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/* -*- Mode: C; tab-width: 8; indent-tabs-mode: t; c-basic-offset: 8 -*- */
/* 
 * e-util.c
 * Copyright 2000, 2001, Ximian, Inc.
 *
 * Authors:
 *   Chris Lahey <clahey@ximian.com>
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
 * License, version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
 *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
 * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 * Library General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
 * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA
 * 02111-1307, USA.
 */

#include <config.h>

#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <ctype.h>
#include <math.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <locale.h>
#include <time.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <fcntl.h>

#include <glib.h>
#include <glib/gstdio.h>
#include <gtk/gtk.h>
#include <libgnome/gnome-util.h>

#ifdef G_OS_WIN32
#include <windows.h>
#endif

#include "e-i18n.h"
#include "e-util.h"
#include "e-util-private.h"

int
g_str_compare (const void *x, const void *y)
{
    if (x == NULL || y == NULL) {
        if (x == y)
            return 0;
        else
            return x ? -1 : 1;
    }
    
    return strcmp (x, y);
}

int
g_str_case_compare (const void *x, const void *y)
{
    if (x == NULL || y == NULL) {
        if (x == y)
            return 0;
        else
            return x ? -1 : 1;
    }
    
    return g_utf8_collate (g_utf8_casefold (x, -1), g_utf8_casefold (y, -1));
}

int
g_collate_compare (const void *x, const void *y)
{
    if (x == NULL || y == NULL) {
        if (x == y)
            return 0;
        else
            return x ? -1 : 1;
    }
    
    return g_utf8_collate (x, y);
}

int
g_int_compare (const void *x, const void *y)
{
    if (GPOINTER_TO_INT (x) < GPOINTER_TO_INT (y))
        return -1;
    else if (GPOINTER_TO_INT (x) == GPOINTER_TO_INT (y))
        return 0;
    else
        return 1;
}

char *
e_strdup_strip(const char *string)
{
    int i;
    int length = 0;
    int initial = 0;
    for ( i = 0; string[i]; i++ ) {
        if (initial == i && isspace((unsigned char) string[i])) {
            initial ++;
        }
        if (!isspace((unsigned char) string[i])) {
            length = i - initial + 1;
        }
    }
    return g_strndup(string + initial, length);
}

void
e_free_object_list (GList *list)
{
    GList *p;

    for (p = list; p != NULL; p = p->next)
        g_object_unref (p->data);

    g_list_free (list);
}

void
e_free_object_slist (GSList *list)
{
    GSList *p;

    for (p = list; p != NULL; p = p->next)
        g_object_unref (p->data);

    g_slist_free (list);
}

void
e_free_string_list (GList *list)
{
    GList *p;

    for (p = list; p != NULL; p = p->next)
        g_free (p->data);

    g_list_free (list);
}

void
e_free_string_slist (GSList *list)
{
    GSList *p;

    for (p = list; p != NULL; p = p->next)
        g_free (p->data);
    g_slist_free (list);
}

#define BUFF_SIZE 1024

char *
e_read_file(const char *filename)
{
    int fd;
    char buffer[BUFF_SIZE];
    GList *list = NULL, *list_iterator;
    GList *lengths = NULL, *lengths_iterator;
    int length = 0;
    int bytes;
    char *ret_val;

    fd = g_open(filename, O_RDONLY, 0);
    if (fd == -1)
        return NULL;
    bytes = read(fd, buffer, BUFF_SIZE);
    while (bytes) {
        if (bytes > 0) {
            char *temp = g_malloc(bytes);
            memcpy (temp, buffer, bytes);
            list = g_list_prepend(list, temp);
            lengths = g_list_prepend(lengths, GINT_TO_POINTER(bytes));
            length += bytes;
        } else {
            if (errno != EINTR) {
                close(fd);
                g_list_foreach(list, (GFunc) g_free, NULL);
                g_list_free(list);
                g_list_free(lengths);
                return NULL;
            }
        }
        bytes = read(fd, buffer, BUFF_SIZE);
    }
    ret_val = g_new(char, length + 1);
    ret_val[length] = 0;
    lengths_iterator = lengths;
    list_iterator = list;
    for ( ; list_iterator; list_iterator = list_iterator->next, lengths_iterator = lengths_iterator->next) {
        int this_length = GPOINTER_TO_INT(lengths_iterator->data);
        length -= this_length;
        memcpy(ret_val + length, list_iterator->data, this_length);
    }
    close(fd);
    g_list_foreach(list, (GFunc) g_free, NULL);
    g_list_free(list);
    g_list_free(lengths);
    return ret_val;
}

gint
e_write_file(const char *filename, const char *data, int flags)
{
    int fd;
    int length = strlen(data);
    int bytes;
    fd = g_open(filename, flags | O_WRONLY, 0666);
    if (fd == -1)
        return errno;
    while (length > 0) {
        bytes = write(fd, data, length);
        if (bytes > 0) {
            length -= bytes;
            data += bytes;
        } else {
            if (errno != EINTR && errno != EAGAIN) {
                int save_errno = errno;
                close(fd);
                return save_errno;
            }
        }
    }
    if (close(fd) != 0) {
        return errno;
    }
    return 0;
}

gint
e_write_file_mkstemp(char *filename, const char *data)
{
    int fd;
    int length = strlen(data);
    int bytes;
    fd = g_mkstemp (filename);
    if (fd == -1)
        return errno;
    while (length > 0) {
        bytes = write(fd, data, length);
        if (bytes > 0) {
            length -= bytes;
            data += bytes;
        } else {
            if (errno != EINTR && errno != EAGAIN) {
                int save_errno = errno;
                close(fd);
                return save_errno;
            }
        }
    }
    if (close(fd) != 0) {
        return errno;
    }
    return 0;
}

/**
 * e_mkdir_hier:
 * @path: a directory path
 * @mode: a mode, as for mkdir(2)
 *
 * This creates the named directory with the given @mode, creating
 * any necessary intermediate directories (with the same @mode).
 *
 * Return value: 0 on success, -1 on error, in which case errno will
 * be set as for mkdir(2).
 **/
int
e_mkdir_hier(const char *path, mode_t mode)
{
    char *copy, *p;

    if (g_path_is_absolute (path)) {
        p = copy = g_strdup (path);
    } else {
        gchar *current_dir = g_get_current_dir();
        p = copy = g_build_filename (current_dir, path, NULL);
        g_free (current_dir);
    }

    p = (char *)g_path_skip_root (p);
    do {
        char *p1 = strchr (p, '/');
#ifdef G_OS_WIN32
        {
            char *p2 = strchr (p, '\\');
            if (p1 == NULL ||
                (p2 != NULL && p2 < p1))
                p1 = p2;
        }
#endif
        p = p1;
        if (p)
            *p = '\0';
        if (!g_file_test (copy, G_FILE_TEST_IS_DIR)) {
            if (g_mkdir (copy, mode) == -1) {
                g_free (copy);
                return -1;
            }
        }
        if (p) {
            *p++ = '/';
        }
    } while (p);

    g_free (copy);
    return 0;
}

#if 0
char *
e_read_uri(const char *uri)
{
    GnomeVFSHandle *handle;
    GList *list = NULL, *list_iterator;
    GList *lengths = NULL, *lengths_iterator;
    gchar buffer[1025];
    gchar *ret_val;
    int length = 0;
    GnomeVFSFileSize bytes;

    gnome_vfs_open(&handle, uri, GNOME_VFS_OPEN_READ);
    
    gnome_vfs_read(handle, buffer, 1024, &bytes);
    while (bytes) {
        if (bytes) {
            char *temp = g_malloc(bytes);
            memcpy (temp, buffer, bytes);
            list = g_list_prepend(list, temp);
            lengths = g_list_prepend(lengths, GINT_TO_POINTER((gint) bytes));
            length += bytes;
        }
        gnome_vfs_read(handle, buffer, 1024, &bytes);
    }

    ret_val = g_new(char, length + 1);
    ret_val[length] = 0;
    lengths_iterator = lengths;
    list_iterator = list;
    for ( ; list_iterator; list_iterator = list_iterator->next, lengths_iterator = lengths_iterator->next) {
        int this_length = GPOINTER_TO_INT(lengths_iterator->data);
        length -= this_length;
        memcpy(ret_val + length, list_iterator->data, this_length);
    }
    gnome_vfs_close(handle);
    g_list_foreach(list, (GFunc) g_free, NULL);
    g_list_free(list);
    g_list_free(lengths);
    return ret_val;
}
#endif

