Class: GtkSource::LanguageManager

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
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Class Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Summary collapse

Constructor Details

#initialize ⇒ GtkSource::LanguageManager

Creates a new language manager.

If you do not need more than one language manager or a private language manager instance then use [funcLanguageManager.get_default] instead.

Class Method Details

.default ⇒ GtkSource::LanguageManager

Returns the default Gtk::SourceLanguageManager instance. Return value is owned by GtkSourceView library and must not be unref'ed.

Returns:

Instance Method Details

#append_search_path(path) ⇒ nil

Appends path to the list of directories where the manager looks for language files.

See [methodLanguageManager.set_search_path] for details.

Parameters:

  • path (String) —

    a directory or a filename.

Returns:

  • (nil)

#get_language(id) ⇒ GtkSource::Language

Gets the [classLanguage] identified by the given id in the language manager. if there is no language identified by the given id. Return value is owned by lm and should not be freed.

Parameters:

  • id (String) —

    a language id.

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#guess_language(filename, content_type) ⇒ GtkSource::Language

Picks a [classLanguage] for given file name and content type, according to the information in lang files.

Either filename or content_type may be nil. This function can be used as follows:

GtkSourceLanguage *lang;
GtkSourceLanguageManager *manager;
lm = gtk_source_language_manager_get_default ();
lang = gtk_source_language_manager_guess_language (manager, filename, NULL);
gtk_source_buffer_set_language (buffer, lang);

or

GtkSourceLanguage *lang = NULL;
GtkSourceLanguageManager *manager;
gboolean result_uncertain;
gchar *content_type;

content_type = g_content_type_guess (filename, NULL, 0, &result_uncertain);
if (result_uncertain)
  {
    g_free (content_type);
    content_type = NULL;
  }

manager = gtk_source_language_manager_get_default ();
lang = gtk_source_language_manager_guess_language (manager, filename, content_type);
gtk_source_buffer_set_language (buffer, lang);

g_free (content_type);

etc. Use [methodLanguage.get_mime_types] and [methodLanguage.get_globs] if you need full control over file -> language mapping. is no suitable language for given filename and/or content_type. Return value is owned by lm and should not be freed.

Parameters:

  • filename (GtkSource::filename) —

    a filename in Glib filename encoding, or nil.

  • content_type (String) —

    a content type (as in GIO API), or nil.

Returns:

#language_ids ⇒ GtkSource::

Returns language-ids.

Returns:

#language_ids=(language_ids) ⇒ GtkSource::

Parameters:

Returns:

#prepend_search_path(path) ⇒ nil

Prepends path to the list of directories where the manager looks for language files.

See [methodLanguageManager.set_search_path] for details.

Parameters:

  • path (String) —

    a directory or a filename.

Returns:

  • (nil)

#search_path ⇒ GtkSource::

Returns search-path.

Returns:

#search_path=(search_path) ⇒ GtkSource::

Parameters:

Returns: