Glib::Utils(3pm) User Contributed Perl Documentation Glib::Utils(3pm)NAMEGlib::Utils - Miscellaneous utility functions
SYNOPSIS
use Glib;
Glib::set_application_name (Glib::get_real_name."'s Cool Program");
print "app name is ".Glib::get_application_name()."\n";
DESCRIPTION
Here are some useful miscellaneous utilities. GLib is a portability
library, providing portable utility functions for C programs. As such,
most of these functions seem to violate the Glib binding principle of
not duplicating functionality that Perl already provides, but there's a
distinction for each one, i swear. The functions for dealing with user
information are provided on all GLib-supported platforms, not just
where POSIX (which provides similar information) is available, and even
work on platforms where %ENV may not include the expected information.
Also, the "application name" referred to by (set|get)_application_name
is a human readable name, distinct from the actual program name
provided by Perl's own $0.
METHODS
string = Glib::get_application_name
Get the human-readable application name set by "set_application_name".
Since: glib 2.2
Glib::set_application_name ($application_name)
· $application_name (string)
Set the human-readable application name.
Since: glib 2.2
string = Glib::get_home_dir
Find the current user's home directory, by system-dependent/appropriate
means.
list = Glib::get_language_names
Computes a list of applicable locale names, which can be used to e.g.
construct locale-dependent filenames or search paths. The returned list
is sorted from most desirable to least desirable and always contains
the default locale "C".
Since: glib 2.6
string = Glib::get_real_name
Get the current user's real name.
string = Glib::strerror ($err)
· $err (integer)
Return a string describing the given errno value, like "No such file or
directory" for ENOENT. This is translated into the user's preferred
language and is a utf8 wide-char string (unlike a $! string (perlvar)
or POSIX::strerror (POSIX) which are locale codeset bytes).
string = Glib::strsignal ($signum)
· $signum (integer)
Return a string describing the given signal number, like "Segmentation
violation" for SIGSEGV. This is translated into the user's preferred
language and is a utf8 wide-char string.
list = Glib::get_system_config_dirs
Returns an ordered list of base directories in which to access system-
wide configuration information.
Since: glib 2.6
list = Glib::get_system_data_dirs
Returns an ordered list of base directories in which to access system-
wide application data.
Since: glib 2.6
string = Glib::get_tmp_dir
Get the temp dir as appropriate for the current system. See the GLib
docs for info on how it works.
string = Glib::get_user_cache_dir
Gets the base directory in which to store non-essential, cached data
specific to particular user.
Since: glib 2.6
string = Glib::get_user_config_dir
Gets the base directory in which to store user-specific application
configuration information such as user preferences and settings.
Since: glib 2.6
string = Glib::get_user_data_dir
Get the base directory for application data such as icons that is
customized for a particular user.
Since: glib 2.6
string = Glib::get_user_name
Get the current user's name by whatever system-dependent means
necessary.
string = Glib::get_user_special_dir ($directory)
· $directory (Glib::UserDirectory)
Returns the full path of a special directory using its logical id.
Since: glib 2.14
ENUMS AND FLAGS
enum Glib::UserDirectory
· 'desktop' / 'G_USER_DIRECTORY_DESKTOP'
· 'documents' / 'G_USER_DIRECTORY_DOCUMENTS'
· 'download' / 'G_USER_DIRECTORY_DOWNLOAD'
· 'music' / 'G_USER_DIRECTORY_MUSIC'
· 'pictures' / 'G_USER_DIRECTORY_PICTURES'
· 'public-share' / 'G_USER_DIRECTORY_PUBLIC_SHARE'
· 'templates' / 'G_USER_DIRECTORY_TEMPLATES'
· 'videos' / 'G_USER_DIRECTORY_VIDEOS'
SEE ALSO
Glib
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2003-2011 by the gtk2-perl team.
This software is licensed under the LGPL. See Glib for a full notice.
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