Re: [Sc-devel] File-extension

[Till Bovermann <tboverma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

hey,

wonderful idea, wasn't aware of String:quote (it's not documented in  
String helpfile)
Changed to this implementation. Any objections on adding this to core  
sclang?
How to handle windows problem (are there documented guidelines on  
cross-platform class extensions?)

best regards
Till


+ File {
	*isRegularFile { arg pathName;
		^("test -f %".format(pathName.quote).systemCmd == 0)
	}
	*isDirectory  { arg pathName;
		^("test -d %".format(pathName.quote).systemCmd == 0)
	}
	*isRTFD {arg pathName;
		^((pathName.splitext.last == "rtfd") && {this.isDirectory(pathName)})
	}
}

possible help text for String:quote
---------------------------------

quote
surrounds this String by ".
"Hello".quote.postln


On 26.11.2007, at 13:06, Dan Stowell wrote:

> Hi Till -
>
> .quote is probably slightly better than .escapeChar($ ) since the
> string might have other weird things in like tabs or asterisks? (Yuck!
> But it can happen.) Just a thought.
>
> I'd be happy for these to be in core. Shame they won't work on
> Windows, but I suppose they can be overridden.
>
> Dan
>
>
> 2007/11/26, Till Bovermann <tboverma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> > Hey List,
> >
> > unsure where to put these (probably useful) extensions to file:
> >
> > + File {
> >         *isRegularFile { arg pathName;
> >                 ^("test -f %".format(pathName.escapeChar 
> > ($ )).systemCmd == 0)
> >         }
> >         *isDirectory  { arg pathName;
> >                 ^("test -d %".format(pathName.escapeChar 
> > ($ )).systemCmd == 0)
> >         }
> >         *isRTFD {arg pathName;
> >                 ^((pathName.splitext.last == "rtfd") &&  
> > {this.isDirectory(pathName)})
> >         }
> > }
> >
> >
> > Any Idea? std-distro / common quark, etc?
> >
> > regards
> > Till
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