Added KDE3 version of PikLab

git-svn-id: svn://anonsvn.kde.org/home/kde/branches/trinity/applications/piklab@1095639 283d02a7-25f6-0310-bc7c-ecb5cbfe19da

21 files changed, 2237 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/common/global/Makefile.am b/src/common/global/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/global/Makefile.am
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+INCLUDES = -I$(top_srcdir)/src $(all_includes)
+METASOURCES = AUTO
+SUBDIRS = svn_revision
+
+noinst_LTLIBRARIES = libglobal.la
+libglobal_la_SOURCES = about.cpp generic_config.cpp log.cpp pfile.cpp \
+	process.cpp progress_monitor.cpp purl.cpp xml_data_file.cpp
+libglobal_la_LDFLAGS = $(all_libraries)
diff --git a/src/common/global/about.cpp b/src/common/global/about.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..33bfae9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/global/about.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+/***************************************************************************
+ *   Copyright (C) 2005-2006 Nicolas Hadacek <hadacek@kde.org>             *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
+ *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by  *
+ *   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or     *
+ *   (at your option) any later version.                                   *
+ ***************************************************************************/
+#include "about.h"
+
+#if defined(Q_WS_WIN)
+#  define SVN_REVISION "windows"
+#else
+#  include "svn_revision/svn_revision.h"
+#endif
+
+//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+const char * const Piklab::URLS[Nb_UrlTypes] = {
+  "http://piklab.sourceforge.net",
+  "http://piklab.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/FAQ",
+  "http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=add&group_id=138852&atid=743140"
+};
+
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+Piklab::OptionList::OptionList(const KCmdLineOptions *options)
+  : _options(0)
+{
+  for (uint i=0; options[i].name; i++) append(options[i]);
+}
+
+const KCmdLineOptions *Piklab::OptionList::ptr() const
+{
+  delete[] _options;
+  _options = new KCmdLineOptions[count()+1];
+  for (uint i=0; i<uint(count()); i++) {
+    _options[i] = *at(i);
+    Q_ASSERT( _options[i].name );
+  }
+  _options[count()].name = 0;
+  return _options;
+}
+
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+void Piklab::init(KAboutData *about, int argc, char **argv, bool gui, const KCmdLineOptions *options)
+{
+  Q_ASSERT(about);
+#if defined(NO_KDE)
+#  if defined(Q_OS_WIN)
+  printf("%s \"win32\": version %s\n", about->appName(), VERSION);
+#  else
+  printf("%s \"qt-only\": version %s (rev. %s)\n", about->appName(), VERSION, SVN_REVISION);
+#  endif
+  Q_UNUSED(gui);
+  Q_ASSERT( !gui );
+#else
+  printf("%s: version %s (rev. %s)\n", about->appName(), VERSION, SVN_REVISION);
+  if ( !gui ) KApplication::disableAutoDcopRegistration();
+#endif
+  KCmdLineArgs::init(argc, argv, about);
+  KCmdLineArgs::addCmdLineOptions(options);
+#if defined(NO_KDE)
+#  if QT_VERSION<0x040000
+  (void)new QApplication(argc, argv, QApplication::Tty);
+#  else
+  (void)new QCoreApplication(argc, argv);
+#  endif
+#else
+  (void)new KApplication(gui, gui);
+#endif
+}
+
+//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+Piklab::AboutData::AboutData(const char *executable, const char *name,
+			     const char *description)
+  : KAboutData(executable, name, VERSION, description, KAboutData::License_GPL,
+               "(c) 2005-2007 Nicolas Hadacek\n(c) 2002-2005 Alain Gibaud\n(c) 2003-2004 Stephen Landamore\n(c) 2005 Lorenz Möenlechner and Matthias Kranz\n(c) 2001-2005 Craig Franklin",
+               0, URLS[Homepage], URLS[BugReport])
+{
+  addAuthor("Nicolas Hadacek", I18N_NOOP("Author and maintainer."), "hadacek@kde.org");
+  addAuthor("Alain Gibaud", I18N_NOOP("Original author of PiKdev."), "alain.gibaud@free.fr");
+  addAuthor("Stephen Landamore", I18N_NOOP("LPLAB author (original microchip programmer support)."), "webmaster@landamore.com");
+  addAuthor("Craig Franklin", I18N_NOOP("Author of gputils"), "craigfranklin@users.sourceforge.net");
+  addAuthor("Sébastien Laoût", I18N_NOOP("Author of likeback"), "slaout@linux62.org");
+
+  addCredit("Brian C. Lane", I18N_NOOP("Original code for direct programming."), 0);
+  addCredit("Manwlis \"Manos\" Giannos", I18N_NOOP("Direct programming for PIC18F devices."), "mgiannos2000@yahoo.gr");
+  addCredit("Sean A. Walberg", I18N_NOOP("Direct programming for 16F676/630."), "sean@ertw.com");
+  addCredit("Mirko Panciri", I18N_NOOP("Support for direct programmers with bidirectionnal buffers."), "mirko.panciri@adept.it");
+  addCredit("Keith Baker", I18N_NOOP("Direct programming for 16F73/74/76/77."), "susyzygy@pubnix.org" );
+  addCredit("Lorenz Möenlechner and Matthias Kranz", I18N_NOOP("USB support for ICD2 programmer."), "icd2linux@hcilab.org");
+  addCredit("Xiaofan Chen", I18N_NOOP("Test of PICkit2 and ICD2 programmer."), "xiaofanc@gmail.com");
+  addCredit("Homer Reid", I18N_NOOP("Direct programming for dsPICs is inspired from his program \"dspicprg\"."), "homer@homerreid.com");
+  addCredit("Frank Damgaard", I18N_NOOP("Direct programming for 24C EEPROM is inspired from his program \"prog84\"."), "frda@post3.tele.dk");
+}
diff --git a/src/common/global/about.h b/src/common/global/about.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e20ee46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/global/about.h
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/***************************************************************************
+ *   Copyright (C) 2005-2006 Nicolas Hadacek <hadacek@kde.org>             *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
+ *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by  *
+ *   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or     *
+ *   (at your option) any later version.                                   *
+ ***************************************************************************/
+#ifndef ABOUT_H
+#define ABOUT_H
+
+#include "global.h"
+
+namespace Piklab
+{
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+class OptionList : public QValueList<KCmdLineOptions>
+{
+public:
+  OptionList() : _options(0) {}
+  OptionList(const KCmdLineOptions *options);
+  virtual ~OptionList() { delete[] _options; }
+  const KCmdLineOptions *ptr() const;
+
+private:
+  mutable KCmdLineOptions *_options;
+};
+
+//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+enum UrlType { Homepage = 0, Support, BugReport, Nb_UrlTypes };
+extern const char * const URLS[Nb_UrlTypes];
+extern void init(KAboutData *about, int argc, char **argv, bool gui, const KCmdLineOptions *options);
+
+//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+class AboutData : public KAboutData
+{
+public:
+  AboutData(const char *executable, const char *name, const char *description);
+};
+
+} // namespace
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/common/global/generic_config.cpp b/src/common/global/generic_config.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..841233b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/global/generic_config.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,241 @@
+/***************************************************************************
+ *   Copyright (C) 2006 Nicolas Hadacek <hadacek@kde.org>                  *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
+ *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by  *
+ *   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or     *
+ *   (at your option) any later version.                                   *
+ ***************************************************************************/
+#include "generic_config.h"
+
+#include "global.h"
+
+#if defined(NO_KDE)
+#  include <qsettings.h>
+class GenericConfigPrivate
+{
+public:
+  GenericConfigPrivate(const QString &group) { _settings.beginGroup("/piklab/" + group); }
+  QSettings _settings;
+};
+#else
+#  include <kapplication.h>
+#  include <kconfig.h>
+class GenericConfigPrivate
+{
+public:
+  GenericConfigPrivate(const QString &group) : _group(group) {}
+  ~GenericConfigPrivate() { kapp->config()->sync(); }
+  KConfig &config() {
+    KConfig *conf = kapp->config();
+    conf->setGroup(_group);
+    return *conf;
+ }
+
+private:
+  QString _group;
+};
+#endif
+
+GenericConfig::GenericConfig(const QString &group)
+  : _group(group)
+{
+  _d = new GenericConfigPrivate(group);
+}
+
+GenericConfig::~GenericConfig()
+{
+  delete _d;
+}
+
+void GenericConfig::rollback()
+{
+#if defined(NO_KDE)
+  qWarning("Config rollback not supported");
+#else
+  _d->config().rollback();
+#endif
+}
+
+QString GenericConfig::readEntry(const QString &key, const QString &def) const
+{
+#if defined(NO_KDE)
+#  if QT_VERSION<0x040000
+  return _d->_settings.readEntry(key, def);
+#  else
+  return _d->_settings.value(key, def).toString();
+#  endif
+#else
+  return _d->config().readEntry(key, def);
+#endif
+}
+void GenericConfig::writeEntry(const QString &key, const QString &value)
+{
+#if defined(NO_KDE)
+#  if QT_VERSION<0x040000
+  _d->_settings.writeEntry(key, value);
+#  else
+  _d->_settings.setValue(key, value);
+#  endif
+#else
+  _d->config().writeEntry(key, value);
+#endif
+}
+
+QStringList GenericConfig::readListEntry(const QString &key, const QStringList &defaultValues) const
+{
+#if defined(NO_KDE)
+#  if QT_VERSION<0x040000
+  if ( _d->_settings.readEntry(key).isNull() ) return defaultValues;
+  return _d->_settings.readListEntry(key);
+#  else
+  return _d->_settings.value(key, defaultValues).toStringList();
+#  endif
+#else
+  if ( !_d->config().hasKey(key) ) return defaultValues;
