Constructor
GdkTexturenew_from_filename
Declaration [src]
GdkTexture*
gdk_texture_new_from_filename (
const char* path,
GError** error
)
Description [src]
Creates a new texture by loading an image from a file.
The file format is detected automatically. The supported formats are PNG and JPEG, though more formats might be available.
If NULL is returned, then error will be set.
This function is threadsafe, so that you can e.g. use GTask
and g_task_run_in_thread() to avoid blocking the main thread
while loading a big image.
| Available since: | 4.6 |
Parameters
path |
const char* |
The filename to load. |
|
| The data is owned by the caller of the function. | |
| The value is a file system path, using the OS encoding. | |
error |
GError ** |
The return location for a GError*, or NULL. |
Return value
| Returns: | GdkTexture |
A newly-created |
|
| The caller of the function takes ownership of the data, and is responsible for freeing it. |