/* Include build marshalers */

#include "e-util-marshal.h"

gchar**
e_strsplit (const gchar *string,
        const gchar *delimiter,
        gint         max_tokens)
{
  GSList *string_list = NULL, *slist;
  gchar **str_array, *s;
  guint i, n = 1;

  g_return_val_if_fail (string != NULL, NULL);
  g_return_val_if_fail (delimiter != NULL, NULL);

  if (max_tokens < 1)
    max_tokens = G_MAXINT;

  s = strstr (string, delimiter);
  if (s)
    {
      guint delimiter_len = strlen (delimiter);

      do
    {
      guint len;
      gchar *new_string;

      len = s - string;
      new_string = g_new (gchar, len + 1);
      strncpy (new_string, string, len);
      new_string[len] = 0;
      string_list = g_slist_prepend (string_list, new_string);
      n++;
      string = s + delimiter_len;
      s = strstr (string, delimiter);
    }
      while (--max_tokens && s);
    }

  n++;
  string_list = g_slist_prepend (string_list, g_strdup (string));

  str_array = g_new (gchar*, n);

  i = n - 1;

  str_array[i--] = NULL;
  for (slist = string_list; slist; slist = slist->next)
    str_array[i--] = slist->data;

  g_slist_free (string_list);

  return str_array;
}

gchar *
e_strstrcase (const gchar *haystack, const gchar *needle)
{
    /* find the needle in the haystack neglecting case */
    const gchar *ptr;
    guint len;

    g_return_val_if_fail (haystack != NULL, NULL);
    g_return_val_if_fail (needle != NULL, NULL);

    len = strlen(needle);
    if (len > strlen(haystack))
        return NULL;

    if (len == 0)
        return (gchar *) haystack;

    for (ptr = haystack; *(ptr + len - 1) != '\0'; ptr++)
        if (!g_ascii_strncasecmp (ptr, needle, len))
            return (gchar *) ptr;

    return NULL;
}

/* This only makes a filename safe for usage as a filename.  It still may have shell meta-characters in it. */

/* This code is rather misguided and mostly pointless, but can't be
 * changed because of backward compatibility, I guess.
 *
 * It replaces some perfectly safe characters like '%' with an
 * underscore. (Recall that on Unix, the only bytes not allowed in a
 * file name component are '\0' and '/'.) On the other hand, the UTF-8
 * for a printable non-ASCII Unicode character (that thus consists of
 * several very nonprintable non-ASCII bytes) is let through as
 * such. But those bytes are of course also allowed in filenames, so
 * it doesn't matter as such...
 */
void
e_filename_make_safe (gchar *string)
{
    gchar *p, *ts;
    gunichar c;
#ifdef G_OS_WIN32
    const char *unsafe_chars = " /'\"`&();|<>$%{}!\\:*?";
#else
    const char *unsafe_chars = " /'\"`&();|<>$%{}!";
#endif  
    
    g_return_if_fail (string != NULL);
    p = string;

    while(p && *p) {
        c = g_utf8_get_char (p);
        ts = p;
        p = g_utf8_next_char (p);
        /* I wonder what this code is supposed to actually
         * achieve, and whether it does that as currently
         * written?
         */
        if (!g_unichar_isprint(c) || ( c < 0xff && strchr (unsafe_chars, c&0xff ))) {
            while (ts<p)    
                *ts++ = '_';
        }
    }
}

static gint
epow10 (gint number) {
    gint value;

    for (value = 1; number > 0; number --) {
        value *= 10;
    }
    return value;
}

gchar *
e_format_number (gint number)
{
    GList *iterator, *list = NULL;
    struct lconv *locality;
    gint char_length = 0;
    gint group_count = 0;
    guchar *grouping;
    int last_count = 3;
    int divider;
    char *value;
    char *value_iterator;