+  return _d->config().readListEntry(key);
+#endif
+}
+void GenericConfig::writeEntry(const QString &key, const QStringList &value)
+{
+#if defined(NO_KDE)
+#  if QT_VERSION<0x040000
+  _d->_settings.writeEntry(key, value);
+#  else
+  _d->_settings.setValue(key, value);
+#  endif
+#else
+  _d->config().writeEntry(key, value);
+#endif
+}
+
+QValueList<int> GenericConfig::readIntListEntry(const QString &key) const
+{
+#if defined(NO_KDE)
+  QValueList<int> ilist;
+  QStringList list = readListEntry(key, QStringList());
+  QStringList::const_iterator it;
+  for (it=list.begin(); it!=list.end(); ++it) {
+    bool ok;
+    int v = (*it).toInt(&ok);
+    if ( !ok ) return ilist;
+    ilist.append(v);
+  }
+  return ilist;
+#else
+  return _d->config().readIntListEntry(key);
+#endif
+}
+void GenericConfig::writeEntry(const QString &key, const QValueList<int> &value)
+{
+#if defined(NO_KDE)
+  QStringList list;
+  QValueList<int>::const_iterator it;
+  for (it=value.begin(); it!=value.end(); ++it) list.append(QString::number(*it));
+  writeEntry(key, list);
+#else
+  _d->config().writeEntry(key, value);
+#endif
+}
+
+QSize GenericConfig::readSizeEntry(const QString &key, const QSize *def) const
+{
+#if defined(NO_KDE)
+  QValueList<int> list = readIntListEntry(key);
+  if ( list.count()!=2 ) return *def;
+  return QSize(list[0], list[1]);
+#else
+  return _d->config().readSizeEntry(key, def);
+#endif
+}
+void GenericConfig::writeEntry(const QString &key, const QSize &value)
+{
+#if defined(NO_KDE)
+  QValueList<int> ilist;
+  ilist.append(value.width());
+  ilist.append(value.height());
+  writeEntry(key, ilist);
+#else
+  _d->config().writeEntry(key, value);
+#endif
+}
+
+bool GenericConfig::readBoolEntry(const QString &key, bool def) const
+{
+#if defined(NO_KDE)
+#  if QT_VERSION<0x040000
+  return _d->_settings.readBoolEntry(key, def);
+#  else
+  return _d->_settings.value(key, def).toBool();
+#  endif
+#else
+  return _d->config().readBoolEntry(key, def);
+#endif
+}
+void GenericConfig::writeEntry(const QString &key, bool value)
+{
+#if defined(NO_KDE)
+#  if QT_VERSION<0x040000
+  _d->_settings.writeEntry(key, value);
+#  else
+  _d->_settings.setValue(key, value);
+#  endif
+#else
+  _d->config().writeEntry(key, value);
+#endif
+}
+
+int GenericConfig::readIntEntry(const QString &key, int def) const
+{
+#if defined(NO_KDE)
+#  if QT_VERSION<0x040000
+  return _d->_settings.readNumEntry(key, def);
+#  else
+  return _d->_settings.value(key, def).toInt();
+#  endif
+#else
+  return _d->config().readNumEntry(key, def);
+#endif
+}
+void GenericConfig::writeEntry(const QString &key, int value)
+{
+#if defined(NO_KDE)
+#  if QT_VERSION<0x040000
+  _d->_settings.writeEntry(key, value);
+#  else
+  _d->_settings.setValue(key, value);
+#  endif
+#else
+  _d->config().writeEntry(key, value);
+#endif
+}
+
+void GenericConfig::deleteGroup(const QString &group)
+{
+#if defined(NO_KDE)
+  Q_UNUSED(group);
+  // #### cannot do that...
+#else
+  kapp->config()->deleteGroup(group);
+#endif
+}
+
+QVariant GenericConfig::readVariantEntry(const QString &key, const QVariant &defValue) const
+{
+  switch (defValue.type()) {
+    case QVariant::Bool: return QVariant(readBoolEntry(key, defValue.toBool()), 0);
+    case QVariant::UInt: return readUIntEntry(key, defValue.toUInt());
+    default: break;
+  }
+  Q_ASSERT(false);
+  return QVariant();
+}
+
+void GenericConfig::writeEntry(const QString &key, const QVariant &v)
+{
+  switch (v.type()) {
+    case QVariant::Bool: writeEntry(key, v.toBool()); break;
+    case QVariant::UInt: writeEntry(key, v.toUInt()); break;
+    default: Q_ASSERT(false); break;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/common/global/generic_config.h b/src/common/global/generic_config.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..70dfeaa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/global/generic_config.h
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+/***************************************************************************
+ *   Copyright (C) 2006 Nicolas Hadacek <hadacek@kde.org>                  *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
+ *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by  *
+ *   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or     *
+ *   (at your option) any later version.                                   *
+ ***************************************************************************/
+#ifndef GENERIC_CONFIG_H
+#define GENERIC_CONFIG_H
+
+#include <qvariant.h>
+#include <qsize.h>
+
+#include "global.h"
+#include "common/common/misc.h"
+
+class GenericConfigPrivate;
+
+class GenericConfig
+{
+public:
+  GenericConfig(const QString &group);
+  ~GenericConfig();
+  QString group() const { return _group; }
+  void rollback();
+
+  QString readEntry(const QString &key, const QString &def = QString::null) const;
+  void writeEntry(const QString &key, const QString &value);
+  void writeEntry(const QString &key, const QCString &value) { writeEntry(key, QString(value)); }
+  void writeEntry(const QString &key, const char *value) { writeEntry(key, QString(value)); }
+  QStringList readListEntry(const QString &key, const QStringList &defaultValues) const;
+  void writeEntry(const QString &key, const QStringList &value);
+  QValueList<int> readIntListEntry(const QString &key) const;
+  void writeEntry(const QString &key, const QValueList<int> &value);
+  QSize readSizeEntry(const QString &key, const QSize *def = 0) const;
+  void writeEntry(const QString &key, const QSize &value);
+  bool readBoolEntry(const QString &key, bool def) const;
+  void writeEntry(const QString &key, bool value);
+  int readIntEntry(const QString &key, int def = 0) const;
+  void writeEntry(const QString &key, int value);
+  uint readUIntEntry(const QString &key, uint def = 0) const { return qMax(0, readIntEntry(key, def)); }
+  void writeEntry(const QString &key, uint value) { writeEntry(key, int(value)); }
+  template <typename Enum>
+  Enum readEnumEntry(const QString &key, Enum def = Enum::Nb_Types) const { return Enum::fromKey(readEntry(key, def.key())); }
+  template <typename Enum>
+  void writeEnumEntry(const QString &key, Enum v) { writeEntry(key, v.key()); }
+  QVariant readVariantEntry(const QString &key, const QVariant &defValue) const;
+  void writeEntry(const QString &key, const QVariant &value);
+
+  static void deleteGroup(const QString &group);
+
+  struct ItemData {
+    const char *key, *label;
+    QVariant defValue;
+  };
+  template <typename Type>
+  QVariant readVariantEntry(Type type) const { return readVariantEntry(type.data().key, type.data().defValue); }
+  template <typename Type>
+  void writeVariantEntry(Type type, const QVariant &value) {
+    Q_ASSERT( value.type()==type.data().defValue.type() );
+    writeEntry(type.data().key, value);
+  }
+
+private:
+  QString _group;
+  GenericConfigPrivate *_d;
+};
+
+#define BEGIN_DECLARE_CONFIG(Type) \
+  BEGIN_DECLARE_ENUM(Type)
+
+#define END_DECLARE_CONFIG(Type, group) \
+  END_DECLARE_ENUM(Type, GenericConfig::ItemData) \
+  inline QVariant readConfigEntry(Type type) { \
+    GenericConfig config(group); \
+    return config.readVariantEntry<Type>(type); \
+  } \
+  inline void writeConfigEntry(Type type, const QVariant &v) { \
+    GenericConfig config(group); \
+    config.writeVariantEntry<Type>(type, v); \
+  }
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/common/global/global.h b/src/common/global/global.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..72dab0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/global/global.h
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+/***************************************************************************
+ *   Copyright (C) 2006 Nicolas Hadacek <hadacek@kde.org>                  *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
+ *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by  *
+ *   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or     *
+ *   (at your option) any later version.                                   *
+ ***************************************************************************/
+#ifndef GLOBAL_H
+#define GLOBAL_H
+
+#include <qglobal.h>
+
+#if QT_VERSION<0x040000
+#  include <qapplication.h>
+#  include <qvaluelist.h>
+#  include <qvaluevector.h>
+#  include <qmemarray.h>
+#  include "common/common/qflags.h"
+#  define qMax QMAX
+#  define qMin QMIN
+#  include <qurl.h>
+#  define Q3Url QUrl
+#  include <qguardedptr.h>
+#else
+#  include <qcoreapplication.h>
+#  include <Qt3Support/Q3ValueList>
+#  define QValueList Q3ValueList
+#  include <Qt3Support/Q3ValueVector>
+#  define QValueVector Q3ValueVector
+#  include <Qt3Support/Q3MemArray>
+#  define QMemArray Q3MemArray
+#  define qHeapSort qSort
+#  include <Qt3Support/Q3Url>
+#  include <Qt3Support/Q3MimeSourceFactory>
+#  define QMimeSourceFactory Q3MimeSourceFactory
+#  include <qpointer.h>
+#  define QGuardedPtr QPointer
+#endif
+
+#if defined(NO_KDE)
+#  include "qt_config.h"
+#  include "common/nokde/nokde_kurl.h"
+#  include "common/nokde/nokde_klocale.h"
+#  include "common/nokde/nokde_kaboutdata.h"
+#  include "common/nokde/nokde_kcmdlineargs.h"
+#else
+#  include "config.h"
+#  include <kapplication.h>
+#  include <klocale.h>
+#  include <kaboutdata.h>
+#  include <kcmdlineargs.h>
+#  include <ktempfile.h>
+#  include <kconfigbackend.h>
+#endif
+
+#if defined(Q_OS_WIN)
+#  include <windows.h>
+#endif
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/common/global/global.pro b/src/common/global/global.pro
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3756177
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/global/global.pro
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+STOPDIR = ../../..
