Gtk2::G...ufLoader(3)

💖 Gtk2::Gdk::PixbufLoader — the whole vibe 💖

okay bestie, so this page is from the User Contributed Perl Documentation corner of the perl-verse, and it's all about Gtk2::Gdk::PixbufLoader — which is just a lil wrapper for GdkPixbufLoader 🎀. it loads pixbufs. it's giving image-decoder-with-main-character-energy. no cap.

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🌸 HIERARCHY 🌸

the family tree, and yes it's a whole lineage:

Glib::Object
+----Gtk2::Gdk::PixbufLoader

so it inherits from Glib::Object and that's the entire ancestry, periodt. 👑

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✨ METHODS ✨

pixbufloader = Gtk2::Gdk::PixbufLoader->new

the classic. just make one. that's it, that's the method. 💅

pixbufloader = Gtk2::Gdk::PixbufLoader->new_with_mime_type ($mime_type)

make a loader but you already know the mime type, so you tell it upfront. may croak with a Glib::Error in $@ on failure — so like, wrap it, bestie, don't just rawdog it. 😭

Since: gtk+ 2.4 — so if you're on something ancient, this one's not for you.

pixbufloader = Gtk2::Gdk::PixbufLoader->new_with_type ($image_type)

same energy but you're passing an image type instead of a mime type. may croak with a Glib::Error in $@ on failure. protect ya neck. 🫶

pixbufanimation or undef = $loader->get_animation

grab the animation if there is one — and note the or undef, because sometimes there just isn't and the universe said no. 🌈

$loader->close

close it up, wrap it up, done. may croak with a Glib::Error in $@ on failure. 🎀

hash reference = $loader->get_format

you get back a hash reference with the format deets. iconic.

Since: gtk+ 2.2

pixbuf = $loader->get_pixbuf

the moment we've all been waiting for — it hands you the actual pixbuf. ate. 🔥

$loader->set_size ($width, $height)

set the size, obviously. the args:

• $width (integer) — the width, fr fr
• $height (integer) — the height, obviously

Since: gtk+ 2.2

boolean = $loader->write ($buf)

feed it data, get a boolean back. the args:

• $buf (scalar)

may croak with a Glib::Error in $@ on failure. ngl this is the one you'll be calling in a loop like a lil gremlin, so handle the croak. 🙈

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🦋 SIGNALS 🦋

the loader talks back, and here's everything it says:

• area-prepared (Gtk2::Gdk::PixbufLoader)
• area-updated (Gtk2::Gdk::PixbufLoader, integer, integer, integer, integer)
• closed (Gtk2::Gdk::PixbufLoader)
• size-prepared (Gtk2::Gdk::PixbufLoader, integer, integer)

yes, area-updated takes four integers. it's extra like that. 💅

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

go read these too, bestie, they're the lore:

• Gtk2
• Glib::Object

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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.

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okay that's the whole page!! this lil doc was cooked up by the perl crew on 2025-07-25 and it's running on perl v5.42.0 — the perl documentation girlies really said "here's your manual, slay". go forth and load some pixbufs, bestie, you got this 🧚💖✨