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Diffstat (limited to 'doc/classes')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/classes/ProjectSettings.xml | 18 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/classes/ProjectSettings.xml b/doc/classes/ProjectSettings.xml index e81160b362..fa4ce9bc6d 100644 --- a/doc/classes/ProjectSettings.xml +++ b/doc/classes/ProjectSettings.xml @@ -96,7 +96,21 @@ <argument index="0" name="path" type="String"> </argument> <description> - Converts a localized path ([code]res://[/code]) to a full native OS path. + Returns the absolute, native OS path corresponding to the localized [code]path[/code] (starting with [code]res://[/code] or [code]user://[/code]). The returned path will vary depending on the operating system and user preferences. See [url=https://docs.godotengine.org/en/latest/tutorials/io/data_paths.html]File paths in Godot projects[/url] to see what those paths convert to. See also [method localize_path]. + [b]Note:[/b] [method globalize_path] with [code]res://[/code] will not work in an exported project. Instead, prepend the executable's base directory to the path when running from an exported project: + [codeblock] + var path = "" + if OS.has_feature("editor"): + # Running from an editor binary. + # `path` will contain the absolute path to `hello.txt` located in the project root. + path = ProjectSettings.globalize_path("res://hello.txt") + else: + # Running from an exported project. + # `path` will contain the absolute path to `hello.txt` next to the executable. + # This is *not* identical to using `ProjectSettings.globalize_path()` with a `res://` path, + # but is close enough in spirit. + path = OS.get_executable_path().get_base_dir().plus_file("hello.txt") + [/codeblock] </description> </method> <method name="has_setting" qualifiers="const"> @@ -129,7 +143,7 @@ <argument index="0" name="path" type="String"> </argument> <description> - Convert a path to a localized path ([code]res://[/code] path). + Returns the localized path (starting with [code]res://[/code]) corresponding to the absolute, native OS [code]path[/code]. See also [method globalize_path]. </description> </method> <method name="property_can_revert"> |