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{
 ***************************************************************************
 *                                                                         *
 *   This source is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify   *
 *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by  *
 *   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or     *
 *   (at your option) any later version.                                   *
 *                                                                         *
 *   This code 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     *
 *   General Public License for more details.                              *
 *                                                                         *
 *   A copy of the GNU General Public License is available on the World    *
 *   Wide Web at <http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html>. You can also      *
 *   obtain it by writing to the Free Software Foundation,                 *
 *   Inc., 51 Franklin Street - Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1335, USA.   *
 *                                                                         *
 ***************************************************************************

  Simple functions
   - for file access, not yet in fpc.
   - recent list
   - xmlconfig formats
}
unit IDEProcs;

{$mode objfpc}{$H+}

interface

uses
  // RTL
  Classes, SysUtils, Laz_AVL_Tree,
  // LazUtils
  FileUtil, LazFileUtils, LazUtilities, LazFileCache, LazUTF8, LazUTF8Classes,
  Laz2_XMLCfg, AvgLvlTree, LazLoggerBase, LazTracer,
  // LCL
  StdCtrls, ExtCtrls,
  // CodeTools
  BasicCodeTools, FileProcs, CodeToolManager, CodeToolsConfig, CodeCache,
  // IDE
  LazConf;

// file operations
function BackupFileForWrite(const Filename, BackupFilename: string): boolean;
function CreateEmptyFile(const Filename: string): boolean;

// file names
function FilenameIsPascalSource(const Filename: string): boolean;
function ChompEndNumber(const s: string): string;
function ShortDisplayFilename(const aFileName: string): string;

// find file
function FindFilesCaseInsensitive(const Directory,
  CaseInsensitiveFilename: string; IgnoreExact: boolean): TStringList;
function FindFirstFileWithExt(const Directory, Ext: string): string;
function CreateNonExistingFilename(const BaseFilename: string): string;
function FindFPCTool(const Executable, CompilerFilename: string): string;
procedure ResolveLinksInFileList(List: TStrings; RemoveDanglingLinks: Boolean);
function FindProgram(ProgramName, BaseDirectory: string;
                     WithBaseDirectory: boolean): string;

// search paths
function TrimSearchPath(const SearchPath, BaseDirectory: string;
                  DeleteDoubles: boolean = false; ExpandPaths: boolean = false): string;
function MergeSearchPaths(const OldSearchPath, AddSearchPath: string): string;
procedure MergeSearchPaths(SearchPath: TStrings; const AddSearchPath: string);
function RemoveSearchPaths(const SearchPath, RemoveSearchPath: string): string;
function RemoveNonExistingPaths(const SearchPath, BaseDirectory: string): string;
function RebaseSearchPath(const SearchPath,
                          OldBaseDirectory, NewBaseDirectory: string;
                          SkipPathsStartingWithMacro: boolean): string;
function ShortenSearchPath(const SearchPath, BaseDirectory,
                           ChompDirectory: string): string;
function GetNextDirectoryInSearchPath(const SearchPath: string;
                                      var NextStartPos: integer): string;
function GetNextUsedDirectoryInSearchPath(const SearchPath,
                          FilterDir: string; var NextStartPos: integer): string;
function SearchPathToList(const SearchPath: string): TStringList;
function SearchDirectoryInSearchPath(const SearchPath, Directory: string;
                                     DirStartPos: integer = 1): integer;
function SearchDirectoryInSearchPath(SearchPath: TStrings;
                    const Directory: string; DirStartPos: integer = 0): integer;

// Recent item lists
type
  TRecentListType = (
    rltCaseSensitive,
    rltCaseInsensitive,
    rltFile
    );
const
  RecentListTypeNames: array[TRecentListType] of string = (
    'CaseSensitive',
    'CaseInsensitive',
    'File'
    );
function IndexInRecentList(List: TStrings; ListType: TRecentListType;
  const Path: string): integer;
function StrToRecentListType(s: string): TRecentListType;
function CompareRecentListItem(s1, s2: string; ListType: TRecentListType): boolean;
procedure LoadRecentList(XMLConfig: TXMLConfig; List: TStrings; const Path: string;
                         ListType: TRecentListType);
procedure SaveRecentList(XMLConfig: TXMLConfig; List: TStrings;
                         const Path: string); overload;
procedure SaveRecentList(XMLConfig: TXMLConfig; List: TStrings;
                         const Path: string; aMax: Integer); overload;
function AddToRecentList(const s: string; List: TStrings; aMax: integer;
                         ListType: TRecentListType): boolean;
function AddComboTextToRecentList(cb: TCombobox; aMax: integer;
                                  ListType: TRecentListType): boolean;
procedure RemoveFromRecentList(const s: string; List: TStrings;
                               ListType: TRecentListType);
procedure CleanUpRecentList(List: TStrings; ListType: TRecentListType);

// XMLconfig
procedure LoadRect(XMLConfig: TXMLConfig; const Path:string;
                   var ARect:TRect);
procedure LoadRect(XMLConfig: TXMLConfig; const Path:string;
                   var ARect:TRect; const DefaultRect: TRect);
procedure SaveRect(XMLConfig: TXMLConfig; const Path:string;
                   const ARect: TRect);
procedure SaveRect(XMLConfig: TXMLConfig; const Path:string;
                   const ARect, DefaultRect: TRect);
procedure LoadPoint(XMLConfig: TXMLConfig; const Path:string;
                    var APoint:TPoint; const DefaultPoint: TPoint);
procedure SavePoint(XMLConfig: TXMLConfig; const Path:string;
                    const APoint, DefaultPoint:TPoint);
procedure LoadStringList(XMLConfig: TXMLConfig; List: TStrings; const Path: string);
procedure SaveStringList(XMLConfig: TXMLConfig; List: TStrings; const Path: string);
procedure LoadStringToStringTree(XMLConfig: TXMLConfig;
                                 Tree: TStringToStringTree; const Path: string);
procedure SaveStringToStringTree(XMLConfig: TXMLConfig;
                                 Tree: TStringToStringTree; const Path: string);
procedure MakeXMLName(var Name: string);
function LoadXMLConfigViaCodeBuffer(Filename: string): TXMLConfig;

