Glib::OptionContext(3)					User Contributed Perl Documentation				    Glib::OptionContext(3)

NAME

       Glib::OptionContext

SYNOPSIS

	 my ($verbose, $source, $filenames) = ('', undef, []);

	 my $entries = [
	   { long_name => 'verbose',
	     short_name => 'v',
	     arg_type => 'none',
	     arg_value => $verbose,
	     description => 'be verbose' },

	   { long_name => 'source',
	     short_name => 's',
	     arg_type => 'string',
	     arg_value => $source,
	     description => 'set the source',
	     arg_description => 'source' },

	   [ 'filenames', 'f', 'filename-array', $filenames ],
	 ];

	 my $context = Glib::OptionContext->new ('- urgsify your life');
	 $context->add_main_entries ($entries, 'C');
	 $context->parse ();

	 # $verbose, $source, and $filenames are now updated according to the
	 # command line options given

HIERARCHY

	 Glib::Boxed
	 +----Glib::OptionContext

METHODS

   optioncontext = Glib::OptionContext->new ($parameter_string)
       o   $parameter_string (string)

   $context->add_group ($group)
       o   $group (Glib::OptionGroup)

   $context->add_main_entries ($entries, $translation_domain)
       o   $entries (scalar) reference to an array of option entries

       o   $translation_domain (string)

   boolean = $context->get_help_enabled
   $context->set_help_enabled ($help_enabled)
       o   $help_enabled (boolean)

   boolean = $context->get_ignore_unknown_options
   $context->set_ignore_unknown_options ($ignore_unknown)
       o   $ignore_unknown (boolean)

   optiongroup = $context->get_main_group
   $context->set_main_group ($group)
       o   $group (Glib::OptionGroup)

   boolean = $context->parse
       This method works directly on @ARGV.

       May croak with a Glib::Error in $@ on failure.

SEE ALSO

       Glib, Glib::Boxed

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2003-2009 by the gtk2-perl team.

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

perl v5.12.1							    2010-07-05						    Glib::OptionContext(3)