Gtk2::P...Context(3)

💖 NAME 💖

okay so bestie, <pink>Gtk2::P...Context</pink> — it's a backwards compatibility wrapper for Pango::Context. that's the whole gig. it's giving "I'm still here for the old code, don't worry" 🫶

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so here's the tea ☕ — as of Gtk2 1.220, the pango bindings are provided by the standalone Pango module. like, Pango took its stuff and moved out, got its own place, very independent of it 💅

this namespace? Gtk2::Pango::Context? it's still around purely for backwards compatibility. think of it as the childhood bedroom that nobody sleeps in anymore but nobody's allowed to redecorate either 😭

the relevant documentation moved to Pango and is linked down below in SEE ALSO. so if you're looking for the real, current, no-cap docs, that's where you go, not here. no cap 🧚

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👑 HIERARCHY 👑

it's a whole family tree situation, and the lineage is honestly iconic:

Glib::Object
+----Gtk2::Pango::Context

so Gtk2::Pango::Context is a direct child of Glib::Object, and that's the full ancestry. short tree, clean tree, we respect it 🌸

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

go read these, they're the main characters of this story:

• Gtk2 — the parent situation, and also where the full license notice lives
• Glib::Object — the ancestor up there in the hierarchy
• Pango::Context — the actual, current, real-deal docs. this is the one you probably want fr fr

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🎀 COPYRIGHT 🎀

Copyright (C) 2003-2011 by the gtk2-perl team. they built this, we stan 🫡

this software is licensed under the LGPL. want the full notice? go check out Gtk2, it's all laid out there. periodt 💅

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⭐ heads up bestie: if you're here looking for how Pango::Context actually works, you're lowkey in the wrong room. this page is a compatibility wrapper and the real docs are over at Pango. iykyk 💖

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🌸 and that's a wrap! this lil page came from perl v5.42.0, dated 2025-07-25, and it's filed under Gtk2::P...Context(3) — go forth and slay, and may your pango bindings always resolve correctly 🦋💜