// Point conversion
function PointToCfgStr(const Point: TPoint): string;
procedure CfgStrToPoint(const s: string; var Point: TPoint;
                        const DefaultPoint: TPoint);

// environment
type
  TParseString = record
    UnparsedValue: string;
    ParsedValue: string;
    ParseStamp: integer;
    Parsing: boolean;
  end;

function GetCurrentUserName: string;
function GetCurrentMailAddress: string;
function GetProgramSearchPath: string;

// miscellaneous
procedure CheckList(List: TList; TestListNil, TestDoubles, TestNils: boolean);
procedure CheckList(List: TFPList; TestListNil, TestDoubles, TestNils: boolean);
procedure CheckEmptyListCut(List1, List2: TList);
procedure RemoveDoubles(List: TStrings);
function SearchInStringListI(List: TStrings; const s: string): integer; // search ASCII case insensitive, not UTF-8
procedure ReverseList(List: TList);
procedure ReverseList(List: TFPList);
procedure FreeListObjects(List: TList; FreeList: boolean);
procedure FreeListObjects(List: TFPList; FreeList: boolean);
function CompareMemStreamText(s1, s2: TMemoryStream): Boolean;

function CheckGroupItemChecked(CheckGroup: TCheckGroup; const Caption: string): Boolean;


implementation

{$IfNdef MSWindows}
{$ifNdef HASAMIGA}
// to get more detailed error messages consider the os
uses
  Unix, BaseUnix;
{$EndIf}
{$EndIf}

{-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  function FindFilesCaseInsensitive(const Directory,
    CaseInsensitiveFilename: string; IgnoreExact: boolean): TStringLists;

  Search Pascal case insensitive in Directory for all files
  named CaseInsensitiveFilename
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------}
function FindFilesCaseInsensitive(const Directory,
  CaseInsensitiveFilename: string; IgnoreExact: boolean): TStringList;
var
  FileInfo: TSearchRec;
begin
  Result:=nil;
  if FindFirstUTF8(AppendPathDelim(Directory)+GetAllFilesMask,
                        faAnyFile,FileInfo)=0
  then begin
    repeat
      // check if special file
      if (FileInfo.Name='.') or (FileInfo.Name='..') or (FileInfo.Name='') then
        continue;
      if (CompareText(CaseInsensitiveFilename,FileInfo.Name)=0) // Pascal insensitibity, not UTF-8, thing about Turkish I
      and ((not IgnoreExact)
           or (CompareFilenames(CaseInsensitiveFilename,FileInfo.Name)<>0))
      then begin
        if Result=nil then Result:=TStringList.Create;
        Result.Add(FileInfo.Name);
      end;
    until FindNextUTF8(FileInfo)<>0;
  end;
  FindCloseUTF8(FileInfo);
end;

function FilenameIsPascalSource(const Filename: string): boolean;
var
  s: string;
  i: Integer;
begin
  Result:=False;
  // Check unit name
  s:=ExtractFileNameOnly(Filename);
  if (s='') or not IsDottedIdentifier(s) then
    exit;
  // Check extension
  s:=lowercase(ExtractFileExt(Filename));
  for i:=Low(PascalSourceExt) to High(PascalSourceExt) do
    if s=PascalSourceExt[i] then
      exit(True);
end;

function CreateNonExistingFilename(const BaseFilename: string): string;
var
  PostFix: String;
  PreFix: String;
  i: Integer;
begin
  if not FileExistsUTF8(BaseFilename) then begin
    Result:=BaseFilename;
    exit;
  end;
  PostFix:=ExtractFileExt(BaseFilename);
  PreFix:=copy(BaseFilename,1,length(BaseFilename)-length(PostFix));
  i:=0;
  repeat
    inc(i);
    Result:=PreFix+IntToStr(i)+PostFix;
  until not FileExistsUTF8(Result);
end;

function FindFPCTool(const Executable, CompilerFilename: string): string;
begin
  if ConsoleVerbosity>=0 then
    DebugLn('Hint: (lazarus) FindFPCTool Executable="',Executable,'" CompilerFilename="',CompilerFilename,'"');
  Result:=FindDefaultExecutablePath(Executable);
  if Result<>'' then exit;
  Result:=AppendPathDelim(ExtractFilePath(CompilerFilename))+Executable;
  if ConsoleVerbosity>=0 then
    DebugLn('Hint: (lazarus) FindFPCTool Try="',Result);
  if FileExistsUTF8(Result) then exit;
  Result:='';
end;

procedure ResolveLinksInFileList(List: TStrings; RemoveDanglingLinks: Boolean);
var
  i: Integer;
  OldFilename: string;
  NewFilename: String;
begin
  if List=nil then exit;
  for i:=List.Count-1 downto 0 do begin
    OldFilename:=List[i];
    NewFilename:=GetPhysicalFilenameCached(OldFilename,true);
    //DebugLn(['ResolveLinksInFileList OldFilename=',OldFilename,' NewFilename=',NewFilename]);
    if NewFilename='' then begin
      if RemoveDanglingLinks then
        List.Delete(i);
    end
    else if NewFilename<>OldFilename then
      List[i]:=NewFilename;
  end;
end;

function MergeSearchPaths(const OldSearchPath, AddSearchPath: string): string;
var
  l: Integer;
  EndPos: Integer;
  StartPos: Integer;
  NewPath: String;
begin
  Result:=OldSearchPath;
  if Result='' then begin
    Result:=AddSearchPath;
    exit;
  end;
  l:=length(AddSearchPath);
  EndPos:=1;
  while EndPos<=l do begin
    StartPos:=EndPos;
    while (AddSearchPath[StartPos]=';') do begin
      inc(StartPos);
      if StartPos>l then exit;
    end;
    EndPos:=StartPos;
    while (EndPos<=l) and (AddSearchPath[EndPos]<>';') do inc(EndPos);
    if SearchDirectoryInSearchPath(Result,AddSearchPath,StartPos)<1 then
    begin
      // new path found -> add
      NewPath:=copy(AddSearchPath,StartPos,EndPos-StartPos);
      if Result<>'' then
        NewPath:=';'+NewPath;
      Result:=Result+NewPath;
    end;
  end;
end;

