[haiku-development] Re: Some questions

> On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 9:57 AM, Fredrik Modéen <fredrik@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>  So what was the verdict of my svn access? Was there a decision? :)
>
> As far as I know you were approved. What is your berlios.de username?
Ease one :) ModeenF

>
>>  How would new code into Haiku be handled? I have the source code for
>>  PCI-gameport driver  (http://www.bebits.com/app/2017) and the author
>>  Alexander Coers gave me his blessing.  I have change it so it will fit
>> in
>>  with Haiku source code rules, but where and how should I send it? As a
>>  zip, as a patch? If a patch where would things like this be located in
>> the
>>  source?
>
> I would suggest waiting until you have svn access, then commit it
> yourself. As for location, it should go somewhere in the driver
> hierarchy (under src/add-ons/kernel/drivers/). Just be sure to fix the
> code to match our guidelines.
k

>
>>  With Joystick pref app I have some problem that I don't know how to
>> best
>>  handle. I need a good way to look on a file and determent if the file
>> is a
>>  file or a link to a file. If it's a link I need to get the name of the
>>  file where it's linked to.
>
> Something like this (warning, untested code, missing a lot of error
> checks!)
Thanks now I have something to work with :)

>
> BPath path("/the/path/in/question");
> BEntry entry(path.Path());
> if (entry.IsSymLink()) {
>   BSymLink symLink(entry);
>   BDirectory parent;
>   entry.GetParent(&parent);
>   symLink.MakeLinkedPath(&parent, &path);
> }
> // path should be a file
> BFile theOneTrueFile(path.Path());
>
>
> Regards,
> Ryan
>
>


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MVH
Fredrik Modéen

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