From 9aaec8b2f0ce983f0274dae88df31f4c5c0c04b9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: nirenjan <nirenjan@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2026 12:12:21 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] feat: Add Python paths module

This will be used in future commits to enable Python support
---
 meson.build        |  1 +
 python/meson.build | 15 +++++++++++++++
 python/paths.py.in |  7 +++++++
 3 files changed, 23 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 python/meson.build
 create mode 100644 python/paths.py.in

diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 9202901..998cfb2 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ dep_inih = dependency('inih')
 includes = include_directories('include')
 
 subdir('include')
+subdir('python')
 subdir('libx52')
 subdir('libx52io')
 subdir('libx52util')
diff --git a/python/meson.build b/python/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7f7b3c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# Generate the paths module so that the Python scripts work
+# exactly the same as the C code.
+
+path_data = configuration_data()
+path_data.set('PREFIX', get_option('prefix'))
+path_data.set('SYSCONFDIR', get_option('prefix') / get_option('sysconfdir'))
+path_data.set('LOCALSTATEDIR', get_option('prefix') / get_option('localstatedir'))
+path_data.set('DATADIR', get_option('prefix') / get_option('datadir'))
+path_data.set('SOCK_PATH', get_option('prefix') / get_option('localstatedir') / 'run' / 'x52d' / 'x52d.cmd')
+
+path_data_py = configure_file(
+  input: 'paths.py.in',
+  output: 'paths.py',
+  configuration: path_data
+)
diff --git a/python/paths.py.in b/python/paths.py.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..19272e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/paths.py.in
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+"""System paths defined at build time"""
+
+PREFIX = "@PREFIX@"
+SYSCONFDIR = "@SYSCONFDIR@"
+LOCALSTATEDIR = "@LOCALSTATEDIR@"
+DATADIR = "@DATADIR@"
+SOCK_PATH = "@SOCK_PATH@"