Gnome2:...::Schema(3)

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🌸 Gnome2::GConf::Schema — bestie edition 💅

okay so this is a page from the User Contributed Perl Documentation for Gnome2::...::Schema(3) and honestly? it's giving "small page, big main character energy" ✨

✨ NAME ✨

Gnome2::GConf::Schema — Schema Objects for key description 🎀

🌈 SYNOPSIS 🌈

like, here's the vibe in code form, no cap:

$client->set_schema($key, {
      owner           => 'some_program',
      short_desc      => 'Some key.',
      long_desc       => 'A key that does something to some_program.',
      locale          => 'C',
      type            => 'int',
      default_value => { type => 'int', value => 42 }
});
$description{'short'} = $client->get_schema($key)->{short_desc};

periodt. that's the whole flex 💖

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so over in C, GConfSchema is an opaque type for a "schema" — and a schema is literally just a little collection of useful info about a key/value pair 🫶. it can hold a description of the key, a default value, the program that owns the key, etc. etc. iconic behavior.

in perl, it's represented with a hashref containing any of these keys 👇 (yes, any of them, go off):

  • type — the type of the value the key points to ✨. it's similar to the matching 'type' key of GConfValue, BUT it explicitly tags lists and pairs using the 'list' and 'pair' types. so what's the 'type' key even doing then? it's just an indication of what you should expect inside the default_value field 💀 that's it, that's the job.
  • default_value — the default value of the key 🌟. in C this is supposed to be a GConfValue, so in perl it becomes a hashref (go peek at Gnome2::GConf::Value for that whole situation).
  • short_desc — a string holding a short description of the key. and when we say short, we mean short — a phrase, no more 😭
  • long_desc — a string holding a longer description of the key. a paragraph or more, bestie, stretch those typing fingers 🌸
  • owner — a string with the name of the program that uses ('owns') the key this schema is bound to 👑
  • locale — the locale for the three strings above 🧚. and lowkey important: those strings are UTF-8, and the locale is needed for translation purposes. so don't skip it fr fr

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

💜 SEE ALSO 💜 (yes, again, she said it twice 💅)

  • Gnome2::GConf

Copyright (C) 2003-2006 by the gtk2-perl team 💖

This software is licensed under the LGPL. See Gnome2::GConf for the full notice.

ngl, respect the double SEE ALSO. she knew what she wanted and she said it twice. we love a consistent queen 🌈

and that's a wrap bestie! 🫶 this little tour was brought to you by perl v5.42.0, dated 2025-07-25, straight from the Gnome2:...::Schema(3) corner of the world. slay, stay hydrated, and always read your manpages ✨💅

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