* remove EmuDirectory from the core

* rework OpenLocalFile(), make the code more elegant, also fixes #352

src/Config.cpp

@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@
 #include "Platform.h"
 
 
-extern char* EmuDirectory;
-
 namespace Config
 {
 
@@ -111,20 +109,7 @@ void Load()
 void Save()
 {
     FILE* f = Platform::OpenLocalFile(kConfigFile, "w");
-    if (!f)
-    {
-        int dirlen = strlen(EmuDirectory);
-        int filelen = strlen(kConfigFile);
-        char* path = new char[dirlen + 1 + filelen + 1];
-        strncpy(&path[0], EmuDirectory, dirlen);
-        path[dirlen] = '/';
-        strncpy(&path[dirlen+1], kConfigFile, filelen);
-        path[dirlen+1+filelen] = '\0';
-
-        f = Platform::OpenFile(path, "w");
-        delete[] path;
     if (!f) return;
-    }
 
     ConfigEntry* entry = &ConfigFile[0];
     int c = 0;

src/Platform.h

@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ void StopEmu();
 //     * current working directory
 //     * emulator directory (essentially where the melonDS executable is) if supported
 //     * any platform-specific application data directories
-//     requires that the file already exist.
+//     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
 
 FILE* OpenFile(const char* path, const char* mode, bool mustexist=false);
 FILE* OpenLocalFile(const char* path, const char* mode);

src/libui_sdl/Platform.cpp

@@ -138,49 +138,61 @@ FILE* OpenLocalFile(const char* path, const char* mode)
     bool relpath = false;
     int pathlen = strlen(path);
 
+#ifdef __WIN32__
+    if (pathlen > 3)
+    {
+        if (path[1] == ':' && path[2] == '\\')
+            return OpenFile(path, mode);
+    }
+#else
+    if (pathlen > 1)
+    {
+        if (path[0] == '/')
+            return OpenFile(path, mode);
+    }
+#endif
+
     if (pathlen >= 3)
     {
         if (path[0] == '.' && path[1] == '.' && (path[2] == '/' || path[2] == '\\'))
             relpath = true;
     }
 
-#ifdef __WIN32__
+    int emudirlen = strlen(EmuDirectory);
-
+    char* emudirpath;
-    if (pathlen > 3)
+    if (emudirlen)
     {
-        if (path[1] == ':' && path[2] == '\\')
+        int len = emudirlen + 1 + pathlen + 1;
-            return OpenFile(path, mode);
+        emudirpath = new char[len];
+        strncpy(&emudirpath[0], EmuDirectory, emudirlen);
+        emudirpath[emudirlen] = '\\';
+        strncpy(&emudirpath[emudirlen+1], path, pathlen);
+        emudirpath[emudirlen+1+pathlen] = '\0';
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        emudirpath = new char[pathlen+1];
+        strncpy(&emudirpath[0], path, pathlen);
+        emudirpath[pathlen] = '\0';
     }
 
-    // Locations are application directory, and AppData/melonDS on windows
+    // Locations are application directory, and AppData/melonDS on Windows or XDG_CONFIG_HOME/melonds on Linux
 
     FILE* f;
 
     // First check current working directory
     f = OpenFile(path, mode, true);
-    if (f) return f;
+    if (f) { delete[] emudirpath; return f; }
 
     // then emu directory
-    {
+    f = OpenFile(emudirpath, mode, true);
-        int dirlen = strlen(EmuDirectory);
+    if (f) { delete[] emudirpath; return f; }
-        if (dirlen)
-        {
-            int len = dirlen + 1 + pathlen + 1;
-            char* tmp = new char[len];
-            strncpy(&tmp[0], EmuDirectory, dirlen);
-            tmp[dirlen] = '\\';
-            strncpy(&tmp[dirlen+1], path, pathlen);
-            tmp[dirlen+1+pathlen] = '\0';
 
-            f = OpenFile(tmp, mode, true);
+#ifdef __WIN32__
-            delete[] tmp;
-            if (f) return f;
-        }
-    }
 
     // a path relative to AppData wouldn't make much sense
-    if (relpath) return NULL;
+    if (!relpath)
-
+    {
         // Now check AppData
         PWSTR appDataPath = NULL;
         SHGetKnownFolderPath(FOLDERID_RoamingAppData, 0, NULL, &appDataPath);
@@ -214,55 +226,30 @@ FILE* OpenLocalFile(const char* path, const char* mode)
         if (f) f = _wfreopen(appDataPath, fatperm, f);
         CoTaskMemFree(appDataPath);
         delete[] wfileName;
-    if (f) return f;
+        if (f) { delete[] emudirpath; return f; }
-
+    }
-    return NULL;
 
 #else
 
-    if (pathlen > 1)
+    if (!relpath)
     {
-        if (path[0] == '/')
-            return OpenFile(path, mode);
-    }
-
-    // Locations are application directory, and XDG_CONFIG_HOME/melonds
-
-    FILE* f;
-
-    // First check current working directory
-    f = OpenFile(path, mode, true);
-    if (f) return f;
-
-    // then emu directory
-    {
-        int dirlen = strlen(EmuDirectory);
-        if (dirlen)
-        {
-            int len = dirlen + 1 + pathlen + 1;
-            char* tmp = new char[len];
-            strncpy(&tmp[0], EmuDirectory, dirlen);
-            tmp[dirlen] = '/';
-            strncpy(&tmp[dirlen+1], path, pathlen);
-            tmp[dirlen+1+pathlen] = '\0';
-
-            f = OpenFile(tmp, mode, true);
-            delete[] tmp;
-            if (f) return f;
-        }
-    }
-
-    if (relpath) return NULL;
-
         // Now check XDG_CONFIG_HOME
         // TODO: check for memory leak there
         std::string fullpath = std::string(g_get_user_config_dir()) + "/melonds/" + path;
         f = OpenFile(fullpath.c_str(), mode, true);
-    if (f) return f;
+        if (f) { delete[] emudirpath; return f; }
-
+    }
-    return NULL;
 
 #endif
+
+    if (mode[0] != 'r')
+    {
+        f = OpenFile(emudirpath, mode);
+        if (f) { delete[] emudirpath; return f; }
+    }
+
+    delete[] emudirpath;
+    return NULL;
 }