Glib::Utils(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation Glib::Utils(3)
NAME
Glib::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()."
";
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)
o $application_name (string)
Set the human-readable application name.
Since: glib 2.2
string = Glib::get_home_dir
Find the current user's home directory, by system-dependent/appropriate means.
list = Glib::get_language_names
Computes a list of applicable locale names, which can be used to e.g. construct locale-dependent filenames or search paths. The returned
list is sorted from most desirable to least desirable and always contains the default locale "C".
Since: glib 2.6
string = Glib::get_real_name
Get the current user's real name.
string = Glib::strerror ($err)
o $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)
o $signum (integer)
Return a string describing the given signal number, like "Segmentation violation" for SIGSEGV. This is translated into the user's
preferred language and is a utf8 wide-char string.
list = Glib::get_system_config_dirs
Returns an ordered list of base directories in which to access system-wide configuration information.
Since: glib 2.6
list = Glib::get_system_data_dirs
Returns an ordered list of base directories in which to access system-wide application data.
Since: glib 2.6
string = Glib::get_tmp_dir
Get the temp dir as appropriate for the current system. See the GLib docs for info on how it works.
string = Glib::get_user_cache_dir
Gets the base directory in which to store non-essential, cached data specific to particular user.
Since: glib 2.6
string = Glib::get_user_config_dir
Gets the base directory in which to store user-specific application configuration information such as user preferences and settings.
Since: glib 2.6
string = Glib::get_user_data_dir
Get the base directory for application data such as icons that is customized for a particular user.
Since: glib 2.6
string = Glib::get_user_name
Get the current user's name by whatever system-dependent means necessary.
string = Glib::get_user_special_dir ($directory)
o $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
o 'desktop' / 'G_USER_DIRECTORY_DESKTOP'
o 'documents' / 'G_USER_DIRECTORY_DOCUMENTS'
o 'download' / 'G_USER_DIRECTORY_DOWNLOAD'
o 'music' / 'G_USER_DIRECTORY_MUSIC'
o 'pictures' / 'G_USER_DIRECTORY_PICTURES'
o 'public-share' / 'G_USER_DIRECTORY_PUBLIC_SHARE'
o 'templates' / 'G_USER_DIRECTORY_TEMPLATES'
o 'videos' / 'G_USER_DIRECTORY_VIDEOS'
SEE ALSO
Glib
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2003-2009 by the gtk2-perl team.
This software is licensed under the LGPL. See Glib for a full notice.
perl v5.12.1 2010-07-05 Glib::Utils(3)