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2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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5 | %general-entities;
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6 |
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7 | <!ENTITY glib2-download-http "&gnome-download-http;/glib/2.24/glib-&glib2-version;.tar.bz2">
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8 | <!ENTITY glib2-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.gtk.org/pub/glib/2.24/glib-&glib2-version;.tar.bz2">
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9 | <!ENTITY glib2-md5sum "6a7db81c9a2cffe6a34dadb57d7ba2d2">
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10 | <!ENTITY glib2-size "5.1 MB">
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11 | <!ENTITY glib2-buildsize "106 MB">
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12 | <!ENTITY glib2-time "2.4 SBU (additional 4.1 SBU to run the test suite)">
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13 | ]>
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14 |
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15 | <sect1 id="glib2" xreflabel="GLib-&glib2-version;">
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16 | <?dbhtml filename="glib2.html"?>
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17 |
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18 | <sect1info>
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19 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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20 | <date>$Date$</date>
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21 | </sect1info>
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22 |
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23 | <title>GLib-&glib2-version;</title>
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24 |
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25 | <indexterm zone="glib2">
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26 | <primary sortas="a-GLib2">GLib2</primary>
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27 | </indexterm>
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28 |
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29 | <sect2 role="package">
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30 | <title>Introduction to GLib</title>
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31 |
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32 | <para>The <application>GLib</application> package contains a low-level core
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33 | library. This is useful for providing data structure handling for C,
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34 | portability wrappers and interfaces for such runtime functionality as an
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35 | event loop, threads, dynamic loading, and an object system.</para>
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36 |
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37 | <!-- Compiled against PCRE, Python, and desktop-file-utils.
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38 | All 76 tests passed -->
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39 |
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40 | &lfs65_checked;
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41 |
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42 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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43 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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44 | <listitem>
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45 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&glib2-download-http;"/></para>
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46 | </listitem>
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47 | <listitem>
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48 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&glib2-download-ftp;"/></para>
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49 | </listitem>
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50 | <listitem>
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51 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &glib2-md5sum;</para>
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52 | </listitem>
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53 | <listitem>
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54 | <para>Download size: &glib2-size;</para>
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55 | </listitem>
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56 | <listitem>
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57 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &glib2-buildsize;</para>
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58 | </listitem>
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59 | <listitem>
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60 | <para>Estimated build time: &glib2-time;</para>
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61 | </listitem>
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62 | </itemizedlist>
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63 |
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64 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">GLib Dependencies</bridgehead>
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65 |
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66 | <!-- <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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67 | <para role="required"><xref linkend="pkgconfig"/></para> -->
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68 |
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69 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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70 | <para role="recommended"><xref linkend="pcre"/>
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71 | (built with unicode properties)</para>
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72 |
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73 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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74 | <para role="optional"><xref linkend="attr"/>,
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75 | <xref linkend="gamin"/>, and
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76 | <xref linkend="gtk-doc"/></para>
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77 |
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78 | <para><application>Gamin</application> requires
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79 | <application>GLib</application> in order to compile; therefore, you must
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80 | first install <application>GLib</application>, then compile
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81 | <application>Gamin</application>, and recompile
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82 | <application>GLib</application> against it.</para>
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83 |
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84 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional Runtime Dependency for the
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85 | <command>gtester-report</command> program</bridgehead>
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86 | <para role="optional"><xref linkend="python"/></para>
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87 |
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88 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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89 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/glib2"/></para>
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90 |
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91 | </sect2>
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92 |
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93 | <sect2 role="installation">
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94 | <title>Installation of GLib</title>
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95 |
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96 | <para>Install <application>GLib</application> by running the following
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97 | commands:</para>
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98 |
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99 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr \
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100 | --with-pcre=system &&
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101 | make</userinput></screen>
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102 |
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103 | <para>The <application>GLib</application> test suite requires
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104 | <application>desktop-file-utils</application> in order to run. However,
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105 | <application>desktop-file-utils</application> requires
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106 | <application>GLib</application> in order to compile; therefore, you must
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107 | first install <application>GLib</application> and then run the test
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108 | suite.</para>
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109 |
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110 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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111 |
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112 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install &&
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113 | chmod -v 755 /usr/bin/gtester-report</userinput></screen>
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114 |
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115 | <para>You should now install <xref linkend="desktop-file-utils"/> and proceed to
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116 | run the test suite.</para>
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117 |
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118 | <para>To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.</para>
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119 |
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120 | </sect2>
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121 |
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122 | <sect2 role="commands">
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123 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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124 |
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125 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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126 | href="../../xincludes/gtk-doc-rebuild.xml"/>
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127 |
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128 | <para><parameter>--with-pcre=system</parameter>: This parameter causes the
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129 | build to use a system-provided version of the
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130 | <application>PCRE</application> library instead of an internal
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131 | version.</para>
