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+/**
+ * Provide information in order to make Elementary determine the @b
+ * run time location of the software in question, so other data files
+ * such as images, sound files, executable utilities, libraries,
+ * modules and locale files can be found.
+ *
+ * @param mainfunc This is your application's main function name,
+ *        whose binary's location is to be found. Providing @c NULL
+ *        will make Elementary not to use it
+ * @param dom This will be used as the application's "domain", in the
+ *        form of a prefix to any environment variables that may
+ *        override prefix detection and the directory name, inside the
+ *        standard share or data directories, where the software's
+ *        data files will be looked for.
+ * @param checkfile This is an (optional) magic file's path to check
+ *        for existence (and it must be located in the data directory,
+ *        under the share directory provided above). Its presence will
+ *        help determine the prefix found was correct. Pass @c NULL if
+ *        the check is not to be done.
+ *
+ * This function allows one to re-locate the application somewhere
+ * else after compilation, if the developer wishes for easier
+ * distribution of pre-compiled binaries.
+ *
+ * The prefix system is designed to locate where the given software is
+ * installed (under a common path prefix) at run time and then report
+ * specific locations of this prefix and common directories inside
+ * this prefix like the binary, library, data and locale directories,
+ * through the @c elm_app_*_get() family of functions.
+ *
+ * Call elm_app_info_set() early on before you change working
+ * directory or anything about @c argv[0], so it gets accurate
+ * information.
+ *
+ * It will then try and trace back which file @p mainfunc comes from,
+ * if provided, to determine the application's prefix directory.
+ *
+ * The @p dom parameter provides a string prefix to prepend before
+ * environment variables, allowing a fallback to @b specific
+ * environment variables to locate the software. You would most
+ * probably provide a lowercase string there, because it will also
+ * serve as directory domain, explained next. For environment
+ * variables purposes, this string is made uppercase. For example if
+ * @c "myapp" is provided as the prefix, then the program would expect
+ * @c "MYAPP_PREFIX" as a master environment variable to specify the
+ * exact install prefix for the software, or more specific environment
+ * variables like @c "MYAPP_BIN_DIR", @c "MYAPP_LIB_DIR", @c
+ * "MYAPP_DATA_DIR" and @c "MYAPP_LOCALE_DIR", which could be set by
+ * the user or scripts before launching. If not provided (@c NULL),
+ * environment variables will not be used to override compiled-in
+ * defaults or auto detections.
+ *
+ * The @p dom string also provides a subdirectory inside the system
+ * shared data directory for data files. For example, if the system
+ * directory is @c /usr/local/share, then this directory name is
+ * appended, creating @c /usr/local/share/myapp, if it @p was @c
+ * "myapp". It is expected that the application installs data files in
+ * this directory.
+ *
+ * The @p checkfile is a file name or path of something inside the
+ * share or data directory to be used to test that the prefix
+ * detection worked. For example, your app will install a wallpaper
+ * image as @c /usr/local/share/myapp/images/wallpaper.jpg and so to
+ * check that this worked, provide @c "images/wallpaper.jpg" as the @p
+ * checkfile string.
+ *
+ * @see elm_app_compile_bin_dir_set()
+ * @see elm_app_compile_lib_dir_set()
+ * @see elm_app_compile_data_dir_set()
+ * @see elm_app_compile_locale_set()
+ * @see elm_app_prefix_dir_get()
+ * @see elm_app_bin_dir_get()
+ * @see elm_app_lib_dir_get()
+ * @see elm_app_data_dir_get()
+ * @see elm_app_locale_dir_get()
+ */
+EAPI void        elm_app_info_set(void *mainfunc, const char *dom, const char *checkfile);
+
+/**
+ * Provide information on the @b fallback application's binaries
+ * directory, in scenarios where they get overridden by
+ * elm_app_info_set().
+ *
+ * @param dir The path to the default binaries directory (compile time
+ * one)
+ *
+ * @note Elementary will as well use this path to determine actual
+ * names of binaries' directory paths, maybe changing it to be @c
+ * something/local/bin instead of @c something/bin, only, for
+ * example.
+ *
+ * @warning You should call this function @b before
+ * elm_app_info_set().
+ */
+EAPI void        elm_app_compile_bin_dir_set(const char *dir);
+
+/**
+ * Provide information on the @b fallback application's libraries
+ * directory, on scenarios where they get overridden by
+ * elm_app_info_set().
+ *
+ * @param dir The path to the default libraries directory (compile
+ * time one)
+ *
+ * @note Elementary will as well use this path to determine actual
+ * names of libraries' directory paths, maybe changing it to be @c
+ * something/lib32 or @c something/lib64 instead of @c something/lib,
+ * only, for example.
+ *
+ * @warning You should call this function @b before
+ * elm_app_info_set().
+ */
+EAPI void        elm_app_compile_lib_dir_set(const char *dir);
+
+/**
+ * Provide information on the @b fallback application's data
+ * directory, on scenarios where they get overridden by
+ * elm_app_info_set().
+ *
+ * @param dir The path to the default data directory (compile time
+ * one)
+ *
+ * @note Elementary will as well use this path to determine actual
+ * names of data directory paths, maybe changing it to be @c
+ * something/local/share instead of @c something/share, only, for
+ * example.
+ *
+ * @warning You should call this function @b before
+ * elm_app_info_set().
+ */
+EAPI void        elm_app_compile_data_dir_set(const char *dir);
+
+/**
+ * Provide information on the @b fallback application's locale
+ * directory, on scenarios where they get overridden by
+ * elm_app_info_set().
+ *
+ * @param dir The path to the default locale directory (compile time
+ * one)
+ *
+ * @warning You should call this function @b before
+ * elm_app_info_set().
+ */
+EAPI void        elm_app_compile_locale_set(const char *dir);
+
+/**
+ * Retrieve the application's run time prefix directory, as set by
+ * elm_app_info_set() and the way (environment) the application was
+ * run from.
+ *
+ * @return The directory prefix the application is actually using.
+ */
+EAPI const char *elm_app_prefix_dir_get(void);
+
+/**
+ * Retrieve the application's run time binaries prefix directory, as
+ * set by elm_app_info_set() and the way (environment) the application
+ * was run from.
+ *
+ * @return The binaries directory prefix the application is actually
+ * using.
+ */
+EAPI const char *elm_app_bin_dir_get(void);
+
+/**
+ * Retrieve the application's run time libraries prefix directory, as
+ * set by elm_app_info_set() and the way (environment) the application
+ * was run from.
+ *
+ * @return The libraries directory prefix the application is actually
+ * using.
+ */
+EAPI const char *elm_app_lib_dir_get(void);
+
+/**
+ * Retrieve the application's run time data prefix directory, as
+ * set by elm_app_info_set() and the way (environment) the application
+ * was run from.
+ *
+ * @return The data directory prefix the application is actually
+ * using.
+ */
+EAPI const char *elm_app_data_dir_get(void);
+
+/**
+ * Retrieve the application's run time locale prefix directory, as
+ * set by elm_app_info_set() and the way (environment) the application
+ * was run from.
+ *
+ * @return The locale directory prefix the application is actually
+ * using.
+ */
+EAPI const char *elm_app_locale_dir_get(void);