Gtk2::Rc(3)

💖 Gtk2::Rc 💖

okay bestie, so this is Gtk2::Rc — the part of gtk2-perl that handles your GTK+ resource files (rc files, the little style sheets of the GTK+ world 🎀). It lives in the User Contributed Perl Documentation section of your man pages, and it's giving "quietly holding the whole look together" energy. 👑

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✨ METHODS ✨

🌸 Gtk2::Rc->add_default_file ($filename)

adds a file to the default list, no biggie 💅

• $filename — a localized file name (yes, that's the type, we don't make the rules)

🦋 list = Gtk2::Rc->get_default_files

hands you back the list of files that GTK+ is gonna read at the very end of Gtk2->init. it's the guest list, basically. ✨

🎀 Gtk2::Rc->set_default_files (file1, ...)

• ... — a list of strings, the rc files to be parsed 🗂️
• $file1 — a localized file name

this one sets the list of files that GTK+ will read at the end of Gtk2->init. you're rewriting the guest list. main character move. 👑

🧚 string = Gtk2::Rc->get_im_module_file

returns a string, that's the whole vibe 💜

🌈 string = Gtk2::Rc->get_im_module_path

also a string. we love a consistent queen. ✨

💖 string = Gtk2::Rc->get_module_dir

yep. string. 💅

🍓 Gtk2::Rc->parse ($filename)

• $filename — a localized file name

feed it a file, it parses it. simple as. 🫶

⭐ Gtk2::Rc->parse_string ($rc_string)

• $rc_string — a string

same energy as parse, except you're handing over the actual string instead of a file. iconic flexibility. 💖

🔥 boolean = Gtk2::Rc->reparse_all

returns a boolean. it's a yes-or-no situation and it's giving yes. ✅

💀 boolean = Gtk2::Rc->reparse_all_for_settings ($settings, $force_load)

• $settings — a Gtk2::Settings
• $force_load — a boolean

returns a boolean too. the $force_load is literally the "no like actually do it" flag. 😤

🌸 Gtk2::Rc->reset_styles ($settings)

• $settings — a Gtk2::Settings

Since: gtk+ 2.4 — so if you're on something ancient, this isn't for you bestie 🙈

👑 style = Gtk2::Rc->get_style_by_paths ($settings, $widget_path, $class_path, $package)

the ✨deluxe✨ version, where you tell it exactly where to look:

• $settings — a Gtk2::Settings
• $widget_path — a string
• $class_path — a string
• $package — a string

🦋 style = Gtk2::Rc->get_style ($widget)

• $widget — a Gtk2::Widget

just hand over a widget and get its style back. no paths required, we're keeping it simple. 🎀

💜 string = Gtk2::Rc->get_theme_dir

string. theme dir. that's it, that's the method. ✨

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🌟 SEE ALSO 🌟

• Gtk2 — go read that one too, it's the whole universe this little page lives in 🌈

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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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and that's the whole page, bestie!! 💅✨ this was Gtk2::Rc(3) from the User Contributed Perl Documentation, sitting pretty at perl v5.42.0, dated 2025-07-25 🎀🦋 go forth and style responsibly, ily, bye!! 💖👑