refs #865, make log directory available for blackmisc

src/blackcore/application.cpp

@@ -639,11 +639,7 @@ namespace BlackCore
         CLogHandler::instance()->install(); // make sure we have a log handler!
 
         // File logger
-        static const QString logPath = QStandardPaths::writableLocation(QStandardPaths::GenericDataLocation) +
-                                       "/org.swift-project/" +
-                                       CDirectoryUtils::normalizedApplicationDirectory() +
-                                       "/logs";
-        this->m_fileLogger.reset(new CFileLogger(executable(), logPath));
+        this->m_fileLogger.reset(new CFileLogger(executable(), CDirectoryUtils::getLogDirectory()));
         this->m_fileLogger->changeLogPattern(CLogPattern().withSeverityAtOrAbove(CStatusMessage::SeverityDebug));
     }
 

src/blackgui/guiapplication.cpp

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include "blackgui/guiapplication.h"
 #include "blackgui/guiutility.h"
 #include "blackgui/registermetadata.h"
+#include "blackmisc/directoryutils.h"
 #include "blackmisc/datacache.h"
 #include "blackmisc/logcategory.h"
 #include "blackmisc/logcategorylist.h"
@@ -372,6 +373,17 @@ namespace BlackGui
             this->displayTextInConsole(files.join("\n"));
         });
         Q_ASSERT_X(c, Q_FUNC_INFO, "Connect failed");
+
+        a = menu.addAction(CIcons::disk16(), "Log directory");
+        c = connect(a, &QAction::triggered, this, [this]()
+        {
+            const QString path(QDir::toNativeSeparators(CDirectoryUtils::getLogDirectory()));
+            if (QDir(path).exists())
+            {
+                QDesktopServices::openUrl(QUrl("file:///" + path));
+            }
+        });
+        Q_ASSERT_X(c, Q_FUNC_INFO, "Connect failed");
     }
 
     void CGuiApplication::addMenuForStyleSheets(QMenu &menu)

src/blackmisc/directoryutils.cpp

@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@
 #include <QCoreApplication>
 #include <QDir>
 #include <QRegularExpression>
+#include <QStandardPaths>
 
 namespace BlackMisc
 {
-
     QString applicationDirectoryPathImpl()
     {
         QString appDirectoryString(qApp->applicationDirPath());
@@ -49,6 +49,15 @@ namespace BlackMisc
         return appDir;
     }
 
+    const QString &CDirectoryUtils::getLogDirectory()
+    {
+        static const QString logPath = QStandardPaths::writableLocation(QStandardPaths::GenericDataLocation) +
+                                       "/org.swift-project/" +
+                                       CDirectoryUtils::normalizedApplicationDirectory() +
+                                       "/logs";
+        return logPath;
+    }
+
 } // ns
 
 //! \endcond

src/blackmisc/directoryutils.h

@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 #define BLACKMISC_DIRECTORYUTILS_H
 
 #include "blackmisc/blackmiscexport.h"
-
 #include <QString>
 
 namespace BlackMisc
@@ -32,8 +31,11 @@ namespace BlackMisc
         //! \note There is no trailing '/'.
         //! \warning The normalization rules are implementation specific and could change over time.
         static const QString &normalizedApplicationDirectory();
-    };
 
+        //! Directory for log files
+        //! \remark In BlackMisc so it can also be used from BlackMisc classes
+        static const QString &getLogDirectory();
+    };
 } // ns
 
 #endif // guard