    locality = localeconv();
    grouping = locality->grouping;
    while (number) {
        char *group;
        switch (*grouping) {
        default:
            last_count = *grouping;
            grouping++;
        case 0:
            divider = epow10(last_count);
            if (number >= divider) {
                group = g_strdup_printf("%0*d", last_count, number % divider);
            } else {
                group = g_strdup_printf("%d", number % divider);
            }
            number /= divider;
            break;
        case CHAR_MAX:
            group = g_strdup_printf("%d", number);
            number = 0;
            break;
        }
        char_length += strlen(group);
        list = g_list_prepend(list, group);
        group_count ++;
    }

    if (list) {
        value = g_new(char, 1 + char_length + (group_count - 1) * strlen(locality->thousands_sep));

        iterator = list;
        value_iterator = value;

        strcpy(value_iterator, iterator->data);
        value_iterator += strlen(iterator->data);
        for (iterator = iterator->next; iterator; iterator = iterator->next) {
            strcpy(value_iterator, locality->thousands_sep);
            value_iterator += strlen(locality->thousands_sep);

            strcpy(value_iterator, iterator->data);
            value_iterator += strlen(iterator->data);
        }
        e_free_string_list (list);
        return value;
    } else {
        return g_strdup("0");
    }
}

static gchar *
do_format_number_as_float (double number)
{
    GList *iterator, *list = NULL;
    struct lconv *locality;
    gint char_length = 0;
    gint group_count = 0;
    guchar *grouping;
    int last_count = 3;
    int divider;
    char *value;
    char *value_iterator;
    double fractional;

    locality = localeconv();
    grouping = locality->grouping;
    while (number >= 1.0) {
        char *group;
        switch (*grouping) {
        default:
            last_count = *grouping;
            grouping++;
            /* Fall through */
        case 0:
            divider = epow10(last_count);
            number /= divider;
            fractional = modf (number, &number);
            fractional *= divider;
            fractional = floor (fractional);

            if (number >= 1.0) {
                group = g_strdup_printf("%0*d", last_count, (int) fractional);
            } else {
                group = g_strdup_printf("%d", (int) fractional);
            }
            break;
        case CHAR_MAX:
            divider = epow10(last_count);
            number /= divider;
            fractional = modf (number, &number);
            fractional *= divider;
            fractional = floor (fractional);

            while (number >= 1.0) {
                group = g_strdup_printf("%0*d", last_count, (int) fractional);

                char_length += strlen(group);
                list = g_list_prepend(list, group);
                group_count ++;

                divider = epow10(last_count);
                number /= divider;
                fractional = modf (number, &number);
                fractional *= divider;
                fractional = floor (fractional);
            }

            group = g_strdup_printf("%d", (int) fractional);
            break;
        }
        char_length += strlen(group);
        list = g_list_prepend(list, group);
        group_count ++;
    }

    if (list) {
        value = g_new(char, 1 + char_length + (group_count - 1) * strlen(locality->thousands_sep));

        iterator = list;
        value_iterator = value;

        strcpy(value_iterator, iterator->data);
        value_iterator += strlen(iterator->data);
        for (iterator = iterator->next; iterator; iterator = iterator->next) {
            strcpy(value_iterator, locality->thousands_sep);
            value_iterator += strlen(locality->thousands_sep);

            strcpy(value_iterator, iterator->data);
            value_iterator += strlen(iterator->data);
        }
        e_free_string_list (list);
        return value;
    } else {
        return g_strdup("0");
    }
}

gchar *
e_format_number_float (gfloat number)
{
    gfloat          int_part;
    gint            fraction;
    struct lconv   *locality;
    gchar          *str_intpart;
    gchar          *decimal_point;
    gchar          *str_fraction;
    gchar          *value;

    locality = localeconv();
    
    int_part = floor (number);
    str_intpart = do_format_number_as_float ((double) int_part);

    if (!strcmp(locality->mon_decimal_point, "")) {
        decimal_point = ".";
    }
    else {
        decimal_point = locality->mon_decimal_point;
    }

    fraction = (int) ((number - int_part) * 100);

    if (fraction == 0) {
        str_fraction = g_strdup ("00");
    } else {
        str_fraction = g_strdup_printf ("%02d", fraction);
    }

    value = g_strconcat (str_intpart, decimal_point, str_fraction, NULL);

    g_free (str_intpart);
    g_free (str_fraction);

    return value;
}

gboolean
e_create_directory (gchar *directory)
{
    gint ret_val = e_mkdir_hier (directory, 0777);
    if (ret_val == -1)
        return FALSE;
    else
        return TRUE;
}


