Add scripting function to retrieve environment variables.

robot0x · Jun 6, 2018 · a0ac500 · a0ac500
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diff --git a/src/scripting/StelMainScriptAPI.cpp b/src/scripting/StelMainScriptAPI.cpp
@@ -1424,3 +1424,12 @@ QVariantMap StelMainScriptAPI::getScreenXYFromAltAzi(const QString &alt, const Q
 
 	return map;
 }
+
+QString StelMainScriptAPI::getEnv(const QString &var)
+{
+#if QT_VERSION>=0x051000
+	return qEnvironmentVariable(var);
+#else
+	return QString::fromLocal8Bit(qgetenv(var.toLocal8Bit().constData()));
+#endif
+}
diff --git a/src/scripting/StelMainScriptAPI.hpp b/src/scripting/StelMainScriptAPI.hpp
@@ -818,6 +818,10 @@ public slots:
 	//! @param spec "local" or "utc"
 	void waitFor(const QString& dt, const QString& spec="utc");
 
+	//! Retrieve value of environment variable @param name.
+	//! On desktop Windows and Qt before 5.10, this call may result in data loss if the original
+	//! string contains Unicode characters not representable in the ANSI encoding.
+	QString getEnv(const QString& var);
 
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