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GFilenameCompleter

GFilenameCompleter — Filename Completer

Types and Values

Object Hierarchy

    GObject
    ╰── GFilenameCompleter

Includes

#include <gio/gio.h>

Description

Completes partial file and directory names given a partial string by looking in the file system for clues. Can return a list of possible completion strings for widget implementations.

Functions

g_filename_completer_new ()

GFilenameCompleter *
g_filename_completer_new (void);

Creates a new filename completer.

Returns

a GFilenameCompleter.


g_filename_completer_get_completion_suffix ()

char *
g_filename_completer_get_completion_suffix
                               (GFilenameCompleter *completer,
                                const char *initial_text);

Obtains a completion for initial_text from completer .

Parameters

completer

the filename completer.

 

initial_text

text to be completed.

 

Returns

a completed string, or NULL if no completion exists. This string is not owned by GIO, so remember to g_free() it when finished.


g_filename_completer_get_completions ()

char **
g_filename_completer_get_completions (GFilenameCompleter *completer,
                                      const char *initial_text);

Gets an array of completion strings for a given initial text.

Parameters

completer

the filename completer.

 

initial_text

text to be completed.

 

Returns

array of strings with possible completions for initial_text . This array must be freed by g_strfreev() when finished.

[array zero-terminated=1][transfer full]


g_filename_completer_set_dirs_only ()

void
g_filename_completer_set_dirs_only (GFilenameCompleter *completer,
                                    gboolean dirs_only);

If dirs_only is TRUE, completer will only complete directory names, and not file names.

Parameters

completer

the filename completer.

 

dirs_only

a gboolean.

 

Types and Values

GFilenameCompleter

typedef struct _GFilenameCompleter GFilenameCompleter;

Completes filenames based on files that exist within the file system.

Signal Details

The “got-completion-data” signal

void
user_function (GFilenameCompleter *arg0,
               gpointer            user_data)

Emitted when the file name completion information comes available.

Parameters

user_data

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

 

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