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132 |
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133 | <para><parameter>--disable-static</parameter>: prevent static libraries
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134 | being built and installed.</para>
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135 |
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136 | </sect2>
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137 |
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138 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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139 | <title>Configuring GLib</title>
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140 |
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141 | <sect3>
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142 | <title>Configuration Information</title>
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143 |
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144 | <para>By default, <application>GLib</application> assumes that all
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145 | filenames are in the UTF-8 charset. See the <xref
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146 | linkend="locale-wrong-filename-encoding"/> section of the <xref
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147 | linkend="locale-issues"/> page for more details on this kind of
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148 | issue. In order to tell <application>GLib</application> and
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149 | applications that use it that filenames are in the default locale
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150 | encoding, set the variable <envar>G_FILENAME_ENCODING</envar> to the
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151 | value "@locale":</para>
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152 |
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153 | <screen><userinput>cat > /etc/profile.d/glib2-locale.sh << "EOF"
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154 | <literal># Use the current locale charset for filenames
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155 | # in applications using GLib
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156 | export G_FILENAME_ENCODING=@locale</literal>
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157 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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158 |
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159 | </sect3>
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160 |
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161 | </sect2>
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162 |
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163 | <sect2 role="content">
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164 | <title>Contents</title>
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165 |
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166 | <segmentedlist>
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167 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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168 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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169 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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170 |
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171 | <seglistitem>
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172 | <seg>gio-querymodules, glib-genmarshal, glib-gettextize, glib-mkenums,
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173 | gobject-query, gtester and gtester-report</seg>
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174 | <seg>libgio-2.0.so, libglib-2.0.so, libgmodule-2.0.so,
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175 | libgobject-2.0.so, and libgthread-2.0.so</seg>
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176 | <seg>/usr/{include/{gio-unix-2.0/gio,glib-2.0/{gio,glib,gobject}},
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177 | lib/{gio/modules,glib-2.0/include},share/{gdb/auto-load,glib-2.0/{gdb,
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178 | gettext/po},gtk-doc/html/{gio,glib,gobject}}}</seg>
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179 | </seglistitem>
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180 | </segmentedlist>
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181 |
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182 | <variablelist>
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183 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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184 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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185 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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186 |
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187 | <varlistentry id="glib-genmarshal">
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188 | <term><command>glib-genmarshal</command></term>
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189 | <listitem>
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190 | <para>is a C code marshaller generation utility for GLib
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191 | closures.</para>
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192 | <indexterm zone="glib2 glib-genmarshal">
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193 | <primary sortas="b-glib-genmarshal">glib-genmarshal</primary>
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194 | </indexterm>
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195 | </listitem>
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196 | </varlistentry>
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197 |
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198 | <varlistentry id="glib-gettextize">
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199 | <term><command>glib-gettextize</command></term>
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200 | <listitem>
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201 | <para>is a variant of the <application>gettext</application>
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202 | internationalization utility.</para>
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203 | <indexterm zone="glib2 glib-gettextize">
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204 | <primary sortas="b-glib-gettextize">glib-gettextize</primary>
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205 | </indexterm>
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206 | </listitem>
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207 | </varlistentry>
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208 |
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209 | <varlistentry id="glib-mkenums">
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210 | <term><command>glib-mkenums</command></term>
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211 | <listitem>
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212 | <para>is a C language enum description generation utility.</para>
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213 | <indexterm zone="glib2 glib-mkenums">
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214 | <primary sortas="b-glib-mkenums">glib-mkenums</primary>
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215 | </indexterm>
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216 | </listitem>
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217 | </varlistentry>
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218 |
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219 | <varlistentry id="gobject-query">
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220 | <term><command>gobject-query</command></term>
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221 | <listitem>
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222 | <para>is a small utility that draws a tree of types.</para>
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223 | <indexterm zone="glib2 gobject-query">
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224 | <primary sortas="b-gobject-query">gobject-query</primary>
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225 | </indexterm>
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226 | </listitem>
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227 | </varlistentry>
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228 |
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229 | <varlistentry id="gtester">
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230 | <term><command>gtester</command></term>
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231 | <listitem>
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232 | <para>is a test running utility.</para>
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233 | <indexterm zone="glib2 gtester">
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234 | <primary sortas="b-gtester">gtester</primary>
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235 | </indexterm>
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236 | </listitem>
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237 | </varlistentry>
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238 |
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239 | <varlistentry id="gtester-report">
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240 | <term><command>gtester-report</command></term>
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241 | <listitem>
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242 | <para>is a test report formatting utility.</para>
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243 | <indexterm zone="glib2 gtester-report">
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244 | <primary sortas="b-gtester-report">gtester-report</primary>
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245 | </indexterm>
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246 | </listitem>
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247 | </varlistentry>
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248 |
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249 | <varlistentry id="GLib-libraries">
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250 | <term>GLib libraries</term>
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251 | <listitem>
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252 | <para>contain a low-level core library for the
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253 | <application>GIMP</application> Toolkit.</para>
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254 | <indexterm zone="glib2 GLib-libraries">
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255 | <primary sortas="c-GLib-libraries">Glib libraries</primary>
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256 | </indexterm>
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257 | </listitem>
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258 | </varlistentry>
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259 |
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260 | </variablelist>
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261 |
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262 | </sect2>
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263 |
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264 | </sect1>
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