UI: Default Directory for Windows Fonts

This patch gives new Windows users a better default preference for fonts folder

Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D4725

Reviewed by Campbell Barton and Brecht Van Lommel

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/appdir.c b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/appdir.c
index c1ea57c5fcc..5c4c7066d64 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/appdir.c
+++ b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/appdir.c
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include "BLI_listbase.h"
 #include "BLI_path_util.h"
 #include "BLI_string.h"
+#include "BLI_string_utf8.h"
 
 #include "BKE_blender_version.h"
 #include "BKE_appdir.h" /* own include */
@@ -1024,3 +1025,16 @@ void BKE_tempdir_session_purge(void)
     BLI_delete(btempdir_session, true, true);
   }
 }
+
+/* Gets a good default directory for fonts */
+bool BKE_appdir_fonts_folder_default(char *dir)
+{
+  bool success = false;
+#ifdef WIN32
+  wchar_t wpath[FILE_MAXDIR];
+  success = SHGetSpecialFolderPathW(0, wpath, CSIDL_FONTS, 0);
+  BLI_strncpy_wchar_as_utf8(dir, wpath, FILE_MAXDIR);
+#endif
+  /* TODO: Values for other OSs */
+  return success;
+}