procedure MergeSearchPaths(SearchPath: TStrings; const AddSearchPath: string);
var
  l: Integer;
  EndPos: Integer;
  StartPos: Integer;
begin
  l:=length(AddSearchPath);
  EndPos:=1;
  while EndPos<=l do begin
    StartPos:=EndPos;
    while (AddSearchPath[StartPos]=';') do begin
      inc(StartPos);
      if StartPos>l then exit;
    end;
    EndPos:=StartPos;
    while (EndPos<=l) and (AddSearchPath[EndPos]<>';') do inc(EndPos);
    if SearchDirectoryInSearchPath(SearchPath,AddSearchPath,StartPos)<1 then
    begin
      // new path found -> add
      SearchPath.Add(copy(AddSearchPath,StartPos,EndPos-StartPos));
    end;
  end;
end;

function RemoveSearchPaths(const SearchPath, RemoveSearchPath: string): string;
var
  OldPathLen: Integer;
  EndPos: Integer;
  StartPos: Integer;
  ResultStartPos: Integer;
begin
  Result:=SearchPath;
  OldPathLen:=length(SearchPath);
  EndPos:=1;
  ResultStartPos:=1;
  repeat
    StartPos:=EndPos;
    while (StartPos<=OldPathLen) and (SearchPath[StartPos]=';') do
      inc(StartPos);
    if StartPos>OldPathLen then break;
    EndPos:=StartPos;
    while (EndPos<=OldPathLen) and (SearchPath[EndPos]<>';') do
      inc(EndPos);
    //DebugLn('RemoveSearchPaths Dir="',copy(SearchPath,StartPos,EndPos-StartPos),'" RemoveSearchPath="',RemoveSearchPath,'"');
    if SearchDirectoryInSearchPath(RemoveSearchPath,SearchPath,StartPos)>0 then
    begin
      // remove path -> skip
    end else begin
      // keep path -> copy
      if ResultStartPos>1 then begin
        Result[ResultStartPos]:=';';
        inc(ResultStartPos);
      end;
      while StartPos<EndPos do begin
        Result[ResultStartPos]:=SearchPath[StartPos];
        inc(ResultStartPos);
        inc(StartPos);
      end;
    end;
  until false;
  SetLength(Result,ResultStartPos-1);
end;

function RebaseSearchPath(const SearchPath, OldBaseDirectory,
  NewBaseDirectory: string; SkipPathsStartingWithMacro: boolean): string;
// change every relative search path
var
  EndPos: Integer;
  StartPos: Integer;
  CurPath: String;
begin
  Result:=SearchPath;
  if CompareFilenames(OldBaseDirectory,NewBaseDirectory)=0 then exit;
  EndPos:=1;
  repeat
    StartPos:=EndPos;
    while (StartPos<=length(Result)) and (Result[StartPos]=';') do
      inc(StartPos);
    if StartPos>length(Result) then break;
    EndPos:=StartPos;
    while (EndPos<=length(Result)) and (Result[EndPos]<>';') do
      inc(EndPos);
    if EndPos>StartPos then begin
      CurPath:=copy(Result,StartPos,EndPos-StartPos);
      if (not FilenameIsAbsolute(CurPath))
      and ((not SkipPathsStartingWithMacro) or (CurPath[1]<>'$'))
      then begin
        CurPath:=TrimFilename(AppendPathDelim(OldBaseDirectory)+CurPath);
        CurPath:=CreateRelativePath(CurPath,NewBaseDirectory);
        Result:=copy(Result,1,StartPos-1)+CurPath
                   +copy(Result,EndPos,length(Result));
        EndPos:=StartPos+length(CurPath);
      end;
    end;
  until false;
end;

function ShortenSearchPath(const SearchPath, BaseDirectory,
  ChompDirectory: string): string;
// Every search path that is a subdirectory of ChompDirectory will be shortened.
// Before the test relative paths are expanded by BaseDirectory.
var
  BaseEqualsChompDir: boolean;

  function Normalize(var ADirectory: string): boolean;
  begin
    if FilenameIsAbsolute(ADirectory) then begin
      Result:=true;
    end else begin
      if BaseEqualsChompDir then
        Result:=false
      else begin
        Result:=true;
        ADirectory:=AppendPathDelim(BaseDirectory)+ADirectory;
      end;
    end;
    if Result then
      ADirectory:=AppendPathDelim(TrimFilename(ADirectory));
  end;

var
  PathLen: Integer;
  EndPos: Integer;
  StartPos: Integer;
  CurDir: String;
  NewCurDir: String;
  DiffLen: Integer;
begin
  Result:=SearchPath;
  if (SearchPath='') or (ChompDirectory='') then exit;

  PathLen:=length(Result);
  EndPos:=1;
  BaseEqualsChompDir:=CompareFilenames(BaseDirectory,ChompDirectory)=0;
  while EndPos<=PathLen do begin
    StartPos:=EndPos;
    while (Result[StartPos] in [';',#0..#32]) do begin
      inc(StartPos);
      if StartPos>PathLen then exit;
    end;
    EndPos:=StartPos;
    while (EndPos<=PathLen) and (Result[EndPos]<>';') do inc(EndPos);
    CurDir:=copy(Result,StartPos,EndPos-StartPos);
    NewCurDir:=CurDir;
    if Normalize(NewCurDir) then begin
      if CompareFilenames(NewCurDir,ChompDirectory)=0 then
        NewCurDir:='.'
      else if FileIsInPath(NewCurDir,ChompDirectory) then
        NewCurDir:=AppendPathDelim(CreateRelativePath(NewCurDir,BaseDirectory));
      if NewCurDir<>CurDir then begin
        DiffLen:=length(NewCurDir)-length(CurDir);
        Result:=copy(Result,1,StartPos-1)+NewCurDir
                +copy(Result,EndPos,PathLen-EndPos+1);
        inc(EndPos,DiffLen);
        inc(PathLen,DiffLen);
      end;
    end;
    StartPos:=EndPos;
  end;
end;

