Enumeration

GLibOptionArg

Declaration

enum GLib.OptionArg

Description

The GOptionArg enum values determine which type of extra argument the options expect to find. If an option expects an extra argument, it can be specified in several ways; with a short option: -x arg, with a long option: --name arg or combined in a single argument: --name=arg.

Members

Name Description
G_OPTION_ARG_NONE

No extra argument. This is useful for simple flags or booleans.

G_OPTION_ARG_STRING

The option takes a UTF-8 string argument.

G_OPTION_ARG_INT

The option takes an integer argument.

G_OPTION_ARG_CALLBACK

The option provides a callback (of type GOptionArgFunc) to parse the extra argument.

G_OPTION_ARG_FILENAME

The option takes a filename as argument, which will be in the GLib filename encoding rather than UTF-8.

G_OPTION_ARG_STRING_ARRAY

The option takes a string argument, multiple uses of the option are collected into an array of strings.

G_OPTION_ARG_FILENAME_ARRAY

The option takes a filename as argument, multiple uses of the option are collected into an array of strings.

G_OPTION_ARG_DOUBLE

The option takes a double argument. The argument can be formatted either for the user’s locale or for the “C” locale. Since 2.12

G_OPTION_ARG_INT64

The option takes a 64-bit integer. Like G_OPTION_ARG_INT but for larger numbers. The number can be in decimal base, or in hexadecimal (when prefixed with 0x, for example, 0xffffffff). Since 2.12