Re: g_printf

[Russell Shaw <rjshaw netspace net au>]

John Vetterli wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Jul 2004, Maciej Katafiasz wrote:
>
> > Well, there's supposed to be g_printf() too, and <glib.h> should include
> > <glib/gprintf.h>. Seems like bug, please report in bugzilla if you're
> > sure it's not your fault. If not, investigate your distro / source /
> > build method, whatever may have changed the headers. For now, you should
> > be able to workaround it by adding #include <glib/gprintf.h> manually.
>
> > From the online docs:
> http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/2.0/glib/glib-String-Utility-Functions.html
>
> "Note that the functions g_printf(), g_fprintf(), g_sprintf(),
> g_snprintf(), g_vprintf(), g_vfprintf(), g_vsprintf() and g_vsnprintf()
> are declared in the header gprintf.h which is not included in glib.h
> (otherwise using glib.h would drag in stdio.h), so you'll have to
> explicitly include <glib/gprintf.h> in order to use the GLib printf()
> functions."
>
> Also note that g_print differs from g_printf in that you can use
> g_set_print_handler to send the output from g_print somewhere other than
> stdout.

Thanks. I've been using devhelp instead of the online docs, and the
section on String Utility Functions doesn't say #include <glib/gprintf.h>
at the top of the page. It is explained lower down tho.