Remove usage of codecvt since gcc has poor support. Use boost locale instead

src/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@ include_directories(
   ${LIBCLANG_INCLUDE_DIRS}
   ${ASPELL_INCLUDE_DIR}
   ../libclangmm/src
-  "/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/include"
 )
 
 link_directories(
@@ -116,7 +115,6 @@ link_directories(
   ${Boost_LIBRARY_DIRS}
 #    ${PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIRS}
   ${LIBCLANG_LIBRARY_DIRS}
-  "/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/lib"
 )
 
 #  set_target_properties(${module}

src/dialogs.h

@@ -23,28 +23,14 @@ class Dialog {
 #include <codecvt>
 #include <vector>
 
-class WinString {
-public:
-  WinString() : str(nullptr) { }
-  WinString(const std::string &string);
-  ~WinString() { CoTaskMemFree(static_cast<void*>(str)); }
-  std::string operator()();
-  wchar_t** operator&() { return &str; }
-  static std::wstring s2ws(const std::string& str);
-  static std::string ws2s(const std::wstring& wstr);
-
-private:
-  wchar_t* str;
-};
-
 class CommonDialog {
 public:
   CommonDialog(CLSID type);
   /** available options are listed https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/windows/desktop/dn457282(v=vs.85).aspx */
   void add_option(unsigned option);
-  void set_title(const std::string &title);
+  void set_title(std::string &&title);
   /** Sets the extensions the browser can find */
-  void set_file_extensions(const std::vector<std::string> &file_extensions);
+  void set_default_file_extension(std::string &&file_extension);
   /** Sets the directory to start browsing */
   void set_default_folder(const std::string &directory_path);
   /** Returns the selected item's path as a string */
@@ -53,15 +39,17 @@ public:
 private:
   IFileDialog * dialog;
   DWORD options;
+  const std::vector<std::wstring> text_files = {L"Text files", L"*.txt;*.c"};
+  const std::vector<std::wstring> all_files = {L"", L""};
 };
 
 class OpenDialog : public CommonDialog {
 public:
-  OpenDialog(const std::string &title, unsigned option);
+  OpenDialog(std::string &&title, unsigned option);
 };
 class SaveDialog : public CommonDialog {
 public:
-  SaveDialog(const std::string &title, unsigned option);
+  SaveDialog(std::string &&title, unsigned option);
 };
 
 #endif  // __WIN32

src/dialogs_win.cc

@@ -12,84 +12,53 @@ HRESULT __hr__;
 }                                                
 #endif  // CHECK
 
-
-// { WINSTRING
-WinString::WinString(const std::string &string) {
-  std::wstringstream ss;
-    ss << s2ws(string);
-    ss >> str;
-}
-
-std::string WinString::operator()() {
-  std::string res;
-  if (str != nullptr) {
-    std::wstring ss(str);
-    res = ws2s(ss);
-  }
-  return res;
-}
-
-std::wstring WinString::s2ws(const std::string& str) {
-  return boost::locale::conv::utf_to_utf<wchar_t>(str);
-}
-
-std::string WinString::ws2s(const std::wstring& wstr) {
-  return boost::locale::conv::utf_to_utf<char>(wstr);
-}
-
-// WINSTRING }
-
 // { COMMON_DIALOG
 CommonDialog::CommonDialog(CLSID type) : dialog(nullptr) {
     check(CoCreateInstance(type, nullptr, CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER, IID_PPV_ARGS(&dialog)), "Failed to create instance");
     check(dialog->GetOptions(&options), "Failed to get options from instance");
 }
-
+void CommonDialog::set_title(std::string &&title) {
-void CommonDialog::set_title(const std::string &title) {
+  auto ptr = boost::locale::conv::utf_to_utf<wchar_t>(title).data();
-  check(dialog->SetTitle(), "Failed to set dialog title");
+  check(dialog->SetTitle(ptr), "Failed to set dialog title");
 }
-
 void CommonDialog::add_option(unsigned option) {
   check(dialog->SetOptions(options | option), "Failed to set options");
 }
+void CommonDialog::set_default_file_extension(std::string &&file_extensions) {
   
-void CommonDialog::set_file_extensions(const std::vector<std::string> &file_extensions) {
-  return;
 }
-
 void CommonDialog::set_default_folder(const std::string &directory_path) {
-  std::cout << directory_path << std::endl;
   IShellItem * folder = nullptr;
-  auto dir = WinString::s2ws(directory_path);
+  auto ptr = boost::locale::conv::utf_to_utf<wchar_t>(directory_path).data();
-  std::wcout << dir << std::endl;
+  check(SHCreateItemFromParsingName(ptr, nullptr, IID_PPV_ARGS(&folder)), "Failed to create string");
-  check(SHCreateItemFromParsingName(dir.data(), nullptr, IID_PPV_ARGS(&folder)), "Failed to create string");
   check(dialog->SetDefaultFolder(folder), "Failed to set default folder");
   folder->Release();
 }
-
 std::string CommonDialog::show() {
   try {
     check(dialog->Show(nullptr), "Failed to show dialog");
     IShellItem *result = nullptr;
     check(dialog->GetResult(&result), "Failed to get result from dialog");
-    WinString str;
+    LPWSTR str = nullptr; 
     check(result->GetDisplayName(SIGDN_FILESYSPATH, &str), "Failed to get display name from dialog");
     result->Release();
-    return str();
+    auto res = boost::locale::conv::utf_to_utf<char>(str);
+    CoTaskMemFree(str);
+    return res;
   } catch (std::exception e) {
     return "";
   }
 }
 
-OpenDialog::OpenDialog(const std::string &title, unsigned option) : CommonDialog(CLSID_FileOpenDialog) {
+OpenDialog::OpenDialog(std::string &&title, unsigned option) : CommonDialog(CLSID_FileOpenDialog) {
-  set_title(title);
+  set_title(std::move(title));
   add_option(option);
   auto dirs = Singleton::directories()->current_path;
   set_default_folder(dirs.empty() ? boost::filesystem::current_path().string() : dirs.string());
 }
 
-SaveDialog::SaveDialog(const std::string &title, unsigned option) : CommonDialog(CLSID_FileSaveDialog) {
+SaveDialog::SaveDialog(std::string &&title, unsigned option) : CommonDialog(CLSID_FileSaveDialog) {
-  set_title(title);
+  set_title(std::move(title));
   add_option(option);
   auto dirs = Singleton::directories()->current_path;
   set_default_folder(dirs.empty() ? boost::filesystem::current_path().string() : dirs.string());