/* Perform a binary search for key in base which has nmemb elements
   of size bytes each.  The comparisons are done by (*compare)().  */
void      e_bsearch                                                        (const void       *key,
                                        const void       *base,
                                        size_t            nmemb,
                                        size_t            size,
                                        ESortCompareFunc  compare,
                                        gpointer          closure,
                                        size_t       *start,
                                        size_t       *end)
{
    size_t l, u, idx;
    const void *p;
    int comparison;
    if (!(start || end))
        return;

    l = 0;
    u = nmemb;
    while (l < u) {
        idx = (l + u) / 2;
        p = (void *) (((const char *) base) + (idx * size));
        comparison = (*compare) (key, p, closure);
        if (comparison < 0)
            u = idx;
        else if (comparison > 0)
            l = idx + 1;
        else {
            size_t lsave, usave;
            lsave = l;
            usave = u;
            if (start) {
                while (l < u) {
                    idx = (l + u) / 2;
                    p = (void *) (((const char *) base) + (idx * size));
                    comparison = (*compare) (key, p, closure);
                    if (comparison <= 0)
                        u = idx;
                    else
                        l = idx + 1;
                }
                *start = l;
                
                l = lsave;
                u = usave;
            }
            if (end) {
                while (l < u) {
                    idx = (l + u) / 2;
                    p = (void *) (((const char *) base) + (idx * size));
                    comparison = (*compare) (key, p, closure);
                    if (comparison < 0)
                        u = idx;
                    else
                        l = idx + 1;
                }
                *end = l;
            }
            return;
        }
    }

    if (start)
        *start = l;
    if (end)
        *end = l;
}

static gpointer closure_closure;
static ESortCompareFunc compare_closure;

static int
qsort_callback(const void *data1, const void *data2)
{
    return (*compare_closure) (data1, data2, closure_closure);
}

/* Forget it.  We're just going to use qsort.  I lost the need for a stable sort. */
void
e_sort (void             *base,
    size_t            nmemb,
    size_t            size,
    ESortCompareFunc  compare,
    gpointer          closure)
{
    closure_closure = closure;
    compare_closure = compare;
    qsort(base, nmemb, size, qsort_callback);
#if 0
    void *base_copy;
    int i;
    base_copy = g_malloc(nmemb * size);

    for (i = 0; i < nmemb; i++) {
        int position;
        e_bsearch(base + (i * size), base_copy, i, size, compare, closure, NULL, &position);
        memmove(base_copy + (position + 1) * size, base_copy + position * size, (i - position) * size);
        memcpy(base_copy + position * size, base + i * size, size);
    }
    memcpy(base, base_copy, nmemb * size);
    g_free(base_copy);
#endif
}

size_t e_strftime(char *s, size_t max, const char *fmt, const struct tm *tm)
{
#ifdef HAVE_LKSTRFTIME
    return strftime(s, max, fmt, tm);
#else
    char *c, *ffmt, *ff;
    size_t ret;

    ffmt = g_strdup(fmt);
    ff = ffmt;
    while ((c = strstr(ff, "%l")) != NULL) {
        c[1] = 'I';
        ff = c;
    }

    ff = ffmt;
    while ((c = strstr(ff, "%k")) != NULL) {
        c[1] = 'H';
        ff = c;
    }

    ret = strftime(s, max, ffmt, tm);
    g_free(ffmt);
    return ret;
#endif
}

size_t 
e_utf8_strftime(char *s, size_t max, const char *fmt, const struct tm *tm)
{
    size_t sz, ret;
    char *locale_fmt, *buf;

    locale_fmt = g_locale_from_utf8(fmt, -1, NULL, &sz, NULL);
    if (!locale_fmt)
        return 0;

    ret = e_strftime(s, max, locale_fmt, tm);
    if (!ret) {
        g_free (locale_fmt);
        return 0;
    }

    buf = g_locale_to_utf8(s, ret, NULL, &sz, NULL);
    if (!buf) {
        g_free (locale_fmt);
        return 0;
    }

    if (sz >= max) {
        char *tmp = buf + max - 1;
        tmp = g_utf8_find_prev_char(buf, tmp);
        if (tmp)
            sz = tmp - buf;
        else
            sz = 0;
    }
    memcpy(s, buf, sz);
    s[sz] = '\0';
    g_free(locale_fmt);
    g_free(buf);
    return sz;
}

