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A macro that should be defined by the user prior to including the glib.h header. The definition should be one of the predefined GLib version macros: GLIB_VERSION_2_26, GLIB_VERSION_2_28,...

This macro defines the earliest version of GLib that the package is required to be able to compile against.

If the compiler is configured to warn about the use of deprecated functions, then using functions that were deprecated in version VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED or earlier will cause warnings (but using functions deprecated in later releases will not).

Since: 2.32

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Number of microseconds in one second (1 million). This macro is provided for code readability.

Subcomponent delimiter characters as defined in RFC 3986. Includes !$&'()*+,;=.

Since: 2.16

Generic delimiters characters as defined in RFC 3986. Includes :/?#[]@.

Since: 2.16

The maximum length (in codepoints) of a compatibility or canonical decomposition of a single Unicode character.

This is as defined by Unicode 6.1.

Since: 2.32

Evaluates to a time span of one second.

Since: 2.26

Evaluates to a time span of one minute.

Since: 2.26

Evaluates to a time span of one millisecond.

Since: 2.26

Evaluates to a time span of one hour.

Since: 2.26

Evaluates to a time span of one day.

Since: 2.26

Creates a unique temporary directory for each unit test and uses g_set_user_dirs() to set XDG directories to point into subdirectories of it for the duration of the unit test. The directory tree is cleaned up after the test finishes successfully. Note that this doesn’t take effect until testRun is called, so calls to (for example) g_get_user_home_dir() will return the system-wide value when made in a test program’s main() function.

The following functions will return subdirectories of the temporary directory when this option is used. The specific subdirectory paths in use are not guaranteed to be stable API — always use a getter function to retrieve them.

• getHomeDir
• getUserCacheDir
• getSystemConfigDirs
• getUserConfigDir
• getSystemDataDirs
• getUserDataDir
• getUserRuntimeDir

The subdirectories may not be created by the test harness; as with normal calls to functions like getUserCacheDir, the caller must be prepared to create the directory if it doesn’t exist.

Since: 2.60

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The standard delimiters, used in strdelimit.

The square root of two.

Use this macro as the return value of a SourceFunc to remove the Source from the main loop.

Since: 2.32

Use this macro as the return value of a SourceFunc to leave the Source in the main loop.

Since: 2.32

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The search path separator as a string. This is ":" on UNIX machines and ";" under Windows.

The search path separator character. This is ':' on UNIX machines and ';' under Windows.

Use this for very low priority background tasks.

It is not used within GLib or GTK+.

Use this for high priority idle functions.

GTK+ uses PRIORITY_HIGH_IDLE + 10 for resizing operations, and PRIORITY_HIGH_IDLE + 20 for redrawing operations. (This is done to ensure that any pending resizes are processed before any pending redraws, so that widgets are not redrawn twice unnecessarily.)

Use this for high priority event sources.

It is not used within GLib or GTK+.

Use this for default priority idle functions.

In GLib this priority is used when adding idle functions with g_idle_add().

Use this for default priority event sources.

In GLib this priority is used when adding timeout functions with g_timeout_add(). In GDK this priority is used for events from the X server.

A format specifier that can be used in printf()-style format strings when printing the fd member of a PollFD.

Pi divided by 4.

Pi divided by 2.

A format specifier that can be used in printf()-style format strings when printing a GPid.

Since: 2.50

The value of pi (ratio of circle's circumference to its diameter).

Specifies one of the possible types of byte order (currently unused). See G_BYTE_ORDER.

If a long option in the main group has this name, it is not treated as a regular option. Instead it collects all non-option arguments which would otherwise be left in argv. The option must be of type OptionArgCallback, OptionArgStringArray or OptionArgFilenameArray.

Using OPTION_REMAINING instead of simply scanning argv for leftover arguments has the advantage that GOption takes care of necessary encoding conversions for strings or filenames.

Since: 2.6

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The minor version number of the GLib library.

Like gtk_minor_version, but from the headers used at application compile time, rather than from the library linked against at application run time.

The minimum value which can be held in a gint8.

Since: 2.4

The minimum value which can be held in a gint64.

The minimum value which can be held in a gint32.

Since: 2.4

The minimum value which can be held in a gint16.

Since: 2.4

The micro version number of the GLib library.

Like gtk_micro_version, but from the headers used at application compile time, rather than from the library linked against at application run time.

The maximum value which can be held in a guint8.

Since: 2.4

The maximum value which can be held in a guint64.

The maximum value which can be held in a guint32.

Since: 2.4

The maximum value which can be held in a guint16.

Since: 2.4

The maximum value which can be held in a gint8.

Since: 2.4

The maximum value which can be held in a gint64.

The maximum value which can be held in a gint32.

Since: 2.4

The maximum value which can be held in a gint16.

Since: 2.4

The major version number of the GLib library.

Like glib_major_version, but from the headers used at application compile time, rather than from the library linked against at application run time.

Log levels below 1<<G_LOG_LEVEL_USER_SHIFT are used by GLib. Higher bits can be used for user-defined log levels.

