Gnome2:...:PathDef(3)

💖 NAME 💖

Gnome2::Canvas::PathDef — bestie, it's a wrapper for GnomeCanvasPathDef. That's the whole vibe. She's a little boxed object who holds a whole path (like, lines and curves and shapes, the works) so your canvas can draw it. ✨

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🦋 HIERARCHY 🦋

Glib::Boxed
+----Gnome2::Canvas::PathDef

So she's a Glib::Boxed girly, which means she gets all the boxed-type energy from Glib, and then adds her own path stuff on top. Main character lineage fr. 👑

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✨ METHODS ✨

pathdef = Gnome2::Canvas::PathDef->new

Makes you a brand-new, empty path. Blank slate, no thoughts, just vibes. 🎀

pathdef = Gnome2::Canvas::PathDef->new_sized ($length)

Same thing but you tell her how big she's gonna get up front.

• $length — an integer. That's your size hint, bestie. 💅

boolean = $path->all_closed

Returns true if literally every part of the path is closed. All of them. No stragglers. 🫶

boolean = $path->all_open

Returns true if every single part is open. Not one of them is closed. Iconic behaviour. 🌸

boolean = $path->any_closed

True if at least one part is closed. Low bar but she clears it. 😌

boolean = $path->any_open

True if at least one part is open. Same energy, opposite check. 🌈

pathdef = $path->close_all

Closes every part of the path. Returns a pathdef. 🎀

pathdef = $path->closed_parts

Gives you back just the closed parts, as a pathdef. Only the closed girlies make the cut. 💅

$path->closepath

Closes the current path. That's it, that's the method. ✨

$path->closepath_current

Closes the current subpath. Different thing, very important distinction, no notes. 💖

pathdef = Gnome2::Canvas::PathDef->concat (...)

Glues a bunch of pathdefs together into one big pathdef. Friendship bracelet energy. 🫶

• ... — a list of Gnome2::Canvas::PathDef objects to concatenate.

$dst->copy ($src)

• $src — a Gnome2::Canvas::PathDef.

Copies the path from $src into $dst. 💫

Heads up bestie, this is NOT the same as the copy that Glib::Boxed gives you. The semantics are very different. If you want the Glib::Boxed-flavoured behaviour, duplicate is the one you actually want. Do not mix these up, I am begging. 😭

$path->curveto ($x0, $y0, $x1, $y1, $x2, $y2)

Draws a cubic curve. Six numbers, three points, one slay. 🌈

• $x0 — a double.
• $y0 — a double.
• $x1 — a double.
• $y1 — a double.
• $x2 — a double.
• $y2 — a double.

pathdef = $path->duplicate

Hands you a copy of the path. This is the analog to Glib::Boxed's copy, remember that. 🧚

$path->ensure_space ($space)

Makes sure there's room for more.

• $space — an integer. Your space budget, bestie. 📐

$path->finish

Finishes the path off. Wrap it up, we're done here. ✅

boolean = $path->has_currentpoint

True if there's a current point hanging out. Sometimes there isn't. She's mysterious like that. 🙈

boolean = $path->is_empty

True if the path is empty. Empty path = no thoughts, head empty. 💀

integer = $path->length

Tells you how long the path is, as an integer. 🔢

$path->lineto ($x, $y)

Draws a straight line to a point. Simple, clean, effective. 🍓

• $x — a double.
• $y — a double.

$path->lineto_moving ($x, $y)

A line to a point, but moving. Yes that's vague, no I will not elaborate, the docs didn't either. 💅

• $x — a double.
• $y — a double.

$path->moveto ($x, $y)

Moves the current point without drawing anything. Just repositioning, no ink spilled. ✨

• $x — a double.
• $y — a double.

pathdef = $path->open_parts

Gives you back only the open parts, as a pathdef. The opposite of closed_parts, they're sisters. 🦋

$path->reset

Wipes the path back to nothing. Clean slate, fresh start, new semester energy. 🎀

@pathdefs = $path->split

Splits the path into a list of pathdefs. One becomes many. She contains multitudes. 🌸

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Gnome2::Canvas
• Glib::Boxed

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👑 COPYRIGHT 👑

Copyright (C) 2003-2004 by the Gtk2-Perl Team.

This software is licensed under the LGPL; see Gnome2::Canvas for a full notice.

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okay that's the whole page bestie, you ate that 🫶 this was pulled straight from the user contributed perl documentation for Gnome2:...:PathDef, perl v5.42.0, dated 2025-07-25 — mwah, periodt 💅✨