+include($${STOPDIR}/lib.pro)
+
+TARGET   = global
+HEADERS += about.h generic_config.h log.h process.h purl.h pfile.h progress_monitor.h
+SOURCES += about.cpp generic_config.cpp log.cpp process.cpp purl.cpp pfile.cpp progress_monitor.cpp
+
+unix:system(cd svn_revision && sh svn_revision.sh)
diff --git a/src/common/global/log.cpp b/src/common/global/log.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cf85303
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/global/log.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,154 @@
+/***************************************************************************
+ *   Copyright (C) 2005 Nicolas Hadacek <hadacek@kde.org>                  *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
+ *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by  *
+ *   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or     *
+ *   (at your option) any later version.                                   *
+ ***************************************************************************/
+#include "log.h"
+
+#include <qeventloop.h>
+#include "global.h"
+
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+const Log::LineType::Data Log::LineType::DATA[Nb_Types] = {
+  { 0, 0, "red",    false }, // error
+  { 0, 0, "red",    false }, // soft error
+  { 0, 0, "orange", false }, // warning
+  { 0, 0, "black",  false }, // normal
+  { 0, 0, "blue",   false }, // info
+  { 0, 0, "black",  true  }, // command
+};
+
+const Log::DebugLevel::Data Log::DebugLevel::DATA[Nb_Types] = {
+  { "quiet", I18N_NOOP("No debug message"),      0,           false },
+  { "debug", I18N_NOOP("Normal debug messages"), "darkGreen", false },
+  { "extra-debug", I18N_NOOP("Extra debug messages"),  "darkGreen", false },
+  { "max-debug", I18N_NOOP("Max debug messages"),    "darkGreen", false },
+  { "lowlevel-debug", I18N_NOOP("All debug messages"),    "darkGreen", false }
+};
+
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+Log::View::View()
+{
+  setDebugLevel(DebugLevel::Normal);
+  FOR_EACH(LineType, type) _modes[type.type()] = Show;
+}
+
+void Log::View::setDebugLevel(DebugLevel level)
+{
+  _debugLevel = level;
+}
+
+void Log::View::log(LineType type, const QString &text, Action action)
+{
+  if ( _modes[type.type()]==Show ) doLog(type, text, action);
+}
+
+void Log::View::log(DebugLevel level, const QString &text, Action action)
+{
+  Q_ASSERT( level!=DebugLevel::Quiet );
+  updateDebugLevel();
+  if ( level<=_debugLevel ) doLog(level, text, action);
+}
+
+void Log::View::logUserAbort()
+{
+  doLog(LineType::SoftError, i18n("Operation aborted by user."), Immediate);
+}
+
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+void Log::StringView::sorry(const QString &message, const QString &details)
+{
+  if ( details.isEmpty() ) _s += message;
+  else _s += message + ": " + details;
+}
+
+bool Log::StringView::askContinue(const QString &message)
+{
+  log(LineType::Warning, message, Immediate);
+  return false; // always fail
+}
+
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+Log::Base::Base(Base *parent)
+  : _parent(0), _data(0)
+{
+  setParent(parent);
+}
+
+void Log::Base::setParent(Base *parent)
+{
+  delete _data;
+  _parent = parent;
+  _data = (parent ? 0 : new LogData);
+}
+
+Log::Base::~Base()
+{
+  delete _data;
+}
+
+void Log::Base::setView(View *view)
+{
+  Q_ASSERT(_data);
+  _data->view = view;
+}
+
+void Log::Base::logUserAbort()
+{
+  if ( view() ) view()->logUserAbort();
+}
+
+void Log::Base::log(LineType type, const QString &message, Action action)
+{
+  if ( type==LineType::Error ) setError(message);
+  if ( view() ) view()->log(type, message, action);
+}
+
+void Log::Base::log(DebugLevel level, const QString &message, Action action)
+{
+  if ( view() ) view()->log(level, message, action);
+}
+
+void Log::Base::appendToLastLine(const QString &text)
+{
+  if ( view() ) view()->appendToLastLine(text);
+}
+
+void Log::Base::sorry(const QString &message, const QString &details)
+{
+  if ( view() ) view()->sorry(message, details);
+}
+
+bool Log::Base::askContinue(const QString &message)
+{
+  if ( view()==0 ) return false;
+  return view()->askContinue(message);
+}
+
+void Log::Base::clear()
+{
+  resetError();
+  if ( view() ) view()->clear();
+}
+
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+QString Log::KeyList::text() const
+{
+  QString text;
+  if ( !_title.isEmpty() ) text += _title + "\n";
+  uint nb = 0;
+  for (uint i=0; i<uint(_keys.count()); i++) nb = qMax(nb, uint(_keys[i].length()));
+  for (uint i=0; i<uint(_keys.count()); i++) text += " " + _keys[i].leftJustify(nb+2) + _labels[i] + "\n";
+  return text;
+}
+
+void Log::KeyList::display(Generic &log) const
+{
+  if ( !_title.isEmpty() ) log.log(Log::LineType::Normal, _title);
+  uint nb = 0;
+  for (uint i=0; i<uint(_keys.count()); i++) nb = qMax(nb, uint(_keys[i].length()));
+  for (uint i=0; i<uint(_keys.count()); i++) log.log(Log::LineType::Normal, " " + _keys[i].leftJustify(nb+2) + _labels[i]);
+}
diff --git a/src/common/global/log.h b/src/common/global/log.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7383d57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/global/log.h
@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+/***************************************************************************
+ *   Copyright (C) 2005 Nicolas Hadacek <hadacek@kde.org>                  *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
+ *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by  *
+ *   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or     *
+ *   (at your option) any later version.                                   *
+ ***************************************************************************/
+#ifndef LOG_H
+#define LOG_H
+
+#include <qstringlist.h>
+
+#include "common/common/key_enum.h"
+
+namespace Log
+{
+  // immediat visibily by calling processEvent... BEWARE of side effects
+  enum Action { Immediate, Delayed };
+  enum ShowMode { DontShow, Show };
+  struct LogData {
+    const char *key, *label, *color;
+    bool bold;
+  };
+  BEGIN_DECLARE_ENUM(DebugLevel)
+    Quiet = 0, Normal, Extra, Max, LowLevel
+  END_DECLARE_ENUM(DebugLevel, LogData)
+  BEGIN_DECLARE_ENUM(LineType)
+    Error = 0, SoftError, Warning, Normal, Information, Command
+  END_DECLARE_ENUM(LineType, LogData)
+
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+class Generic
+{
+public:
+  virtual ~Generic() {}
+  virtual void log(LineType type, const QString &text, Action action = Immediate) = 0;
+  virtual void log(DebugLevel level, const QString &text, Action action = Immediate) = 0;
+  virtual void appendToLastLine(const QString &text) = 0;
+  virtual void sorry(const QString &message, const QString &details) = 0;
+  virtual bool askContinue(const QString &message) = 0;
+  virtual void clear() = 0;
+  virtual void logUserAbort() = 0;
+};
+
+class View : public Generic
+{
+public:
+  View();
+  ShowMode showMode(LineType type) const { return _modes[type.type()]; }
+  void setShowMode(LineType type, ShowMode mode) { _modes[type.type()] = mode; }
+  void setDebugLevel(DebugLevel level);
+  virtual void log(LineType type, const QString &text, Action action = Immediate);
+  virtual void log(DebugLevel level, const QString &text, Action action = Immediate);
+  virtual void logUserAbort();
+
+protected:
+  ShowMode _modes[LineType::Nb_Types];
+  DebugLevel _debugLevel;
+
+  virtual void updateDebugLevel() {}
+  virtual void doLog(LineType type, const QString &text, Action action) = 0;
+  virtual void doLog(DebugLevel level, const QString &text, Action action) = 0;
+};
+
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+class StringView : public View
+{
+public:
+  StringView() {}
+  QString string() const { return _s; }
+  virtual void appendToLastLine(const QString &text) { _s += text; }
+  virtual void clear() { _s = QString::null; }
+  virtual void sorry(const QString &message, const QString &details);
+  virtual bool askContinue(const QString &message);
+
+private:
+  QString _s;
+
+  virtual void doLog(LineType, const QString &text, Action) { _s += text + "\n"; }
+  virtual void doLog(DebugLevel, const QString &text, Action) { _s += text + "\n"; }
+};
+
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+class Base : public Generic
+{
+public:
+  Base(Base *parent = 0);
+  virtual ~Base();
+  void setParent(Base *parent);
+  void setView(View *view);
+  View *view() { return logData()->view; }
+
+  virtual void log(LineType type, const QString &message, Action action = Immediate);
+  virtual void log(DebugLevel level, const QString &message, Action action = Immediate);
+  virtual void appendToLastLine(const QString &text);
+  void setError(const QString &error) { logData()->error = error; }
+  virtual bool hasError() const { return !logData()->error.isNull(); }
+  virtual QString error() const { return logData()->error; }
+  virtual void resetError() { logData()->error = QString::null; }
+  virtual void sorry(const QString &message, const QString &details = QString::null);
+  virtual bool askContinue(const QString &message);
+  virtual void clear();
+  void logUserAbort();
+
+protected:
+  Base *_parent;
+  class LogData {
+  public:
