Re: getting the icon pixbuf for a file

[Andreas RÃnnquist <mailinglists gusnan se>]

On Thu, 16 Aug 2012 22:41:28 +0800
Just Fill Bugs <mozbugbox yahoo com au> wrote:

> ä 08/16/2012 07:58 PM, Andreas RÃnnquist åé:
> > Hey
> >
> > I am trying to get the icon bitmap for a file and insert it into a
> > TreeView widget - That is the pixbuf for the mime-type of a file. Is
> > there any examples of doing this in plain C using GTK/GLib?
> >
> > I am satisfied with an example that work in Linux - Win32 isn't
> > equally important to me.
>
> <http://developer.gnome.org/gdk-pixbuf/unstable/gdk-pixbuf-File-Loading.html>
>
> #include <gdk-pixbuf/gdk-pixbuf.h>
>
> ...
> GdkPixbuf *pix;
> pix = gdk_pixbuf_new_from_file (fname, None);
> if (!pix) return;
>
> boom! cannot be easier than that!

Sorry, I mean loading the Pixbuf of the file-type / mime-type of a
file - Not simply loading a file into a pixbuf. That is a bit more
complicated getting...

Sorry for not being more precise.

/Andreas