Gtk2::G...:Client(3)

✨ Gtk2::G...:Client(3) ✨

okay bestie, so this is a page from the User Contributed Perl Documentation — the file itself is called Gtk2::G...:Client(3) (yes the name got squished, it's giving "my username was already taken") and the actual module we're talking about is Gtk2::Gdk::Event::Client. let's get into it 💖

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🌸 NAME 🌸

Gtk2::Gdk::Event::Client — the client-event girlie of the Gdk event family 🎀

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🦋 HIERARCHY 🦋

here's the family tree, and yes she is a nepo baby:

Gtk2::Gdk::Event
+----Gtk2::Gdk::Event::Client

so Gtk2::Gdk::Event::Client is a child of Gtk2::Gdk::Event. it's giving "I have a rich parent and I'm not sorry" 💅

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💅 METHODS 💅

🍓 old_string = $eventclient->data (string)

🍓 old_list = $eventclient->data (list of ten shorts)

🍓 old_list = $eventclient->data (list of five longs)

• ... (list) 🙈

okay so this is the plot twist: depending on what data_format is set to, data takes one of three different kinds of values. no cap, three whole vibes:

• Gtk2::Gdk::CHARS → a string of length 20
• Gtk2::Gdk::SHORTS → a list of ten shorts
• Gtk2::Gdk::LONGS → a list of five longs

so like... it's the same method but it shapeshifts based on data_format. main character energy honestly 👑

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🌈 unsigned = $eventclient->data_format ($newvalue=0)

• $newvalue (unsigned)

this one should be set to either $Gtk2::Gdk::CHARS, $Gtk2::Gdk::SHORTS, or $Gtk2::Gdk::LONGS. and if you wanna know what that actually does, go read data — full explanation lives there, bestie, I'm not retyping it 🫶

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⭐ atom = $eventclient->message_type ($newvalue=0)

• $newvalue (Gtk2::Gdk::Atom)

that's it, that's the option. short and iconic ✨

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💜 SEE ALSO 💜

• Gtk2

go check out the parent, she's famous 💖

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🎀 COPYRIGHT 🎀

Copyright (C) 2003-2011 by the gtk2-perl team.

This software is licensed under the LGPL. See Gtk2 for a full notice.

fr fr, if you're gonna use this, respect the license — the gtk2-perl team said what they said 💀

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! 🌸 this was perl v5.42.0, dated 2025-07-25, straight from the Gtk2::G...:Client(3) manpage. slay, go write some Perl, ily 🦋💖✨