+    LogData() : view(0) {}
+    QString error;
+    View *view;
+  };
+  LogData *_data;
+  LogData *logData() { return _parent ? _parent->logData() : _data; }
+  const LogData *logData() const { return _parent ? _parent->logData() : _data; }
+};
+
+class KeyList {
+public:
+  KeyList(const QString &title = QString::null) : _title(title) {}
+  void setTitle(const QString &title) { _title = title; }
+  void append(const QString &key, const QString &label) { _keys += key; _labels += label; }
+  QString text() const;
+  void display(Generic &log) const;
+
+private:
+  QString     _title;
+  QStringList _keys, _labels;
+};
+
+} // namespace
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/common/global/pfile.cpp b/src/common/global/pfile.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..71cee16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/global/pfile.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+/***************************************************************************
+ *   Copyright (C) 2005-2006 Nicolas Hadacek <hadacek@kde.org>             *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
+ *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by  *
+ *   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or     *
+ *   (at your option) any later version.                                   *
+ ***************************************************************************/
+#include "pfile.h"
+
+#include <qfile.h>
+
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+PURL::FileBase::FileBase(Log::Generic &log, const QString &extension)
+  : _tmp(0), _file(0), _stream(0), _extension(extension), _log(log)
+{}
+
+PURL::FileBase::~FileBase()
+{
+  delete _stream;
+  delete _file;
+  delete _tmp;
+}
+
+const QFile *PURL::FileBase::qfile() const
+{
+  return (_tmp ? _tmp->file() : _file);
+}
+
+QFile *PURL::FileBase::qfile()
+{
+  return (_tmp ? _tmp->file() : _file);
+}
+
+void PURL::FileBase::flush()
+{
+  if ( qfile() ) qfile()->flush();
+}
+
+QTextStream &PURL::FileBase::stream()
+{
+  if ( _stream==0 ) _stream = new QTextStream(qfile());
+  return *_stream;
+}
+
+bool PURL::FileBase::hasError() const
+{
+  if ( qfile()==0 || !_error.isEmpty() ) return true;
+  return ( uint(qfile()->status())!=IO_Ok );
+}
+
+QString PURL::FileBase::errorString() const
+{
+  if ( _error.isEmpty() ) {
+    if ( qfile()==0 ) return i18n("File not open.");
+    else return qfile()->errorString();
+  }
+  return _error;
+}
+
+QStringList PURL::FileBase::readLines()
+{
+  QStringList lines;
+  for (;;) {
+    QString s = stream().readLine();
+    if ( s.isNull() ) break;
+    lines.append(s);
+  }
+  return lines;
+}
+
+QByteArray PURL::FileBase::readAll()
+{
+  if ( qfile() ) return qfile()->readAll();
+  return QByteArray();
+}
+
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+PURL::File::File(const Url &url, Log::Generic &log)
+  : FileBase(log, QString::null), _url(url)
+{
+  _file = new QFile;
+}
+
+void PURL::File::setUrl(const Url &url)
+{
+  close();
+  _url = url;
+}
diff --git a/src/common/global/pfile.h b/src/common/global/pfile.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d0955e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/global/pfile.h
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+/***************************************************************************
+ *   Copyright (C) 2005-2006 Nicolas Hadacek <hadacek@kde.org>             *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
+ *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by  *
+ *   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or     *
+ *   (at your option) any later version.                                   *
+ ***************************************************************************/
+#ifndef PFILE_H
+#define PFILE_H
+
+#include <qtextstream.h>
+#include "purl.h"
+
+namespace PURL
+{
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+class FileBase
+{
+public:
+  FileBase(Log::Generic &log, const QString &extension);
+  ~FileBase();
+  QFile *qfile();
+  const QFile *qfile() const;
+  QTextStream &stream();
+  QString readText() { return stream().read(); }
+  QString readLine() { return stream().readLine(); }
+  QStringList readLines();
+  QByteArray readAll();
+  void appendText(const QString &text) { stream() << text; }
+  void flush();
+  bool hasError() const;
+  QString errorString() const;
+
+protected:
+  KTempFile    *_tmp;
+  QFile        *_file;
+  QTextStream  *_stream;
+  QString       _error, _extension;
+  Log::Generic &_log;
+
+private: // disable copy constructor and operator =
+  FileBase(const FileBase &base);
+  FileBase &operator =(const FileBase &base);
+};
+
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+class File : public FileBase
+{
+public:
+  File(const Url &url, Log::Generic &log);
+  ~File() { close(); }
+  void setUrl(const Url &url); // close file too
+  Url url() const { return _url; }
+  bool openForWrite();
+  bool openForRead();
+  bool close();
+  bool remove();
+
+private:
+  Url _url;
+};
+
+} // namespace
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/common/global/process.cpp b/src/common/global/process.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7659eea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/global/process.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,193 @@
+/***************************************************************************
+ *   Copyright (C) 2005 Nicolas Hadacek <hadacek@kde.org>                  *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
+ *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by  *
+ *   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or     *
+ *   (at your option) any later version.                                   *
+ ***************************************************************************/
+#include "process.h"
+
+#include <qdatetime.h>
+
+#if defined(NO_KDE)
+#  include "common/nokde/nokde_kprocess.h"
+#else
+#  include <kprocess.h>
+#endif
+#include "purl.h"
+#include "common/common/synchronous.h"
+
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+Process::State Process::runSynchronously(Base &process, RunActions actions, uint timeout)
+{
+  Synchronous sync(timeout);
+  QObject::connect(&process, SIGNAL(done(int)), &sync, SLOT(done()));
+  QObject::connect(&process, SIGNAL(requestSynchronousStop()), &sync, SLOT(done()));
+  if ( (actions & Start) && !process.start(0) ) return process.state();
+  Q_ASSERT( process.isRunning() );
+  if ( !sync.enterLoop() ) process.timeoutSlot();
+  return process.state();
+}
+
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+Process::Base::Base(QObject *parent, const char *name)
+  : QObject(parent, name), _state(Stopped)
+{
+  _process = new KProcess(this);
+  connect(_process, SIGNAL(processExited(KProcess *)), SLOT(exited()));
+  connect(_process, SIGNAL(receivedStdout(KProcess *, char *, int)), SLOT(receivedStdout(KProcess*, char *, int)));
+  connect(_process, SIGNAL(receivedStderr(KProcess *, char *, int)), SLOT(receivedStderr(KProcess*, char *, int)));
+  _timer = new QTimer(this);
+  connect(_timer, SIGNAL(timeout()), SLOT(timeoutSlot()));
+}
+
+Process::Base::~Base()
+{
+  _process->kill();
+}
+
+QStringList Process::Base::arguments() const
+{
+  if ( _process==0 ) return QStringList();
+#if defined(NO_KDE)
+  return _process->args();
+#else
+  QStringList list;
+  const QValueList<QCString> &args = _process->args();
+  for (uint i=0; i<args.count(); i++) list.append(args[i]);
+  return list;
+#endif
+}
+
+void Process::Base::setup(const QString &executable, const QStringList &options, bool withWine)
+{
+  _state = Stopped;
+  _timer->stop();
+  _process->clearArguments();
+  if (withWine) {
+    _process->setEnvironment("WINEDEBUG", "-all");
+    *_process << QString("wine");
+  }
+  *_process << executable;
+  *_process << options;
+}
+
+bool Process::Base::start(uint timeout)
+{
+  _state = Stopped;
+  _timer->stop();
+  _stdout = QString::null;
+  _stderr = QString::null;
+#if defined(NO_KDE)
+  if ( !_process->start() ) {
+#else
+  if ( !_process->start(KProcess::NotifyOnExit, KProcess::All) ) {
+#endif
+    _state = StartFailed;
+    return false;
+  }
+  _state = Running;
+  if (timeout) _timer->start(timeout);
+  return true;
+}
+
+void Process::Base::timeoutSlot()
+{
+  _state = Timedout;
+  _process->kill();
+  emit timeout();
+}
+
+int Process::Base::exitCode() const
+{
+  return _process->exitStatus();
+}
+
+void Process::Base::exited()
+{
+  _state = Exited;
+  _timer->stop();
+  emit done(exitCode());
+}
+
+bool Process::Base::isRunning() const
+{
+  return _process->isRunning();
+}
+
+void Process::Base::writeToStdin(const QString &s)
+{
+  QCString cs = s.latin1();
+  _process->writeStdin(cs.data(), cs.length());
+}
+
+bool Process::Base::signal(int n)
+{
+  return _process->kill(n);
+}
+
+void Process::Base::setWorkingDirectory(const PURL::Directory &dir)
+{
+  _process->setWorkingDirectory(dir.path());
+}
+
+void Process::Base::setUseShell(bool useShell)
+{
+  _process->setUseShell(useShell);
+}
+
+bool Process::Base::isFilteredLine(const QString &line)
+{
+  // "wine" returns all those "libGL warning" that mess up the output...
+  return line.startsWith("libGL warning");
+}
+
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+void Process::StringOutput::receivedStdout(KProcess*, char *data, int len)
+{
+  _stdout += QString::fromLatin1(data, len);
+  emit stdoutDataReceived();
+}
+
+void Process::StringOutput::receivedStderr(KProcess*, char *data, int len)
+{
+  _stderr += QString::fromLatin1(data, len);
+  emit stderrDataReceived();
+}
+
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+void Process::LineBase::receivedStdout(KProcess*, char *data, int len)
+{
+  for (uint i=0; i<uint(len); i++) {
+    if ( data[i]=='\r' ) continue;
+    if ( data[i]=='\n' ) {
+      if ( !isFilteredLine(_stdout) ) addStdoutLine(_stdout);
+      _stdout = QString::null;
+    } else _stdout += QString::fromLatin1(data + i, 1);
+  }
+  if ( !_process->isRunning() && !isFilteredLine(_stdout) ) addStdoutLine(_stdout);
+  emit stdoutDataReceived();
+}
+
+void Process::LineBase::receivedStderr(KProcess*, char *data, int len)
+{
+  for (uint i=0; i<uint(len); i++) {
+    if ( data[i]=='\r' ) continue;
+    if ( data[i]=='\n' ) {
+      if ( !isFilteredLine(_stderr) ) addStderrLine(_stderr);
+      _stderr = QString::null;
+    } else _stderr += QString::fromLatin1(data + i, 1);
+  }
+  if ( !_process->isRunning() && !isFilteredLine(_stderr) ) addStderrLine(_stderr);
+  emit stderrDataReceived();
+}
+
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+bool Process::LineOutput::start(uint timeout)
+{
+  _stdoutLines.clear();
+  _stderrLines.clear();
+  return Process::LineBase::start(timeout);
+}
+
diff --git a/src/common/global/process.h b/src/common/global/process.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9c67149
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/global/process.h
@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+/***************************************************************************
+ *   Copyright (C) 2005 Nicolas Hadacek <hadacek@kde.org>                  *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
+ *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by  *
+ *   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or     *
+ *   (at your option) any later version.                                   *
+ ***************************************************************************/
+#ifndef PROCESS_H
+#define PROCESS_H
+
+#include <signal.h>
+#include <qstringlist.h>
+#include <qobject.h>
+#include <qtimer.h>
+class KProcess;
+
+#include "global.h"
+namespace PURL { class Directory; }
+
+namespace Process
+{
+enum State { Stopped, StartFailed, Running, Exited, Timedout };
+class Base;
+enum RunAction { NoRunAction = 0, Start = 1 };
+Q_DECLARE_FLAGS(RunActions, RunAction)
+Q_DECLARE_OPERATORS_FOR_FLAGS(RunActions)
+extern State runSynchronously(Base &process, RunActions actions, uint timeout); // in ms (0 == no timeout)
+
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+class Base : public QObject
+{
+Q_OBJECT
+public:
+  Base(QObject *parent, const char *name);
+  virtual ~Base();
+  void setup(const QString &executable, const QStringList &options, bool withWine);
+  QStringList arguments() const;
+  void setWorkingDirectory(const PURL::Directory &dir);
+  void setUseShell(bool useShell);
+  virtual bool start(uint timeout); // in ms (0 == no timeout)
+  QString prettyCommand() const { return arguments().join(" "); }
+  void writeToStdin(const QString &s);
+  bool signal(int n);
+  bool isRunning() const;
+  State state() const { return _state; }
+  int exitCode() const;
+
+signals:
+  void requestSynchronousStop();
+  void done(int code);
+  void timeout();
+  void stdoutDataReceived();
+  void stderrDataReceived();
+
+protected slots:
+  void exited();
+  void timeoutSlot();
+  virtual void receivedStdout(KProcess*, char *buffer, int len) = 0;
+  virtual void receivedStderr(KProcess*, char *buffer, int len) = 0;
+
+  friend State runSynchronously(Base &, RunActions, uint);
+
+protected:
+  State     _state;
+  KProcess *_process;
+  QTimer   *_timer;
+  QString   _stdout, _stderr;
+
+  static bool isFilteredLine(const QString &line);
+};
+
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+class StringOutput : public Base
+{
+Q_OBJECT
+public:
+  StringOutput(QObject *parent = 0, const char *name = 0) : Base(parent, name) {}
+  QString sout() const { return _stdout; }
+  QString serr() const { return _stderr; }
+
+private slots:
+  virtual void receivedStdout(KProcess *, char *buffer, int len);
+  virtual void receivedStderr(KProcess *, char *buffer, int len);
+};
+
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+class LineBase : public Base
+{
+Q_OBJECT
+public:
+  LineBase(QObject *parent = 0, const char *name = 0) : Base(parent, name) {}
+
+private slots:
+  virtual void receivedStdout(KProcess *, char *buffer, int len);
+  virtual void receivedStderr(KProcess *, char *buffer, int len);
+
+private:
+  virtual void addStdoutLine(const QString &line) = 0;
+  virtual void addStderrLine(const QString &line) = 0;
+};
+
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+class LineOutput : public LineBase
+{
+Q_OBJECT
+public:
+  LineOutput(QObject *parent = 0, const char *name = 0) : LineBase(parent, name) {}
+  virtual bool start(uint timeout);
+  QStringList sout() const { return _stdoutLines; }
+  QStringList serr() const { return _stderrLines; }
+
+protected:
+  QStringList _stdoutLines, _stderrLines;
+
+  virtual void addStdoutLine(const QString &line) { _stdoutLines += line; }
+  virtual void addStderrLine(const QString &line) { _stderrLines += line; }
+};
+
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+class LineSignal : public LineBase
+{
+Q_OBJECT
+public:
+  LineSignal(QObject *parent = 0, const char *name = 0) : LineBase(parent, name) {}
+
+signals:
+  void logStdoutLine(const QString &line);
+  void logStderrLine(const QString &line);
+
+private:
+  virtual void addStdoutLine(const QString &line) { emit logStdoutLine(line); }
+  virtual void addStderrLine(const QString &line) { emit logStderrLine(line); }
+};
+
+} // namespace
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/common/global/progress_monitor.cpp b/src/common/global/progress_monitor.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fcd0cec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/global/progress_monitor.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+/***************************************************************************
+ *   Copyright (C) 2007 Nicolas Hadacek <hadacek@kde.org>                  *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
+ *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by  *
+ *   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or     *
+ *   (at your option) any later version.                                   *
+ ***************************************************************************/
+#include "progress_monitor.h"
+
+ProgressMonitor::ProgressMonitor(QObject* parent)
+  : QObject(parent, "progress_monitor")
+{
+  _current = _tasks.end();
+}
+
+void ProgressMonitor::clear()
+{
+  _tasks.clear();
+  _current = _tasks.end();
+  emit showProgress(false);
+}
+
+void ProgressMonitor::appendTask(const QString &label, uint nbSteps)
+{
+  Task task;
+  task.label = label;
+  task.nbSteps = nbSteps;
+  task.nbDoneSteps = 0;
+  _tasks.append(task);
+}
+
+void ProgressMonitor::insertTask(const QString &label, uint nbSteps)
+{
+  Task task;
+  task.label = label;
+  task.nbSteps = nbSteps;
+  task.nbDoneSteps = 0;
+  if ( _current==_tasks.end() ) _current = _tasks.prepend(task);
+  else _current = _tasks.insert(_current, task);
+  update();
+}
+
+uint ProgressMonitor::nbSteps() const
+{
+  uint nb = 0;
+  for (uint i=0; i<uint(_tasks.count()); i++) nb += _tasks[i].nbSteps;
+  return nb;
+}
+
+uint ProgressMonitor::nbDoneSteps() const
+{
+  uint nb = 0;
+  for (uint i=0; i<uint(_tasks.count()); i++) nb += _tasks[i].nbDoneSteps;
+  return nb;
+}
+
+void ProgressMonitor::update()
+{
+  QString label = (_current==_tasks.end() ? QString::null : (*_current).label);
+  emit setLabel(label);
+  emit setTotalProgress(nbSteps());
+  emit setProgress(nbDoneSteps());
+  emit showProgress(true);
+}
+
+void ProgressMonitor::startNextTask()
+{
+  if ( _current==_tasks.end() ) _current = _tasks.begin();
+  else ++_current;
+  Q_ASSERT( _current!=_tasks.end() ) ;
+  update();
+}
+
+void ProgressMonitor::addTaskProgress(uint nbSteps)
+{
+  Q_ASSERT( _current!=_tasks.end() ) ;
+  if ( _current==_tasks.end() ) return;
+  uint nb = (*_current).nbDoneSteps + nbSteps;
+  Q_ASSERT( nb<=(*_current).nbSteps );
+  if ( nb>(*_current).nbSteps ) qDebug("%s %i+%i > %i", (*_current).label.latin1(), (*_current).nbDoneSteps, nbSteps, (*_current).nbSteps);
+  (*_current).nbDoneSteps = QMIN(nb, (*_current).nbSteps);
+  update();
+}
diff --git a/src/common/global/progress_monitor.h b/src/common/global/progress_monitor.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bb905f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/global/progress_monitor.h
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+/***************************************************************************
+ *   Copyright (C) 2007 Nicolas Hadacek <hadacek@kde.org>                  *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
+ *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by  *
+ *   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or     *
+ *   (at your option) any later version.                                   *
+ ***************************************************************************/
+#ifndef PROGRESS_MONITOR_H
+#define PROGRESS_MONITOR_H
+
+#include "global.h"
+
+class ProgressMonitor : public QObject
+{
+Q_OBJECT
+public:
+  ProgressMonitor(QObject *parent = 0);
+  void clear();
+  void appendTask(const QString &label, uint nbSteps);
+  void insertTask(const QString &label, uint nbSteps);
+  void startNextTask();
+  void addTaskProgress(uint nbSteps);
+  uint nbSteps() const;
+  uint nbDoneSteps() const;
+
+public slots:
+  void update();
+
+signals:
+  void showProgress(bool show);
+  void setLabel(const QString &label);
+  void setTotalProgress(uint nbSteps);
+  void setProgress(uint nbSteps);
+
+private:
+  class Task {
+  public:
+    QString label;
+    uint nbSteps, nbDoneSteps;
+  };
+  QValueList<Task> _tasks;
+  QValueList<Task>::iterator _current;
+};
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/common/global/purl.cpp b/src/common/global/purl.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6db2914
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/global/purl.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,428 @@
+/***************************************************************************
+ *   Copyright (C) 2005-2006 Nicolas Hadacek <hadacek@kde.org>             *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
+ *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by  *
+ *   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or     *
+ *   (at your option) any later version.                                   *
+ ***************************************************************************/
+#include "purl.h"
+
+#include <qfileinfo.h>
+#include <qdatetime.h>
+#include <qdir.h>
+#include <qregexp.h>
+#include <qmap.h>
+#if QT_VERSION<0x040000
+#  include <qnetwork.h>
+#endif
+
+#include "common/common/synchronous.h"
+#include "process.h"
+
+#if !defined(NO_KDE)
+# include <kio/netaccess.h>
+# include <kfileitem.h>
+# include <kconfigbackend.h>
+#endif
+
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+PURL::Http::Http(const QString &hostname)
+  : QHttp(hostname)
+{
+  connect(this, SIGNAL(responseHeaderReceived(const QHttpResponseHeader &)),
+          SLOT(responseHeaderReceivedSlot(const QHttpResponseHeader &)));
+}
+
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+class PURL::Private
+{
+public:
+  QString convertWindowsFilepath(const QString &filepath);
+
+private:
+  QMap<char, QString>    _winDrives;  // drive -> unix path
+  QMap<QString, QString> _winPaths;   // windows path -> unix path
+
+  QString getWindowsDrivePath(char drive);
+  bool checkCachedPath(QString &filepath) const;
+  QString cachePath(const QString &origin, const QString &filepath);
+  QString convertWindowsShortFilepath(const QString &filepath);
+  QString findName(const QString &path, const QString &name);
+  static QString findName(const QString &filepath);
+};
+
+QString PURL::Private::getWindowsDrivePath(char drive)
+{
+#if defined(Q_OS_UNIX)
+  if ( !_winDrives.contains(drive) ) {
+    QStringList args;
+    args += "-u";
+    QString s;
+    s += drive;
+    args += s + ":\\";
+    ::Process::StringOutput process;
+    process.setup("winepath", args, false);
+    ::Process::State state = ::Process::runSynchronously(process, ::Process::Start, 3000);
+    if ( state!=::Process::Exited ) qWarning("Error running \"winepath\" with \"%s\" (%i)", args.join(" ").latin1(), state);
+    s = process.sout() + process.serr();
+    QDir dir(s.stripWhiteSpace());
+    _winDrives[drive] = dir.canonicalPath();
+  }
+  return _winDrives[drive];
+#else
+  return QString("%1:\\").arg(drive);
+#endif
+}
+
+bool PURL::Private::checkCachedPath(QString &filepath) const
+{
+  if ( !_winPaths.contains(filepath) ) return false;
+  filepath = _winPaths[filepath];
+  return true;
+}
+
+QString PURL::Private::cachePath(const QString &origin, const QString &filepath)
+{
+  _winPaths[origin] = filepath;
+  return filepath;
+}
+
+QString PURL::Private::convertWindowsFilepath(const QString &filepath)
+{
+  // appears to be an absolute windows path
+  if ( filepath[0]=='\\' ) {
+    QString tmp = filepath;
+    if ( checkCachedPath(tmp) ) return tmp;
+    return cachePath(filepath, convertWindowsShortFilepath(tmp.replace('\\', "/")));
+  }
+  // appears to be a windows path with a drive
+  if ( (filepath.length()>=2 && filepath[0].isLetter() && filepath[1]==':') ) {
+    QString tmp = filepath;
+    if ( checkCachedPath(tmp) ) return tmp;
+#if QT_VERSION<0x040000
+    tmp = getWindowsDrivePath(filepath[0]) + tmp.mid(2).replace('\\', "/");
+#else
+    tmp = getWindowsDrivePath(filepath[0].toLatin1()) + tmp.mid(2).replace('\\', "/");
+#endif
+    return cachePath(filepath, convertWindowsShortFilepath(tmp));
+  }
+  return filepath;
+}
+
+QString PURL::Private::findName(const QString &path, const QString &name)
+{
+  QString filepath = path + '/' + name;
+  if ( checkCachedPath(filepath) ) return filepath;
+  return cachePath(filepath, findName(filepath));
+}
+
+QString PURL::Private::findName(const QString &filepath)
+{
+  QFileInfo finfo(filepath);
+  if ( finfo.exists() || !finfo.dir().exists() ) return finfo.filePath();
+  QStringList list = finfo.dir().entryList(QDir::All, QDir::Name);
+  // find if name is just in a different case
+  for (uint j=0; j<uint(list.count()); j++) {
+    if ( list[j].lower()!=finfo.fileName().lower() ) continue;
+    return finfo.dirPath() + '/' + list[j];
+  }
+  // find if name is a shorted filename
+  QRegExp rexp("([^~]+)~(\\d+).*");
+  if ( !rexp.exactMatch(finfo.fileName()) ) return finfo.filePath();
+  QString start = rexp.cap(1).lower();
+  uint index = rexp.cap(2).toUInt();
+  uint k = 0;
+  for (uint j = 0; j<uint(list.count()); j++) {
+    if ( !list[j].lower().startsWith(start) ) continue;
+    k++;
+    if ( k==index ) return finfo.dirPath() + '/' + list[j];
+  }
+  return finfo.filePath();
+}
+
+QString PURL::Private::convertWindowsShortFilepath(const QString &filepath)
+{
+  // apparently "winepath" cannot do that for us and it is a real pain too...
+  // we assume filepath is an absolute unix path
+  // first see if we know the dirpath
+  QFileInfo finfo(filepath);
+  QString path = finfo.dirPath();
+  if ( checkCachedPath(path) ) return findName(path, finfo.fileName());
+
+  // otherwise go down the path
+  QStringList names = QStringList::split('/', filepath);
+  QString tmp;
+  for (uint i=0; i<uint(names.count()); i++)
+    tmp = findName(tmp, names[i]);
+  if ( filepath.endsWith("/") ) tmp += "/";
+  return tmp;
+}
+
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+PURL::Private *PURL::Base::_private = 0;
+
+PURL::Base::Base(const QString &filepath)
+  : _relative(true)
+{
+  if ( !filepath.isEmpty() ) {
+    if ( _private==0 ) _private = new Private;
+#if defined(Q_OS_UNIX)
+    QString tmp = _private->convertWindowsFilepath(filepath);
+#else
+    QString tmp = filepath;
+#endif
+    if ( tmp.startsWith("~") ) tmp = QDir::homeDirPath() + tmp.mid(1);
+    _relative = Q3Url::isRelativeUrl(tmp);
+#if defined(Q_OS_UNIX)
+    if ( !tmp.startsWith("/") ) tmp = '/' + tmp;
+#endif
+#if defined(NO_KDE)
+    _url.setPath(tmp);
+#else
+    _url = KURL::fromPathOrURL(tmp);
+#endif
+    _url.cleanPath();
+  }
+}
+
+PURL::Base::Base(const KURL &url)
+  : _relative(false), _url(url)
+{
+  _url.cleanPath();
+}
+
+bool PURL::Base::isLocal() const
+{
+  return ( _url.protocol().isEmpty() || _url.protocol()=="file" );
+}
+
+bool PURL::Base::operator ==(const Base &url) const
+{
+  if ( _url.isEmpty() ) return url._url.isEmpty();
+  return _url==url._url;
+}
+
+QString PURL::Base::path(SeparatorType type) const
+{
+#if defined(NO_KDE)
+  QString s = _url.dirPath();
+  if ( !s.isEmpty() && !s.endsWith("/") ) s += '/';
+#else
+  QString s = _url.directory(false, false);
+#endif
+  if ( type==WindowsSeparator ) {
+    for (uint i=0; i<uint(s.length()); i++)
+      if ( s[i]=='/' ) s[i] = '\\';
+  }
+  return s;
+}
+
+QString PURL::Base::unterminatedPath(SeparatorType type) const
+{
+#if defined(NO_KDE)
+  QString s = _url.dirPath();
+  if ( s.endsWith("/") ) s = s.mid(0, s.length()-1);
+#else
+  QString s = _url.directory(true, false);
+#endif
+  if ( type==WindowsSeparator ) {
+    for (uint i=0; i<uint(s.length()); i++)
+      if ( s[i]=='/' ) s[i] = '\\';
+  }
+  return s;
+}
+
+QString PURL::Base::pretty() const
+{
+#if defined(NO_KDE)
+  QString s = _url.toString();
+  if ( s.startsWith("://") ) return s.mid(3);
+  return s;
+#else
+  return _url.prettyURL(0, KURL::StripFileProtocol);
+#endif
+}
+
+PURL::Directory PURL::Base::directory() const
+{
+  return Directory(path());
+}
+
+bool PURL::Base::isInto(const Directory &dir) const
+{
+  return path().startsWith(dir.path());
+}
+
+bool PURL::Base::httpUrlExists(bool *ok) const
+{
+#if QT_VERSION<0x040000
+  qInitNetworkProtocols();
+#endif
+  if (ok) *ok = false;
+  Http http(_url.host());
+  Synchronous sync(500);
+  QObject::connect(&http, SIGNAL(done(bool)), &sync, SLOT(done()));
+  QFileInfo info(_url.fileName(false));
+  http.head(_url.path());
+  if ( !sync.enterLoop() ) return false; // timeout
+  if ( http.error()!=QHttp::NoError ) return false;
+  if (ok ) *ok = true;
+  return ( http._header.statusCode()==200 );
+}
+
+bool PURL::Base::exists(QDateTime *lastModified) const
+{
+  if ( isEmpty() ) return false;
+  if ( isLocal() ) {
+    QFileInfo fi(_url.path());
+    if (lastModified) *lastModified = fi.lastModified();
+    return fi.exists();
+  }
+  if ( _url.protocol()=="http" ) return httpUrlExists();
+#if !defined(NO_KDE)
+  if (lastModified) {
+    KIO::UDSEntry uds;
+    if ( !KIO::NetAccess::stat(_url, uds, qApp->mainWidget()) ) return false;
+    KFileItem item(uds, _url);
+    lastModified->setTime_t(item.time(KIO::UDS_MODIFICATION_TIME));
+    return true;
+  } else {
+    // assume file exists if ioslave cannot tell...
