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| -rw-r--r-- | src/Platform.h | 8 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/Platform.h b/src/Platform.h index ca6971e..dfe83d0 100644 --- a/src/Platform.h +++ b/src/Platform.h @@ -32,15 +32,21 @@ void StopEmu(); // can be optionally restricted to only opening a file that already exists. // * OpenLocalFile(): // opens files local to the emulator (melonDS.ini, BIOS, firmware, ...) -// checks, by order of priority: +// For Windows builds, or portable UNIX builds it checks, by order of priority: // * current working directory // * emulator directory (essentially where the melonDS executable is) if supported // * any platform-specific application data directories // in create mode, if the file doesn't exist, it will be created in the emulator // directory if supported, or in the current directory otherwise +// For regular UNIX builds, the user's configuration directory is always used. +// * OpenDataFile(): +// Opens a file that was installed alongside melonDS on UNIX systems in /usr/share, etc. +// Looks in the user's data directory first, then the system's. +// If on Windows or a portable UNIX build, this simply calls OpenLocalFile(). FILE* OpenFile(const char* path, const char* mode, bool mustexist=false); FILE* OpenLocalFile(const char* path, const char* mode); +FILE* OpenDataFile(const char* path); inline bool FileExists(const char* name) { |