RGtk2 (version 2.20.31)

gio-GContentType: GContentType

Description

Platform-specific content typing

Methods and Functions

gContentTypeEquals(type1, type2) gContentTypeIsA(type, supertype) gContentTypeIsUnknown(type) gContentTypeGetDescription(type) gContentTypeGetMimeType(type) gContentTypeGetIcon(type) gContentTypeCanBeExecutable(type) gContentTypeFromMimeType(mime.type) gContentTypeGuess(filename, data) gContentTypeGuessForTree(root) gContentTypesGetRegistered()

Detailed Description

A content type is a platform specific string that defines the type of a file. On unix it is a mime type, on win32 it is an extension string like ".doc", ".txt" or a percieved string like "audio". Such strings can be looked up in the registry at HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT.

References

http://library.gnome.org/devel//gio/gio-GContentType.html