+    return KIO::NetAccess::exists(_url, true, qApp->mainWidget());
+  }
+#else
+  if (lastModified) lastModified->setTime_t(0);
+  // assume file exists
+  return true;
+#endif
+}
+
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+PURL::Url PURL::Url::fromPathOrUrl(const QString &s)
+{
+  KURL kurl = KURL::fromPathOrURL(s);
+  if ( !kurl.protocol().isEmpty() && kurl.protocol()!="file" && kurl.protocol().length()!=1 ) return kurl;
+  return Url(s.startsWith("file://") ? s.mid(7) : s);
+}
+
+PURL::Url::Url(const Directory &dir, const QString &filename, FileType type)
+  : Base(dir.path() + '/' + addExtension(filename, type))
+{}
+
+PURL::Url::Url(const Directory &dir, const QString &filepath)
+  : Base(dir.path() + '/' + filepath)
+{}
+
+PURL::FileType PURL::Url::fileType() const
+{
+  QFileInfo info(filename());
+  FOR_EACH(FileType, type)
+    for (uint i=0; type.data().extensions[i]; i++)
+      if ( info.extension(false).lower()==type.data().extensions[i] ) return type;
+  return Unknown;
+}
+
+QString PURL::Url::basename() const
+{
+  QFileInfo info(_url.fileName(false));
+  return info.baseName(true);
+}
+
+QString PURL::Url::filename() const
+{
+  QFileInfo info(_url.fileName(false));
+  return info.fileName();
+}
+
+QString PURL::Url::filepath(SeparatorType type) const
+{
+  return path(type) + filename();
+}
+
+PURL::Url PURL::Url::toExtension(const QString &extension) const
+{
+  QFileInfo info(filename());
+  return Url(directory().path() + info.baseName(true) + '.' + extension);
+}
+
+PURL::Url PURL::Url::appendExtension(const QString &extension) const
+{
+  QFileInfo info(filename());
+  return Url(directory().path() + info.fileName() + '.' + extension);
+}
+
+QString PURL::Url::relativeTo(const Directory &dir, SeparatorType type) const
+{
+  QString s = filepath(type);
+  if ( !isInto(dir) ) return s;
+  return s.right(s.length() - dir.path(type).length());
+}
+
+PURL::Url PURL::Url::toAbsolute(const Directory &dir) const
+{
+  if ( isRelative() ) return Url(dir, filepath());
+  return *this;
+}
+
+bool PURL::findExistingUrl(Url &url)
+{
+  if ( url.exists() ) return true;
+  QFileInfo info(url.filename());
+  Url tmp = url.toExtension(info.extension(false).upper());
+  if ( !tmp.exists() ) {
+    tmp = url.toExtension(info.extension(false).lower());
+    if ( !tmp.exists() ) return false;
+  }
+  url = tmp;
+  return true;
+}
+
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#if !defined(NO_KDE)
+PURL::UrlList::UrlList(const KURL::List &list)
+{
+  KURL::List::const_iterator it;
+  for (it=list.begin(); it!=list.end(); ++it) append(*it);
+}
+#endif
+
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+PURL::Directory::Directory(const QString &path)
+  : Base(path.isEmpty() ? QString::null : path + '/')
+{}
+
+PURL::Directory PURL::Directory::up() const
+{
+  QDir dir(path());
+  dir.cdUp();
+  return PURL::Directory(dir.path());
+}
+
+PURL::Directory PURL::Directory::down(const QString &subPath) const
+{
+  Q_ASSERT( QDir::isRelativePath(subPath) );
+  QDir dir(path());
+  dir.cd(subPath);
+  return PURL::Directory(dir.path());
+}
+
+QStringList PURL::Directory::files(const QString &filter) const
+{
+  QDir dir(path());
+  return dir.entryList(filter, QDir::Files);
+}
+
+PURL::Url PURL::Directory::findMatchingFilename(const QString &filename) const
+{
+  QDir dir(path());
+  QStringList files = dir.entryList(QDir::Files);
+  for (uint i=0; i<uint(files.count()); i++)
+    if ( files[i].lower()==filename.lower() ) return Url(*this, files[i]);
+  return Url(*this, filename);
+}
+
+PURL::Directory PURL::Directory::current()
+{
+  return QDir::currentDirPath();
+}
diff --git a/src/common/global/purl.h b/src/common/global/purl.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6cbf38b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/global/purl.h
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+/***************************************************************************
+ *   Copyright (C) 2005-2006 Nicolas Hadacek <hadacek@kde.org>             *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
+ *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by  *
+ *   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or     *
+ *   (at your option) any later version.                                   *
+ ***************************************************************************/
+#ifndef PURL_H
+#define PURL_H
+
+#include "common/global/global.h"
+#if QT_VERSION<0x040000
+#  include <qhttp.h>
+#else
+#  include <QtNetwork/QHttp>
+#  include <QDateTime>
+#endif
+#include "common/global/log.h"
+#include "common/common/purl_base.h"
+
+namespace PURL
+{
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+class Http : public QHttp
+{
+Q_OBJECT
+public:
+  Http(const QString &hostname);
+  QHttpResponseHeader _header;
+
+private slots:
+  void responseHeaderReceivedSlot(const QHttpResponseHeader &rh) { _header = rh; }
+};
+
+class Url;
+class Directory;
+class Private;
+
+enum SeparatorType { UnixSeparator, WindowsSeparator };
+
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+class Base
+{
+public:
+  Base(const QString &filepath = QString::null);
+  Base(const KURL &url);
+  bool operator <(const Base &url) const { return _url<url._url; }
+  bool operator ==(const Base &url) const;
+  bool operator !=(const Base &url) const { return !(_url==url._url); }
+  const KURL &kurl() const { return _url; }
+  QString pretty() const;
+  bool isEmpty() const { return _url.isEmpty(); }
+  bool isLocal() const;
+  QString path(SeparatorType type = UnixSeparator) const;             // with ending '/' unless empty path
+  QString unterminatedPath(SeparatorType type = UnixSeparator) const; // no ending '/'
+  Directory directory() const;
+  bool isInto(const Directory &dir) const;
+  bool isRelative() const { return _relative; }
+  bool exists(QDateTime *lastModified = 0) const;
+
+protected:
+  bool _relative;
+  KURL _url;
+  static Private *_private;
+
+private:
+  bool httpUrlExists(bool *ok = 0) const;
+};
+
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+class Url : public Base
+{
+public:
+  Url() {}
+  Url(const KURL &url) : Base(url) {}
+  // add correct extension if filename has no extension
+  Url(const Directory &path, const QString &filename, FileType type);
+  Url(const Directory &path, const QString &filepath);
+  static Url fromPathOrUrl(const QString &s);
+
+  Url toFileType(FileType type) const { return toExtension(type.data().extensions[0]); }
+  Url toExtension(const QString &extension) const;
+  Url appendExtension(const QString &extension) const;
+
+  const FileType::Data &data() const { return fileType().data(); }
+  FileType fileType() const;
+  QString basename() const; // filename without extension
+  QString filename() const; // filename without path
+  QString filepath(SeparatorType type = UnixSeparator) const; // filename with path
+  QString relativeTo(const Directory &dir, SeparatorType type = UnixSeparator) const;
+  Url toAbsolute(const Directory &dir) const;
+#if !defined(NO_KDE)
+  bool isDosFile() const;
+  bool create(Log::Generic &log) const; // do not overwrite
+  bool write(const QString &text, Log::Generic &log) const;
+  bool copyTo(const Url &destination, Log::Generic &log) const; // do not overwrite
+  bool del(Log::Generic &log) const;
+#endif
+
+private:
+  Url(const QString &filepath) : Base(filepath) {}
+};
+
+extern bool findExistingUrl(Url &url); // may transform extension's case if needed
+
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+class UrlList : public QValueList<Url>
+{
+public:
+  UrlList() {}
+  UrlList(const Url &url) { append(url); }
+  UrlList(const QValueList<Url> &list) : QValueList<Url>(list) {}
+#if !defined(NO_KDE)
+  UrlList(const KURL::List &list);
+#endif
+};
+
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+class Directory : public Base
+{
+public:
+  Directory(const QString &path = QString::null);
+  QStringList files(const QString &filter) const;
+  Url findMatchingFilename(const QString &filename) const;
+  Directory up() const;
+  Directory down(const QString &path) const;
+  static Directory current();
+#if !defined(NO_KDE)
+  bool create(Log::Generic &log) const;
+#endif
+};
+
+} // namespace
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/common/global/svn_revision/Makefile.am b/src/common/global/svn_revision/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f3d4ee4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/global/svn_revision/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+INCLUDES = -I$(top_srcdir)/src $(all_includes)
+METASOURCES = AUTO
+
+all-local:
+	sh svn_revision.sh