GLib log levels that are considered fatal by default.

This is not used if structured logging is enabled; see [Using Structured Logging][using-structured-logging].

Defines the log domain. See Log Domains.

Libraries should define this so that any messages which they log can be differentiated from messages from other libraries and application code. But be careful not to define it in any public header files.

Log domains must be unique, and it is recommended that they are the application or library name, optionally followed by a hyphen and a sub-domain name. For example, bloatpad or bloatpad-io.

If undefined, it defaults to the default Nothing (or "") log domain; this is not advisable, as it cannot be filtered against using the G_MESSAGES_DEBUG environment variable.

For example, GTK+ uses this in its Makefile.am: > >AM_CPPFLAGS = -DG_LOG_DOMAIN="Gtk"

Applications can choose to leave it as the default Nothing (or "") domain. However, defining the domain offers the same advantages as above.

Multiplying the base 2 exponent by this number yields the base 10 exponent.

The natural logarithm of 2.

The natural logarithm of 10.

Specifies one of the possible types of byte order. See G_BYTE_ORDER.

The value of the KEY_FILE_DESKTOP_KEY_TYPE, key for desktop entries representing links to documents.

Since: 2.14

The value of the KEY_FILE_DESKTOP_KEY_TYPE, key for desktop entries representing directories.

Since: 2.14

The value of the KEY_FILE_DESKTOP_KEY_TYPE, key for desktop entries representing applications.

Since: 2.14

A key under KEY_FILE_DESKTOP_GROUP, whose value is a string giving the version of the Desktop Entry Specification used for the desktop entry file.

Since: 2.14

A key under KEY_FILE_DESKTOP_GROUP, whose value is a string giving the URL to access. It is only valid for desktop entries with the Link type.

Since: 2.14

A key under KEY_FILE_DESKTOP_GROUP, whose value is a string giving the type of the desktop entry.

Usually KEY_FILE_DESKTOP_TYPE_APPLICATION, KEY_FILE_DESKTOP_TYPE_LINK, or KEY_FILE_DESKTOP_TYPE_DIRECTORY.

Since: 2.14

A key under KEY_FILE_DESKTOP_GROUP, whose value is a string giving the file name of a binary on disk used to determine if the program is actually installed. It is only valid for desktop entries with the Application type.

Since: 2.14

A key under KEY_FILE_DESKTOP_GROUP, whose value is a boolean stating whether the program should be run in a terminal window.

It is only valid for desktop entries with the Application type.

Since: 2.14

A key under KEY_FILE_DESKTOP_GROUP, whose value is string identifying the WM class or name hint of a window that the application will create, which can be used to emulate Startup Notification with older applications.

Since: 2.14

A key under KEY_FILE_DESKTOP_GROUP, whose value is a boolean stating whether the application supports the Startup Notification Protocol Specification.

Since: 2.14

A key under KEY_FILE_DESKTOP_GROUP, whose value is a string containing the working directory to run the program in. It is only valid for desktop entries with the Application type.

Since: 2.14

A key under KEY_FILE_DESKTOP_GROUP, whose value is a list of strings identifying the environments that should display the desktop entry.

Since: 2.14

A key under KEY_FILE_DESKTOP_GROUP, whose value is a boolean stating whether the desktop entry should be shown in menus.

Since: 2.14

A key under KEY_FILE_DESKTOP_GROUP, whose value is a list of strings identifying the environments that should not display the desktop entry.

Since: 2.14

A key under KEY_FILE_DESKTOP_GROUP, whose value is a localized string giving the specific name of the desktop entry.

Since: 2.14

A key under KEY_FILE_DESKTOP_GROUP, whose value is a list of strings giving the MIME types supported by this desktop entry.

Since: 2.14

A key under KEY_FILE_DESKTOP_GROUP, whose value is a localized string giving the name of the icon to be displayed for the desktop entry.

Since: 2.14

A key under KEY_FILE_DESKTOP_GROUP, whose value is a boolean stating whether the desktop entry has been deleted by the user.

Since: 2.14

A key under KEY_FILE_DESKTOP_GROUP, whose value is a localized string giving the generic name of the desktop entry.

Since: 2.14

A key under KEY_FILE_DESKTOP_GROUP, whose value is a string giving the command line to execute. It is only valid for desktop entries with the Application type.

Since: 2.14

A key under KEY_FILE_DESKTOP_GROUP, whose value is a boolean set to true if the application is D-Bus activatable.

Since: 2.38

A key under KEY_FILE_DESKTOP_GROUP, whose value is a localized string giving the tooltip for the desktop entry.

Since: 2.14

A key under KEY_FILE_DESKTOP_GROUP, whose value is a list of strings giving the categories in which the desktop entry should be shown in a menu.

Since: 2.14

A key under KEY_FILE_DESKTOP_GROUP, whose value is a string list giving the available application actions.

Since: 2.38

The name of the main group of a desktop entry file, as defined in the Desktop Entry Specification. Consult the specification for more details about the meanings of the keys below.