function GetNextDirectoryInSearchPath(const SearchPath: string;
                                      var NextStartPos: integer): string;
var
  PathLen: Integer;
  CurStartPos: Integer;
begin
  PathLen:=length(SearchPath);
  if PathLen>0 then begin
    repeat
      while (NextStartPos<=PathLen)
      and (SearchPath[NextStartPos] in [';',#0..#32]) do
        inc(NextStartPos);
      CurStartPos:=NextStartPos;
      while (NextStartPos<=PathLen) and (SearchPath[NextStartPos]<>';') do
        inc(NextStartPos);
      Result:=TrimFilename(copy(SearchPath,CurStartPos,NextStartPos-CurStartPos));
      if Result<>'' then exit;
    until (NextStartPos>PathLen);
  end else begin
    NextStartPos:=1;
  end;
  Result:='';
end;

function GetNextUsedDirectoryInSearchPath(const SearchPath,
                    FilterDir: string; var NextStartPos: integer): string;
// searches next directory in search path,
// which is equal to FilterDir or is in FilterDir
begin
  while (NextStartPos<=length(SearchPath)) do begin
    Result:=GetNextDirectoryInSearchPath(SearchPath,NextStartPos);
    if (Result<>'')
    and ((CompareFilenames(Result,FilterDir)=0)
      or FileIsInPath(Result,FilterDir))
    then
      exit;
  end;
  Result:=''
end;

function SearchPathToList(const SearchPath: string): TStringList;
var
  p: Integer;
  CurDir: String;
begin
  Result:=TStringList.Create;
  p:=1;
  repeat
    CurDir:=GetNextDirectoryInSearchPath(SearchPath,p);
    if CurDir='' then break;
    Result.Add(CurDir);
  until false;
end;

function SearchDirectoryInSearchPath(const SearchPath, Directory: string;
  DirStartPos: integer): integer;
// -1 on not found
var
  PathLen: Integer;
  DirLen: Integer;
  EndPos: Integer;
  StartPos: Integer;
  DirEndPos: Integer;
  CurDirLen: Integer;
  CurDirEndPos: Integer;
begin
  Result:=-1;
  DirLen:=length(Directory);
  if (SearchPath='')
  or (Directory='') or (DirStartPos>DirLen) or (Directory[DirStartPos]=';') then
    exit;
  DirEndPos:=DirStartPos;
  while (DirEndPos<=DirLen) and (Directory[DirEndPos]<>';') do inc(DirEndPos);
  // ignore PathDelim at end
  if (DirEndPos>DirStartPos) and (Directory[DirEndPos-1]=PathDelim) then begin
    while (DirEndPos>DirStartPos) and (Directory[DirEndPos-1]=PathDelim) do
      dec(DirEndPos);
    // check if it is the root path '/'
    if DirEndPos=DirStartPos then DirEndPos:=DirStartPos+1;
  end;
  CurDirLen:=DirEndPos-DirStartPos;
  //DebugLn('SearchDirectoryInSearchPath Dir="',copy(Directory,DirStartPos,CurDirLen),'"');
  PathLen:=length(SearchPath);
  EndPos:=1;
  while EndPos<=PathLen do begin
    StartPos:=EndPos;
    while (SearchPath[StartPos] in [';',#0..#32]) do begin
      inc(StartPos);
      if StartPos>PathLen then exit;
    end;
    EndPos:=StartPos;
    while (EndPos<=PathLen) and (SearchPath[EndPos]<>';') do inc(EndPos);
    CurDirEndPos:=EndPos;
    // ignore PathDelim at end
    if (CurDirEndPos>StartPos) and (SearchPath[CurDirEndPos-1]=PathDelim) then
    begin
      while (CurDirEndPos>StartPos) and (SearchPath[CurDirEndPos-1]=PathDelim)
      do
        dec(CurDirEndPos);
      // check if it is the root path '/'
      if CurDirEndPos=StartPos then CurDirEndPos:=StartPos+1;
    end;
    //DebugLn('SearchDirectoryInSearchPath CurDir="',copy(SearchPath,StartPos,CurDirEndPos-StartPos),'"');
    if CurDirEndPos-StartPos=CurDirLen then begin
      // directories have same length -> compare chars
      if FileUtil.CompareFilenames(@SearchPath[StartPos],CurDirLen,
                          @Directory[DirStartPos],CurDirLen,
                          false)=0
      then begin
        // directory found
        Result:=StartPos;
        exit;
      end;
    end;
    StartPos:=EndPos;
  end;
end;

function SearchDirectoryInSearchPath(SearchPath: TStrings;
  const Directory: string; DirStartPos: integer): integer;
var
  DirLen: Integer;
  DirEndPos: Integer;
  CurDirLen: Integer;
  CurPath: string;
  CurPathLen: Integer;
begin
  Result:=-1;
  DirLen:=length(Directory);
  if (SearchPath.Count=0)
  or (Directory='') or (DirStartPos>DirLen) or (Directory[DirStartPos]=';') then
    exit;
  DirEndPos:=DirStartPos;
  while (DirEndPos<=DirLen) and (Directory[DirEndPos]<>';') do inc(DirEndPos);
  // ignore PathDelim at end
  if (DirEndPos>DirStartPos) and (Directory[DirEndPos-1]=PathDelim) then begin
    while (DirEndPos>DirStartPos) and (Directory[DirEndPos-1]=PathDelim) do
      dec(DirEndPos);
    // check if it is the root path '/'
    if DirEndPos=DirStartPos then DirEndPos:=DirStartPos+1;
  end;
  CurDirLen:=DirEndPos-DirStartPos;
  
  // search in all search paths
  Result:=SearchPath.Count-1;
  while Result>=0 do begin
    CurPath:=SearchPath[Result];
    CurPathLen:=length(CurPath);
    if CurPathLen>0 then
    begin
      while (CurPathLen>1) and (CurPath[CurPathLen]=PathDelim) do dec(CurPathLen);
    end;
    if (CurPathLen>0)
    and (FileUtil.CompareFilenames(@CurPath[1],CurPathLen,
                                   @Directory[DirStartPos],CurDirLen,
                                   false)=0)
    then begin
      // directory found
      exit;
    end;
    dec(Result);
  end;
end;

function RemoveNonExistingPaths(const SearchPath, BaseDirectory: string): string;
var
  StartPos: Integer;
  EndPos: LongInt;
  CurPath: String;
  MacroStartPos: LongInt;
begin
  Result:=SearchPath;
  StartPos:=1;
  while StartPos<=length(Result) do begin
    EndPos:=StartPos;
    while (EndPos<=length(Result)) and (Result[EndPos]=';') do inc(EndPos);
    if EndPos>StartPos then begin
      // empty paths, e.g. ;;;;
      // remove
      Result:=copy(Result,1,StartPos-1)+copy(Result,EndPos,length(Result));
      EndPos:=StartPos;
    end;
    while (EndPos<=length(Result)) and (Result[EndPos]<>';') do inc(EndPos);
    