diff --git a/src/common/global/svn_revision/svn_revision.sh b/src/common/global/svn_revision/svn_revision.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..3590568
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/global/svn_revision/svn_revision.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+if [ -d .svn ]; then
+  ( echo '// generated file';
+  printf '#define SVN_REVISION "';
+  (svnversion -n .);
+  echo '"' ) > svn_revision.h.new;
+  if [ ! -f svn_revision.h ]; then
+    mv -f svn_revision.h.new svn_revision.h;
+  else
+    if cmp svn_revision.h svn_revision.h.new; then
+      rm -f svn_revision.h.new;
+    else
+      mv -f svn_revision.h.new svn_revision.h;
+    fi
+  fi
+fi
+if [ ! -f svn_revision.h ]; then
+  ( echo '// generated file';
+    echo '#define SVN_REVISION "distribution"'; ) > svn_revision.h;
+fi
+
diff --git a/src/common/global/xml_data_file.cpp b/src/common/global/xml_data_file.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2464b34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/global/xml_data_file.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+/***************************************************************************
+ *   Copyright (C) 2005-2006 Nicolas Hadacek <hadacek@kde.org>             *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
+ *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by  *
+ *   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or     *
+ *   (at your option) any later version.                                   *
+ ***************************************************************************/
+#include "xml_data_file.h"
+
+#include <qfile.h>
+#include <qstringlist.h>
+#include <ksimpleconfig.h>
+#include <klocale.h>
+#include "common/global/pfile.h"
+
+XmlDataFile::XmlDataFile(const PURL::Url &url, const QString &name)
+  : _url(url), _name(name), _document(name)
+{
+  QDomElement root = _document.createElement(name);
+  _document.appendChild(root);
+}
+
+bool XmlDataFile::load(QString &error)
+{
+  Log::StringView sview;
+  PURL::File file(_url, sview);
+  if ( !file.openForRead() ) {
+    error = i18n("Error opening file: %1").arg(sview.string());
+    return false;
+  }
+  if ( !_document.setContent(file.qfile(), false, &error) ) return false;
+  if ( _document.doctype().name()!=_name
+       || _document.documentElement().nodeName()!=_name ) {
+    error = i18n("File is not of correct type.");
+    return false;
+  }
+  return true;
+}
+
+bool XmlDataFile::save(QString &error) const
+{
+  Log::StringView sview;
+  PURL::File file(_url, sview);
+  bool ok = file.openForWrite();
+  if (ok) {
+    QString s = _document.toString(2);
+    file.appendText(s);
+    ok = file.close();
+  }
+  if ( !ok ) error = i18n("Error saving file: %1").arg(sview.string());
+  return ok;
+}
+
+QDomElement XmlDataFile::findChildElement(QDomElement parent, const QString &name) const
+{
+  QDomNodeList list = parent.elementsByTagName(name);
+  return list.item(0).toElement();
+}
+
+QDomElement XmlDataFile::createChildElement(QDomElement parent, const QString &name)
+{
+  QDomNodeList list = parent.elementsByTagName(name);
+  if ( list.count()==0 ) {
+    QDomElement element = _document.createElement(name);
+    parent.appendChild(element);
+    return element;
+  }
+  return list.item(0).toElement();
+}
+
+void XmlDataFile::removeChilds(QDomNode parent) const
+{
+  QDomNodeList list = parent.childNodes();
+  for (uint i=0; i<list.count(); i++)
+    parent.removeChild(list.item(i));
+}
+
+QString XmlDataFile::value(const QString &group, const QString &key, const QString &defValue) const
+{
+  QDomElement root = _document.documentElement();
+  QDomElement groupElement = findChildElement(root, group);
+  if ( groupElement.isNull() ) return defValue;
+  QDomElement element = findChildElement(groupElement, key);
+  if ( element.isNull() ) return defValue;
+  QDomText text = element.firstChild().toText();
+  if ( text.isNull() ) return defValue;
+  return text.data();
+}
+
+void XmlDataFile::setValue(const QString &group, const QString &key, const QString &value)
+{
+  QDomElement root = _document.documentElement();
+  QDomElement groupElement = createChildElement(root, group);
+  QDomElement element = createChildElement(groupElement, key);
+  removeChilds(element);
+  QDomText text = _document.createTextNode(value);
+  element.appendChild(text);
+}
+
+QStringList XmlDataFile::listValues(const QString &group, const QString &key, const QStringList &defaultValues) const
+{
+  QStringList list;
+  QDomElement root = _document.documentElement();
+  QDomElement groupElement = findChildElement(root, group);
+  if ( groupElement.isNull() ) return defaultValues;
+  QDomElement element = findChildElement(groupElement, key);
+  if ( element.isNull() ) return defaultValues;
+  QDomNodeList childs = element.childNodes();
+  if ( childs.count()==1 ) { // legacy compatibility
+    QDomText text = element.firstChild().toText();
+    if ( !text.isNull() ) return text.data();
+  }
+  for (uint i=0; i<childs.count(); i++) {
+    QDomText text = childs.item(i).toElement().firstChild().toText();
+    if ( text.isNull() ) continue;
+    list.append(text.data());
+  }
+  return list;
+}
+
+void XmlDataFile::appendListValue(const QString &group, const QString &key, const QString &value)
+{
+  QDomElement root = _document.documentElement();
+  QDomElement groupElement = createChildElement(root, group);
+  QDomElement element = createChildElement(groupElement, key);
+  QDomElement item = _document.createElement("item");
+  element.appendChild(item);
+  QDomText text = _document.createTextNode(value);
+  item.appendChild(text);
+}
+
+void XmlDataFile::removeListValue(const QString &group, const QString &key, const QString &value)
+{
+  QDomElement root = _document.documentElement();
+  QDomElement groupElement = createChildElement(root, group);
+  QDomElement element = createChildElement(groupElement, key);
+  QDomNodeList list = element.childNodes();
+  for (uint i=0; i<list.count(); i++) {
+    QDomElement item = list.item(i).toElement();
+    QDomText text = item.firstChild().toText();
+    if ( text.isNull() || text.data()!=value ) continue;
+    element.removeChild(item);
+    break;
+  }
+}
+
+void XmlDataFile::clearList(const QString &group, const QString &key)
+{
+  QDomElement root = _document.documentElement();
+  QDomElement groupElement = createChildElement(root, group);
+  QDomElement element = createChildElement(groupElement, key);
+  groupElement.removeChild(element);
+}
+
+void XmlDataFile::setListValues(const QString &group, const QString &key, const QStringList &values)
+{
+  clearList(group, key);
+  for (uint i=0; i<values.count(); i++) appendListValue(group, key, values[i]);
+}
diff --git a/src/common/global/xml_data_file.h b/src/common/global/xml_data_file.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dfcbc73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/global/xml_data_file.h
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/***************************************************************************
+ *   Copyright (C) 2005-2006 Nicolas Hadacek <hadacek@kde.org>             *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
+ *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by  *
+ *   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or     *
+ *   (at your option) any later version.                                   *
+ ***************************************************************************/
+#ifndef XML_DATA_FILE_H
+#define XML_DATA_FILE_H
+
+#include <qdom.h>
+
+#include "common/global/purl.h"
+
+class XmlDataFile
+{
+public:
+  XmlDataFile(const PURL::Url &url, const QString &name);
+  virtual ~XmlDataFile() {}
+  PURL::Url url() const { return _url; }
+  virtual bool load(QString &error);
+  bool save(QString &error) const;
+
+  QString value(const QString &group, const QString &key, const QString &defaultValue) const;
+  void setValue(const QString &group, const QString &key, const QString &value);
+  QStringList listValues(const QString &group, const QString &key, const QStringList &defaultValues) const;
+  void setListValues(const QString &group, const QString &key, const QStringList &values);
+  void appendListValue(const QString &group, const QString &key, const QString &value);
+  void removeListValue(const QString &group, const QString &key, const QString &value);
+  void clearList(const QString &group, const QString &key);
+
+protected:
+  PURL::Url _url;
+
+private:
+  QString      _name;
+  QDomDocument _document;
+
+  QDomElement findChildElement(QDomElement element, const QString &tag) const;
+  QDomElement createChildElement(QDomElement element, const QString &tag);
+  void removeChilds(QDomNode node) const;
+};
+
+#endif