MUSIC_DIR,
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VLC_PICTURES_DIR,
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VLC_VIDEOS_DIR,
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VLC_SNAPSHOTS_DIR,
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} vlc_userdir_t;
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VLC_API char * config_GetUserDir( vlc_userdir_t ) VLC_USED VLC_MALLOC;
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VLC_API void config_AddIntf(const char *);
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VLC_API void config_RemoveIntf(const char *);
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VLC_API bool config_ExistIntf(const char *) VLC_USED;
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/****************************************************************************
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* config_chain_t:
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****************************************************************************/
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struct config_chain_t
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{
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config_chain_t *p_next; /**< Pointer on the next config_chain_t element */
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char *psz_name; /**< Option name */
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char *psz_value; /**< Option value */
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};
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/**
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* This function will
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* - create all options in the array ppsz_options (var_Create).
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* - parse the given linked list of config_chain_t and set the value (var_Set).
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*
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* The option names will be created by adding the psz_prefix prefix.
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*/
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VLC_API void config_ChainParse( vlc_object_t *, const char *psz_prefix, const char *const *ppsz_options, const config_chain_t * );
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#define config_ChainParse( a, b, c, d ) config_ChainParse( VLC_OBJECT(a), b, c, d )
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/**
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* This function will parse a configuration string (psz_opts) and
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* - set all options for this module in a chained list (*pp_cfg)
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* - returns a pointer on the next module if any.
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*
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* The string format is
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* module{option=*,option=*}
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*
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* The options values are unescaped using config_StringUnescape.
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*/
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VLC_API const char *config_ChainParseOptions( config_chain_t **pp_cfg, const char *ppsz_opts );
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/**
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* This function will parse a configuration string (psz_string) and
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* - set the module name (*ppsz_name)
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* - set all options for this module in a chained list (*pp_cfg)
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* - returns a pointer on the next module if any.
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*
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* The string format is
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* module{option=*,option=*}[:modulenext{option=*,...}]
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*
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* The options values are unescaped using config_StringUnescape.
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*/
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VLC_API char *config_ChainCreate( char **ppsz_name, config_chain_t **pp_cfg, const char *psz_string ) VLC_USED VLC_MALLOC;
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/**
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* This function will release a linked list of config_chain_t
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* (Including the head)
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*/
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VLC_API void config_ChainDestroy( config_chain_t * );
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/**
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* This function will duplicate a linked list of config_chain_t
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*/
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VLC_API config_chain_t * config_ChainDuplicate( const config_chain_t * ) VLC_USED VLC_MALLOC;
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/**
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* This function will unescape a string in place and will return a pointer on
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* the given string.
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* No memory is allocated by it (unlike config_StringEscape).
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* If NULL is given as parameter nothing will be done (NULL will be returned).
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*
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* The following sequences will be unescaped (only one time):
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* \\ \' and \"
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*/
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VLC_API char * config_StringUnescape( char *psz_string );
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/**
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* This function will escape a string that can be unescaped by
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* config_StringUnescape.
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* The returned value is allocated by it. You have to free it once you
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* do not need it anymore (unlike config_StringUnescape).
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* If NULL is given as parameter nothing will be done (NULL will be returned).
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*
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* The escaped characters are ' " and \
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*/
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VLC_API char * config_StringEscape( const char *psz_string ) VLC_USED VLC_MALLOC;
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# ifdef __cplusplus
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}
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# endif
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/** @} */
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#endif /* _VLC_CONFIGURATION_H */
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