    CurPath:=copy(Result,StartPos,EndPos-StartPos);

    // cut macros
    MacroStartPos:=System.Pos('$(',CurPath);
    if MacroStartPos>0 then begin
      CurPath:=copy(CurPath,1,MacroStartPos-1);
      if (CurPath<>'') and (CurPath[length(CurPath)]<>PathDelim) then
        CurPath:=ExtractFilePath(CurPath);
    end;

    // make path absolute
    if (CurPath<>'') and (not FilenameIsAbsolute(CurPath)) then
      CurPath:=AppendPathDelim(BaseDirectory)+CurPath;

    if ((CurPath='') and (MacroStartPos<1))
    or (not DirPathExistsCached(CurPath)) then begin
      // path does not exist -> remove
      Result:=copy(Result,1,StartPos-1)+copy(Result,EndPos+1,length(Result));
      EndPos:=StartPos;
    end else begin
      StartPos:=EndPos+1;
    end;
  end;
end;

function ChompEndNumber(const s: string): string;
var
  NewLen: Integer;
begin
  Result:=s;
  NewLen:=length(Result);
  while (NewLen>0) and (Result[NewLen] in ['0'..'9']) do
    dec(NewLen);
  Result:=copy(Result,1,NewLen);
end;

function ShortDisplayFilename(const aFileName: string): string;
// Shorten a long filename for display.
// Add '...' after the 2. path delimiter, then the end part of filename.
const
  Limit = 80;
var
  StartLen, EndLen, SepCnt: Integer;
begin
  if Length(aFileName) > Limit then
  begin
    StartLen := 1;
    SepCnt := 0;
    while StartLen < Length(aFileName) - (Limit div 2) do
    begin
      if aFileName[StartLen] in AllowDirectorySeparators then
      begin
        Inc(SepCnt);
        if SepCnt = 2 then Break;
      end;
      Inc(StartLen);
    end;
    EndLen := Limit - StartLen - 3;
    Result := Copy(aFileName, 1, StartLen) + '...'
            + Copy(aFileName, Length(aFileName)-EndLen+1, EndLen);
  end
  else
    Result := aFileName;
end;

function FindFirstFileWithExt(const Directory, Ext: string): string;
var
  FileInfo: TSearchRec;
begin
  Result:='';
  if FindFirstUTF8(AppendPathDelim(Directory)+GetAllFilesMask,
                        faAnyFile,FileInfo)=0
  then begin
    repeat
      // check if special file
      if (FileInfo.Name='.') or (FileInfo.Name='..') or (FileInfo.Name='') then
        continue;
      // check extension
      if CompareFileExt(FileInfo.Name,Ext,false)=0 then begin
        Result:=AppendPathDelim(Directory)+FileInfo.Name;
        break;
      end;
    until FindNextUTF8(FileInfo)<>0;
  end;
  FindCloseUTF8(FileInfo);
end;

// Recent item lists :

function IndexInRecentList(List: TStrings; ListType: TRecentListType;
  const Path: string): integer;
begin
  Result:=List.Count-1;
  while (Result>=0) and (not CompareRecentListItem(List[Result],Path,ListType)) do
    dec(Result);
end;

function StrToRecentListType(s: string): TRecentListType;
begin
  for Result:=Low(TRecentListType) to high(TRecentListType)  do
    if SysUtils.CompareText(s,RecentListTypeNames[Result])=0 then exit;
  Result:=rltCaseSensitive;
end;

function CompareRecentListItem(s1, s2: string; ListType: TRecentListType): boolean;
begin
  case ListType of
  rltCaseInsensitive: Result:=UTF8LowerCase(s1)=UTF8LowerCase(s2);
  rltFile: Result:=CompareFilenames(ChompPathDelim(s1),ChompPathDelim(s2))=0;
  else Result:=s1=s2;
  end;
end;

procedure LoadRecentList(XMLConfig: TXMLConfig; List: TStrings;
  const Path: string; ListType: TRecentListType);
begin
  LoadStringList(XMLConfig,List,Path);
  CleanUpRecentList(List,ListType);
end;

procedure SaveRecentList(XMLConfig: TXMLConfig; List: TStrings; const Path: string);
begin
  SaveStringList(XMLConfig,List,Path);
end;

procedure SaveRecentList(XMLConfig: TXMLConfig; List: TStrings;
  const Path: string; aMax: Integer);
var
  i: Integer;
  s: String;
begin
  if aMax>0 then
    while List.Count>aMax do    // Truncate list to aMax items.
      List.Delete(List.Count-1);
  SaveStringList(XMLConfig,List,Path);
  i:=List.Count+1;
  while True do
  begin
    s:=Path+'Item'+IntToStr(i);
    if not XMLConfig.HasPath(s+'/Value',True) then Break;
    XMLConfig.DeletePath(s);    // Remove excess items from XML.
    Inc(i);
  end;
end;

function AddToRecentList(const s: string; List: TStrings; aMax: integer;
  ListType: TRecentListType): boolean;
begin
  if (List.Count>0) and CompareRecentListItem(List[0],s,ListType) then
    exit(false);
  Result:=true;
  RemoveFromRecentList(s,List,ListType);
  List.Insert(0,s);
  if aMax>0 then
    while List.Count>aMax do
      List.Delete(List.Count-1);
end;

function AddComboTextToRecentList(cb: TCombobox; aMax: integer;
  ListType: TRecentListType): boolean;
var
  List: TStringList;
begin
  List:=TStringList.Create;
  try
    List.Assign(cb.Items);
    Result:=AddToRecentList(cb.Text,List,aMax,ListType);
    if Result then
    begin
      cb.Items.Assign(List);
      cb.ItemIndex:=0;
    end;
  finally
    List.Free;
  end;
end;

procedure RemoveFromRecentList(const s: string; List: TStrings;
  ListType: TRecentListType);
var
  i: integer;
begin
  for i:=List.Count-1 downto 0 do
    if CompareRecentListItem(List[i],s,ListType) then
      List.Delete(i);
end;

procedure CleanUpRecentList(List: TStrings; ListType: TRecentListType);
var
  i: Integer;
begin
  for i:=List.Count-1 downto 1 do
    if (List[i]='') or CompareRecentListItem(List[i],List[i-1],ListType) then
      List.Delete(i);
end;