/**
 * Function to do a last minute fixup of the AM/PM stuff if the locale
 * and gettext haven't done it right. Most English speaking countries
 * except the USA use the 24 hour clock (UK, Australia etc). However
 * since they are English nobody bothers to write a language
 * translation (gettext) file. So the locale turns off the AM/PM, but
 * gettext does not turn on the 24 hour clock. Leaving a mess.
 *
 * This routine checks if AM/PM are defined in the locale, if not it
 * forces the use of the 24 hour clock.
 *
 * The function itself is a front end on strftime and takes exactly
 * the same arguments.
 *
 * TODO: Actually remove the '%p' from the fixed up string so that
 * there isn't a stray space.
 **/

size_t e_strftime_fix_am_pm(char *s, size_t max, const char *fmt, const struct tm *tm)
{
    char buf[10];
    char *sp;
    char *ffmt;
    size_t ret;

    if (strstr(fmt, "%p")==NULL && strstr(fmt, "%P")==NULL) {
        /* No AM/PM involved - can use the fmt string directly */
        ret=e_strftime(s, max, fmt, tm);
    } else {
        /* Get the AM/PM symbol from the locale */
        e_strftime (buf, 10, "%p", tm);

        if (buf[0]) {
            /**
             * AM/PM have been defined in the locale
             * so we can use the fmt string directly
             **/
            ret=e_strftime(s, max, fmt, tm);
        } else {
            /**
             * No AM/PM defined by locale
             * must change to 24 hour clock
             **/
            ffmt=g_strdup(fmt);
            for (sp=ffmt; (sp=strstr(sp, "%l")); sp++) {
                /**
                 * Maybe this should be 'k', but I have never
                 * seen a 24 clock actually use that format
                 **/
                sp[1]='H';
            }
            for (sp=ffmt; (sp=strstr(sp, "%I")); sp++) {
                sp[1]='H';
            }
            ret=e_strftime(s, max, ffmt, tm);
            g_free(ffmt);
        }
    }
    return(ret);
}

size_t 
e_utf8_strftime_fix_am_pm(char *s, size_t max, const char *fmt, const struct tm *tm)
{
    size_t sz, ret;
    char *locale_fmt, *buf;

    locale_fmt = g_locale_from_utf8(fmt, -1, NULL, &sz, NULL);
    if (!locale_fmt)
        return 0;

    ret = e_strftime_fix_am_pm(s, max, locale_fmt, tm);
    if (!ret) {
        g_free (locale_fmt);
        return 0;
    }

    buf = g_locale_to_utf8(s, ret, NULL, &sz, NULL);
    if (!buf) {
        g_free (locale_fmt);
        return 0;
    }

    if (sz >= max) {
        char *tmp = buf + max - 1;
        tmp = g_utf8_find_prev_char(buf, tmp);
        if (tmp)
            sz = tmp - buf;
        else
            sz = 0;
    }
    memcpy(s, buf, sz);
    s[sz] = '\0';
    g_free(locale_fmt);
    g_free(buf);
    return sz;
}

/**
 * e_flexible_strtod:
 * @nptr:    the string to convert to a numeric value.
 * @endptr:  if non-NULL, it returns the character after
 *           the last character used in the conversion.
 * 
 * Converts a string to a gdouble value.  This function detects
 * strings either in the standard C locale or in the current locale.
 *
 * This function is typically used when reading configuration files or
 * other non-user input that should not be locale dependent, but may
 * have been in the past.  To handle input from the user you should
 * normally use the locale-sensitive system strtod function.
 *
 * To convert from a double to a string in a locale-insensitive way, use
 * @g_ascii_dtostr.
 * 
 * Return value: the gdouble value.
 **/
gdouble
e_flexible_strtod (const gchar *nptr,
           gchar      **endptr)
{
    gchar *fail_pos;
    gdouble val;
    struct lconv *locale_data;
    const char *decimal_point;
    int decimal_point_len;
    const char *p, *decimal_point_pos;
    const char *end = NULL; /* Silence gcc */
    char *copy, *c;