Since: 2.14

The bias by which exponents in single-precision floats are offset.

The bias by which exponents in double-precision floats are offset.

The position of the first bit which is not reserved for internal use be the Hook implementation, i.e. 1 << G_HOOK_FLAG_USER_SHIFT is the first bit which can be used for application-defined flags.

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Defined to 1 if gcc-style visibility handling is supported.

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This is the platform dependent conversion specifier for scanning and printing values of type guintptr.

Since: 2.22

This is the platform dependent conversion specifier for scanning and printing values of type guint64. See also GINT16_FORMAT.

Some platforms do not support scanning and printing 64-bit integers, even though the types are supported. On such platforms GUINT64_FORMAT is not defined. Note that scanf() may not support 64-bit integers, even if GINT64_FORMAT is defined. Due to its weak error handling, scanf() is not recommended for parsing anyway; consider using asciiStrtoull instead.

This is the platform dependent conversion specifier for scanning and printing values of type guint32. See also GINT16_FORMAT.

This is the platform dependent conversion specifier for scanning and printing values of type guint16. See also GINT16_FORMAT

The platform dependent length modifier for conversion specifiers for scanning and printing values of type gssize. It is a string literal.

Since: 2.6

This is the platform dependent conversion specifier for scanning and printing values of type gssize. See also GINT16_FORMAT.

Since: 2.6

The platform dependent length modifier for conversion specifiers for scanning and printing values of type gsize. It is a string literal.

Since: 2.6

This is the platform dependent conversion specifier for scanning and printing values of type gsize. See also GINT16_FORMAT.

Since: 2.6

Expands to "" on all modern compilers, and to PRETTY_FUNCTION on gcc version 2.x. Don't use it.

Expands to "" on all modern compilers, and to FUNCTION on gcc version 2.x. Don't use it.

The platform dependent length modifier for conversion specifiers for scanning and printing values of type gintptr or guintptr. It is a string literal.

Since: 2.22

This is the platform dependent conversion specifier for scanning and printing values of type gintptr.

Since: 2.22

The platform dependent length modifier for conversion specifiers for scanning and printing values of type gint64 or guint64. It is a string literal.

Some platforms do not support printing 64-bit integers, even though the types are supported. On such platforms GINT64_MODIFIER is not defined.

Since: 2.4

This is the platform dependent conversion specifier for scanning and printing values of type gint64. See also GINT16_FORMAT.

Some platforms do not support scanning and printing 64-bit integers, even though the types are supported. On such platforms GINT64_FORMAT is not defined. Note that scanf() may not support 64-bit integers, even if GINT64_FORMAT is defined. Due to its weak error handling, scanf() is not recommended for parsing anyway; consider using asciiStrtoull instead.

The platform dependent length modifier for conversion specifiers for scanning and printing values of type gint32 or guint32. It is a string literal. See also GINT16_MODIFIER.

Since: 2.4

This is the platform dependent conversion specifier for scanning and printing values of type gint32. See also GINT16_FORMAT.

The platform dependent length modifier for conversion specifiers for scanning and printing values of type gint16 or guint16. It is a string literal, but doesn't include the percent-sign, such that you can add precision and length modifiers between percent-sign and conversion specifier and append a conversion specifier.

The following example prints "0x7b";

C code

gint16 value = 123;
g_print ("%#" G_GINT16_MODIFIER "x", value);

Since: 2.4

This is the platform dependent conversion specifier for scanning and printing values of type gint16. It is a string literal, but doesn't include the percent-sign, such that you can add precision and length modifiers between percent-sign and conversion specifier.

C code

gint16 in;
gint32 out;
sscanf ("42", "%" G_GINT16_FORMAT, &in)
out = in * 1000;
g_print ("%" G_GINT32_FORMAT, out);

The base of natural logarithms.

The directory separator as a string. This is "/" on UNIX machines and "\" under Windows.

The directory separator character. This is '/' on UNIX machines and '\' under Windows.

Represents an invalid year.

Represents an invalid Julian day number.

Represents an invalid GDateDay.

A bitmask that restricts the possible flags passed to datalistSetFlags. Passing a flags value where flags & ~G_DATALIST_FLAGS_MASK != 0 is an error.

The set of lowercase ASCII alphabet characters. Used for specifying valid identifier characters in ScannerConfig.

The set of ASCII digits. Used for specifying valid identifier characters in ScannerConfig.

The set of uppercase ASCII alphabet characters. Used for specifying valid identifier characters in ScannerConfig.

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Specifies one of the possible types of byte order. See G_BYTE_ORDER.

A good size for a buffer to be passed into asciiDtostr. It is guaranteed to be enough for all output of that function on systems with 64bit IEEE-compatible doubles.

The typical usage would be something like:

C code

 char buf[G_ASCII_DTOSTR_BUF_SIZE];

 fprintf (out, "value=%s\n", g_ascii_dtostr (buf, sizeof (buf), value));

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