// XMLConfig

procedure LoadStringList(XMLConfig: TXMLConfig; List: TStrings; const Path: string);
var
  i,Count: integer;
  s: string;
begin
  Count:=XMLConfig.GetValue(Path+'Count',0);
  List.Clear;
  for i:=1 to Count do begin
    s:=XMLConfig.GetValue(Path+'Item'+IntToStr(i)+'/Value','');
    if s<>'' then List.Add(s);
  end;
end;

procedure SaveStringList(XMLConfig: TXMLConfig; List: TStrings; const Path: string);
var
  i: integer;
begin
  XMLConfig.SetDeleteValue(Path+'Count',List.Count,0);
  for i:=0 to List.Count-1 do
    XMLConfig.SetDeleteValue(Path+'Item'+IntToStr(i+1)+'/Value',List[i],'');
end;

procedure LoadStringToStringTree(XMLConfig: TXMLConfig;
  Tree: TStringToStringTree; const Path: string);
var
  Cnt: LongInt;
  SubPath: String;
  CurName: String;
  CurValue: String;
  i: Integer;
begin
  Tree.Clear;
  Cnt:=XMLConfig.GetValue(Path+'Count',0);
  for i:=0 to Cnt-1 do begin
    SubPath:=Path+'Item'+IntToStr(i)+'/';
    CurName:=XMLConfig.GetValue(SubPath+'Name','');
    CurValue:=XMLConfig.GetValue(SubPath+'Value','');
    Tree.Values[CurName]:=CurValue;
  end;
end;

procedure SaveStringToStringTree(XMLConfig: TXMLConfig;
  Tree: TStringToStringTree; const Path: string);
var
  Node: TAvlTreeNode;
  Item: PStringToStringItem;
  i: Integer;
  SubPath: String;
begin
  XMLConfig.SetDeleteValue(Path+'Count',Tree.Tree.Count,0);
  Node:=Tree.Tree.FindLowest;
  i:=0;
  while Node<>nil do begin
    Item:=PStringToStringItem(Node.Data);
    SubPath:=Path+'Item'+IntToStr(i)+'/';
    XMLConfig.SetDeleteValue(SubPath+'Name',Item^.Name,'');
    XMLConfig.SetDeleteValue(SubPath+'Value',Item^.Value,'');
    Node:=Tree.Tree.FindSuccessor(Node);
    inc(i);
  end;
end;

procedure MakeXMLName(var Name: string);
var
  i: Integer;
begin
  i:=1;
  while i<=length(Name) do begin
    if (Name[i] in ['a'..'z','A'..'Z','_'])
    or (i>1) and (Name[i] in ['0'..'9']) then begin
      inc(i);
    end else begin
      System.Delete(Name,i,1);
    end;
  end;
end;

function LoadXMLConfigViaCodeBuffer(Filename: string): TXMLConfig;
var
  Code: TCodeBuffer;
begin
  Result:=nil;
  Code:=CodeToolBoss.LoadFile(Filename,true,false);
  if Code=nil then exit;
  try
    Result:=TCodeBufXMLConfig.CreateWithCache(Filename);
  except
    on E: Exception do begin
      debugln(['LoadXMLConfigViaCodeBuffer Filename="',Filename,'": ',E.Message]);
    end;
  end;
end;

procedure LoadRect(XMLConfig: TXMLConfig; const Path: string;
  var ARect: TRect);
begin
  LoadRect(XMLConfig,Path,ARect,Rect(0,0,0,0));
end;

procedure LoadRect(XMLConfig: TXMLConfig; const Path:string; var ARect:TRect;
  const DefaultRect: TRect);
begin
  ARect.Left:=XMLConfig.GetValue(Path+'Left',DefaultRect.Left);
  ARect.Top:=XMLConfig.GetValue(Path+'Top',DefaultRect.Top);
  ARect.Right:=XMLConfig.GetValue(Path+'Right',DefaultRect.Right);
  ARect.Bottom:=XMLConfig.GetValue(Path+'Bottom',DefaultRect.Bottom);
end;

procedure SaveRect(XMLConfig: TXMLConfig; const Path: string; const ARect: TRect);
begin
  SaveRect(XMLConfig,Path,ARect,Rect(0,0,0,0));
end;

procedure SaveRect(XMLConfig: TXMLConfig; const Path:string;
  const ARect, DefaultRect: TRect);
begin
  XMLConfig.SetDeleteValue(Path+'Left',ARect.Left,DefaultRect.Left);
  XMLConfig.SetDeleteValue(Path+'Top',ARect.Top,DefaultRect.Top);
  XMLConfig.SetDeleteValue(Path+'Right',ARect.Right,DefaultRect.Right);
  XMLConfig.SetDeleteValue(Path+'Bottom',ARect.Bottom,DefaultRect.Bottom);
end;

procedure LoadPoint(XMLConfig: TXMLConfig; const Path: string;
                    var APoint: TPoint; const DefaultPoint: TPoint);
begin
  APoint.X:=XMLConfig.GetValue(Path+'X',DefaultPoint.X);
  APoint.Y:=XMLConfig.GetValue(Path+'Y',DefaultPoint.Y);
end;

procedure SavePoint(XMLConfig: TXMLConfig; const Path: string;
                    const APoint, DefaultPoint: TPoint);
begin
  XMLConfig.SetDeleteValue(Path+'X',APoint.X,DefaultPoint.X);
  XMLConfig.SetDeleteValue(Path+'Y',APoint.Y,DefaultPoint.Y);
end;

