struct Gio::Application::HandleLocalOptionsSignal

• Gio::Application::HandleLocalOptionsSignal
• GObject::Signal
• Struct
• Value
• Object

Overview

The ::handle-local-options signal is emitted on the local instance after the parsing of the commandline options has occurred.

You can add options to be recognised during commandline option parsing using g_application_add_main_option_entries() and g_application_add_option_group().

Signal handlers can inspect options (along with values pointed to from the arg_data of an installed #GOptionEntrys) in order to decide to perform certain actions, including direct local handling (which may be useful for options like --version).

In the event that the application is marked %G_APPLICATION_HANDLES_COMMAND_LINE the "normal processing" will send the options dictionary to the primary instance where it can be read with g_application_command_line_get_options_dict(). The signal handler can modify the dictionary before returning, and the modified dictionary will be sent.

In the event that %G_APPLICATION_HANDLES_COMMAND_LINE is not set, "normal processing" will treat the remaining uncollected command line arguments as filenames or URIs. If there are no arguments, the application is activated by g_application_activate(). One or more arguments results in a call to g_application_open().

If you want to handle the local commandline arguments for yourself by converting them to calls to g_application_open() or g_action_group_activate_action() then you must be sure to register the application first. You should probably not call g_application_activate() for yourself, however: just return -1 and allow the default handler to do it for you. This will ensure that the --gapplication-service switch works properly (i.e. no activation in that case).

Note that this signal is emitted from the default implementation of local_command_line(). If you override that function and don't chain up then this signal will never be emitted.

You can override local_command_line() if you need more powerful capabilities than what is provided here, but this should not normally be required.

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Instance Method Summary

• #connect(*, after : Bool = false, &block : Proc(GLib::VariantDict, Int32)) : GObject::SignalConnection
• #connect(handler : Proc(GLib::VariantDict, Int32), *, after : Bool = false) : GObject::SignalConnection
• #connect(handler : Proc(Gio::Application, GLib::VariantDict, Int32), *, after : Bool = false) : GObject::SignalConnection
• #emit(options : GLib::VariantDict) : Nil
• #name : String

  The signal name

Instance Method Detail