    g_return_val_if_fail (nptr != NULL, 0);

    fail_pos = NULL;

    locale_data = localeconv ();
    decimal_point = locale_data->decimal_point;
    decimal_point_len = strlen (decimal_point);

    g_assert (decimal_point_len != 0);

    decimal_point_pos = NULL;
    if (!strcmp (decimal_point, "."))
        return strtod (nptr, endptr);

    p = nptr;

    /* Skip leading space */
    while (isspace ((guchar)*p))
        p++;

    /* Skip leading optional sign */
    if (*p == '+' || *p == '-')
        p++;

    if (p[0] == '0' &&
        (p[1] == 'x' || p[1] == 'X')) {
        p += 2;
        /* HEX - find the (optional) decimal point */

        while (isxdigit ((guchar)*p))
            p++;

        if (*p == '.') {
            decimal_point_pos = p++;
             
            while (isxdigit ((guchar)*p))
                p++;
             
            if (*p == 'p' || *p == 'P')
                p++;
            if (*p == '+' || *p == '-')
                p++;
            while (isdigit ((guchar)*p))
                p++;
            end = p;
        } else if (strncmp (p, decimal_point, decimal_point_len) == 0) {
            return strtod (nptr, endptr);
        }
    } else {
        while (isdigit ((guchar)*p))
            p++;

        if (*p == '.') {
            decimal_point_pos = p++;

            while (isdigit ((guchar)*p))
                p++;

            if (*p == 'e' || *p == 'E')
                p++;
            if (*p == '+' || *p == '-')
                p++;
            while (isdigit ((guchar)*p))
                p++;
            end = p;
        } else if (strncmp (p, decimal_point, decimal_point_len) == 0) {
            return strtod (nptr, endptr);
        }
    }
    /* For the other cases, we need not convert the decimal point */
  
    if (!decimal_point_pos)
        return strtod (nptr, endptr);

    /* We need to convert the '.' to the locale specific decimal point */
    copy = g_malloc (end - nptr + 1 + decimal_point_len);

    c = copy;
    memcpy (c, nptr, decimal_point_pos - nptr);
    c += decimal_point_pos - nptr;
    memcpy (c, decimal_point, decimal_point_len);
    c += decimal_point_len;
    memcpy (c, decimal_point_pos + 1, end - (decimal_point_pos + 1));
    c += end - (decimal_point_pos + 1);
    *c = 0;

    val = strtod (copy, &fail_pos);

    if (fail_pos) {
        if (fail_pos > decimal_point_pos)
            fail_pos = (char *)nptr + (fail_pos - copy) - (decimal_point_len - 1);
        else
            fail_pos = (char *)nptr + (fail_pos - copy);
    }

    g_free (copy);

    if (endptr)
        *endptr = fail_pos;

    return val;
}

/**
 * e_ascii_dtostr:
 * @buffer: A buffer to place the resulting string in
 * @buf_len: The length of the buffer.
 * @format: The printf-style format to use for the
 *          code to use for converting. 
 * @d: The double to convert
 *
 * Converts a double to a string, using the '.' as
 * decimal_point. To format the number you pass in
 * a printf-style formating string. Allowed conversion
 * specifiers are eEfFgG. 
 * 
 * If you want to generates enough precision that converting
 * the string back using @g_strtod gives the same machine-number
 * (on machines with IEEE compatible 64bit doubles) use the format
 * string "%.17g". If you do this it is guaranteed that the size
 * of the resulting string will never be larger than
 * @G_ASCII_DTOSTR_BUF_SIZE bytes.
 *
 * Return value: The pointer to the buffer with the converted string.
 **/
gchar *
e_ascii_dtostr (gchar       *buffer,
        gint         buf_len,
        const gchar *format,
        gdouble      d)
{
    struct lconv *locale_data;
    const char *decimal_point;
    int decimal_point_len;
    gchar *p;
    int rest_len;
    gchar format_char;