procedure CheckList(List: TList; TestListNil, TestDoubles, TestNils: boolean);
var
  Cnt: Integer;
  i: Integer;
  CurItem: Pointer;
  j: Integer;
begin
  if List=nil then begin
    if TestListNil then
      RaiseGDBException('CheckList List is Nil');
    exit;
  end;
  Cnt:=List.Count;
  if TestNils then begin
    for i:=0 to Cnt-1 do
      if List[i]=nil then
        RaiseGDBException('CheckList item is Nil');
  end;
  if TestDoubles then begin
    for i:=0 to Cnt-2 do begin
      CurItem:=List[i];
      for j:=i+1 to Cnt-1 do begin
        if List[j]=CurItem then
          RaiseGDBException('CheckList Double');
      end;
    end;
  end;
end;

procedure CheckList(List: TFPList; TestListNil, TestDoubles, TestNils: boolean);
var
  Cnt: Integer;
  i: Integer;
  CurItem: Pointer;
  j: Integer;
begin
  if List=nil then begin
    if TestListNil then
      RaiseGDBException('CheckList List is Nil');
    exit;
  end;
  Cnt:=List.Count;
  if TestNils then begin
    for i:=0 to Cnt-1 do
      if List[i]=nil then
        RaiseGDBException('CheckList item is Nil');
  end;
  if TestDoubles then begin
    for i:=0 to Cnt-2 do begin
      CurItem:=List[i];
      for j:=i+1 to Cnt-1 do begin
        if List[j]=CurItem then
          RaiseGDBException('CheckList Double');
      end;
    end;
  end;
end;

procedure CheckEmptyListCut(List1, List2: TList);
var
  Cnt1: Integer;
  i: Integer;
begin
  if (List1=nil) or (List2=nil) then exit;
  Cnt1:=List1.Count;
  for i:=0 to Cnt1 do begin
    if List2.IndexOf(List1[i])>=0 then
      RaiseGDBException('CheckEmptyListCut');
  end;
end;

procedure RemoveDoubles(List: TStrings);
var
  i: Integer;
  List2: TStringList;
begin
  if List=nil then exit;
  List2:=TStringList.Create;
  List2.AddStrings(List);
  List2.Sort;
  List.Assign(List2);
  List2.Free;
  for i:=List.Count-2 downto 0 do begin
    if List[i]=List[i+1] then List.Delete(i+1);
  end;
end;

function SearchInStringListI(List: TStrings; const s: string): integer;
begin
  if List=nil then exit(-1);
  Result:=List.Count-1;
  while (Result>=0) and (CompareText(List[Result],s)<>0) do dec(Result);
end;

{-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  procedure ReverseList(List: TList);
  
  Reverse the order of a TList
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------}
procedure ReverseList(List: TList);
var
  i: Integer;
  j: Integer;
begin
  if List=nil then exit;
  i:=0;
  j:=List.Count-1;
  while i<j do begin
    List.Exchange(i,j);
    inc(i);
    dec(j);
  end;
end;

procedure ReverseList(List: TFPList);
var
  i: Integer;
  j: Integer;
begin
  if List=nil then exit;
  i:=0;
  j:=List.Count-1;
  while i<j do begin
    List.Exchange(i,j);
    inc(i);
    dec(j);
  end;
end;

procedure FreeListObjects(List: TList; FreeList: boolean);
var
  i: Integer;
begin
  for i:=0 to List.Count-1 do
    TObject(List[i]).Free;
  List.Clear;
  if FreeList then
    List.Free;
end;

procedure FreeListObjects(List: TFPList; FreeList: boolean);
var
  i: Integer;
begin
  if List=nil then exit;
  for i:=0 to List.Count-1 do
    TObject(List[i]).Free;
  List.Clear;
  if FreeList then
    List.Free;
end;

{-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  function TrimSearchPath(const SearchPath, BaseDirectory: string): boolean;
  
  - Removes empty paths.
  - Uses TrimFilename on every path.
  - If BaseDirectory<>'' then every relative Filename will be expanded.
  - removes doubles
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------}
function TrimSearchPath(const SearchPath, BaseDirectory: string;
  DeleteDoubles: boolean; ExpandPaths: boolean): string;
var
  CurPath: String;
  EndPos: Integer;
  StartPos: Integer;
  len: Integer;
  BaseDir: String;
begin
  Result:='';
  EndPos:=1;
  len:=length(SearchPath);
  BaseDir:=AppendPathDelim(TrimFilename(BaseDirectory));
  while EndPos<=len do begin
    StartPos:=EndPos;
    // skip empty paths and space chars at start
    while (StartPos<=len) and (SearchPath[StartPos] in [';',#0..#32]) do
      inc(StartPos);
    if StartPos>len then break;
    EndPos:=StartPos;
    while (EndPos<=len) and (SearchPath[EndPos]<>';') do inc(EndPos);
    CurPath:=copy(SearchPath,StartPos,EndPos-StartPos);
    if CurPath<>'' then begin
      // non empty path => expand, trim and normalize
      if ExpandPaths then
        CurPath:=TrimAndExpandDirectory(CurPath,BaseDir)
      else if (BaseDir<>'') and (not FilenameIsAbsolute(CurPath)) then
        CurPath:=BaseDir+CurPath;
      CurPath:=ChompPathDelim(TrimFilename(CurPath));
      if CurPath='' then CurPath:='.';
      // check if path already exists
      if (not DeleteDoubles) or (SearchDirectoryInSearchPath(Result,CurPath)<1)
      then begin
        if Result<>'' then
          CurPath:=';'+CurPath;
        if CurPath<>'' then
          Result:=Result+CurPath
        else
          Result:=Result+'.';
      end;
    end;
  end;
end;

