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()."\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.