    g_return_val_if_fail (buffer != NULL, NULL);
    g_return_val_if_fail (format[0] == '%', NULL);
    g_return_val_if_fail (strpbrk (format + 1, "'l%") == NULL, NULL);
 
    format_char = format[strlen (format) - 1];
  
    g_return_val_if_fail (format_char == 'e' || format_char == 'E' ||
                  format_char == 'f' || format_char == 'F' ||
                  format_char == 'g' || format_char == 'G',
                  NULL);

    if (format[0] != '%')
        return NULL;

    if (strpbrk (format + 1, "'l%"))
        return NULL;

    if (!(format_char == 'e' || format_char == 'E' ||
          format_char == 'f' || format_char == 'F' ||
          format_char == 'g' || format_char == 'G'))
        return NULL;


    g_snprintf (buffer, buf_len, format, d);

    locale_data = localeconv ();
    decimal_point = locale_data->decimal_point;
    decimal_point_len = strlen (decimal_point);

    g_assert (decimal_point_len != 0);

    if (strcmp (decimal_point, ".")) {
        p = buffer;

        if (*p == '+' || *p == '-')
            p++;

        while (isdigit ((guchar)*p))
            p++;

        if (strncmp (p, decimal_point, decimal_point_len) == 0) {
            *p = '.';
            p++;
            if (decimal_point_len > 1) {
                rest_len = strlen (p + (decimal_point_len-1));
                memmove (p, p + (decimal_point_len-1),
                     rest_len);
                p[rest_len] = 0;
            }
        }
    }

    return buffer;
}

gchar *
e_strdup_append_strings (gchar *first_string, ...)
{
    gchar *buffer;
    gchar *current;
    gint length;
    va_list args1;
    va_list args2;
    char *v_string;
    int v_int;

    va_start (args1, first_string);
    G_VA_COPY (args2, args1);

    length = 0;

    v_string = first_string;
    while (v_string) {
        v_int = va_arg (args1, int);
        if (v_int >= 0)
            length += v_int;
        else
            length += strlen (v_string);
        v_string = va_arg (args1, char *);
    }

    buffer  = g_new (char, length + 1);
    current = buffer;

    v_string = first_string;
    while (v_string) {
        v_int = va_arg (args2, int);
        if (v_int < 0) {
            int i;
            for (i = 0; v_string[i]; i++) {
                *(current++) = v_string[i];
            }
        } else {
            int i;
            for (i = 0; v_string[i] && i < v_int; i++) {
                *(current++) = v_string[i];
            }
        }
        v_string = va_arg (args2, char *);
    }
    *(current++) = 0;

    va_end (args1);
    va_end (args2);

    return buffer;
}

gchar **
e_strdupv (const gchar **str_array)
{
    if (str_array) {
        gint i;
        gchar **retval;

        i = 0;
        while (str_array[i])
            i++;
          
        retval = g_new (gchar*, i + 1);

        i = 0;
        while (str_array[i]) {
            retval[i] = g_strdup (str_array[i]);
            i++;
        }
        retval[i] = NULL;

        return retval;
    } else {
        return NULL;
    }
}

char *
e_gettext (const char *msgid)
{
    static gboolean initialized = FALSE;

    if (!initialized) {
        bindtextdomain (E_I18N_DOMAIN, EVOLUTION_LOCALEDIR);
        bind_textdomain_codeset (E_I18N_DOMAIN, "UTF-8");
        initialized = TRUE;
    }        

    return dgettext (E_I18N_DOMAIN, msgid);
}

#ifdef G_OS_WIN32

int
fsync (int fd)
{
    int handle;
    struct stat st;

    handle = _get_osfhandle (fd);
    if (handle == -1)
        return -1;

    fstat (fd, &st);

    /* FlushFileBuffers() fails if called on a handle to the
     * console output. As we cannot know whether fd refers to the
     * console output or not, punt, and call FlushFileBuffers()
     * only for regular files and pipes.
     */
    if (!(S_ISREG (st.st_mode) || S_ISFIFO (st.st_mode)))
        return 0;

    if (FlushFileBuffers ((HANDLE) handle))
        return 0;

    errno = EIO;
    return -1;
}

#endif