{-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  BackupFileForWrite

  Params: const Filename, BackupFilename: string
  Result: boolean
  
  Rename Filename to Backupfilename and create empty Filename with same
  file attributes
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------}
function BackupFileForWrite(const Filename, BackupFilename: string): boolean;

  function FileIsLocked(const {%H-}FileName: String): Boolean;
  {$ifdef Windows}
  var
    FHandle: THandle;
  {$endif}
  begin
    {$ifdef Windows}
    // try to open with all denies
    FHandle := FileOpen(UTF8ToSys(FileName), fmOpenRead or fmShareDenyRead or fmShareDenyWrite);
    Result := FHandle = feInvalidHandle;
    if not Result then
      FileClose(FHandle);
    {$else}
    Result := False;
    {$endif}
  end;

var
  FHandle: THandle;
  Code: TCodeBuffer;
  {$IF defined(MSWindows) or defined(HASAMIGA)}
  OldAttr: Longint;
  {$ELSE}
  OldInfo: Stat;
  {$ENDIF}
begin
  Result := False;

  // store file attributes
  {$IF defined(MSWindows) or defined(HASAMIGA)}
  OldAttr := FileGetAttrUTF8(Filename);
  {$ELSE}
  if FpStat(Filename, OldInfo{%H-})<>0 then
    exit; // can't backup this file
  {$ENDIF}
  
  // if not a symlink/hardlink or locked => rename old file (quick), create empty new file
  if not FileIsSymlink(Filename) and
     not FileIsHardLink(FileName) and
     not FileIsLocked(Filename) and
     RenameFileUTF8(Filename, BackupFilename) then
  begin
    // create empty file
    FHandle := FileCreate(UTF8ToSys(FileName));
    FileClose(FHandle);
    Code:=CodeToolBoss.FindFile(Filename);
    if Code<>nil then
      Code.InvalidateLoadDate;
  end
  else // file is a symlink/hardlink or locked or rename failed => copy file (slow)
  if not CopyFile(Filename, BackupFilename) then exit;

  // restore file attributes
  {$IFdef MSWindows}
  FileSetAttrUTF8(FileName, OldAttr);
  {$ELSE}
  FpChmod(Filename, OldInfo.st_Mode and (STAT_IRWXO+STAT_IRWXG+STAT_IRWXU
                                        +STAT_ISUID+STAT_ISGID+STAT_ISVTX));
  {$ENDIF}

  Result := True;
end;

function FindProgram(ProgramName, BaseDirectory: string;
  WithBaseDirectory: boolean): string;
var
  Flags: TSearchFileInPathFlags;
begin
  Result:='';
  if ProgramName='' then exit;
  {$IFDEF Unix}
  if ProgramName[1]='~' then begin
    Delete(ProgramName,1,1);
    ProgramName:=GetEnvironmentVariableUTF8('HOME')+ProgramName;
  end;
  {$ENDIF}
  ProgramName:=ResolveDots(ProgramName);
  if FilenameIsAbsolute(ProgramName) then begin
    if FileExistsCached(ProgramName) then
      Result:=ProgramName
    else
      Result:='';
    exit;
  end;
  Flags:=[];
  if not WithBaseDirectory then
    Include(Flags,sffDontSearchInBasePath);
  Result:=FileUtil.SearchFileInPath(ProgramName,BaseDirectory,
                                    GetProgramSearchPath,PathSep,Flags);
end;

function PointToCfgStr(const Point: TPoint): string;
begin
  Result:=IntToStr(Point.X)+','+IntToStr(Point.Y);
end;

procedure CfgStrToPoint(const s: string; var Point: TPoint;
  const DefaultPoint: TPoint);
var
  p: Integer;
begin
  p:=1;
  while (p<=length(s)) and (s[p]<>',') do inc(p);
  Point.X:=StrToIntDef(copy(s,1,p-1),DefaultPoint.X);
  Point.Y:=StrToIntDef(copy(s,p+1,length(s)-p),DefaultPoint.Y);
end;

function GetCurrentUserName: string;
begin
  Result:=GetEnvironmentVariableUTF8('USER');
end;

function GetCurrentMailAddress: string;
begin
  Result:='<'+GetCurrentUserName+'@'+GetEnvironmentVariableUTF8('HOSTNAME')+'>';
end;

function GetProgramSearchPath: string;
begin
  GetProgramSearchPath := GetEnvironmentVariableUTF8('PATH');
end;

function CreateEmptyFile(const Filename: string): boolean;
var
  fs: TFileStreamUTF8;
begin
  Result:=false;
  try
    InvalidateFileStateCache;
    fs:=TFileStreamUTF8.Create(Filename,fmCreate);
    fs.Free;
    Result:=true;
  except
  end;
end;

function CompareMemStreamText(s1, s2: TMemoryStream): Boolean;
// compare text in s2, s2 ignoring line ends
var
  p1: PChar;
  p2: PChar;
  Count1: Int64;
  Count2: Int64;
begin
  Result:=false;
  if s1.Memory=nil then begin
    Result:=s2.Memory=nil;
  end else begin
    if s2.Memory<>nil then begin
      p1:=PChar(s1.Memory);
      p2:=PChar(s2.Memory);
      Count1:=s1.Size;
      Count2:=s2.Size;
      repeat
        if not (p1^ in [#10,#13]) then begin
          // p1 has normal char
          if p1^=p2^ then begin
            inc(p1);
            dec(Count1);
            inc(p2);
            dec(Count2);
          end else begin
            exit(false);
          end;
        end else begin
          // p1 has a newline
          if (p2^ in [#10,#13]) then begin
            // p2 has a newline
            if (Count1>1) and (p1[1] in [#10,#13]) and (p1[0]<>p1[1]) then
            begin
              inc(p1,2);
              dec(Count1,2);
            end else begin
              inc(p1);
              dec(Count1);
            end;
            if (Count2>1) and (p2[1] in [#10,#13]) and (p2[0]<>p2[1]) then
            begin
              inc(p2,2);
              dec(Count2,2);
            end else begin
              inc(p2);
              dec(Count2);
            end;
          end else begin
            // p1 has newline, p2 not
            exit(false);
          end;
        end;
        if Count1=0 then begin
          Result:=Count2=0;
          exit;
        end else if Count2=0 then begin
          exit(false);
        end;
      until false;
    end;
  end;
end;

function CheckGroupItemChecked(CheckGroup: TCheckGroup; const Caption: string): Boolean;
begin
  Result := CheckGroup.Checked[CheckGroup.Items.IndexOf(Caption)];
end;

end.