## shell-util shell-util |

## Synopsis

    char *              shell_get_file_contents_utf8_sync   (const char *path,
                                                             GError **error);
    gboolean            shell_parse_search_provider         (const char *data,
                                                             char **name,
                                                             char **url,
                                                             GList **langs,
                                                             char **icon_data_uri,
                                                             GError **error);
    gboolean            shell_session_is_active_for_systemd (void);
    void                shell_shader_effect_set_double_uniform
                                                            (ClutterShaderEffect *effect,
                                                             const gchar *name,
                                                             gdouble value);
    char *              shell_util_format_date              (const char *format,
                                                             gint64 time_ms);
    GIcon *             shell_util_get_icon_for_uri         (const char *text_uri);
    char *              shell_util_get_label_for_uri        (const char *text_uri);
    void                shell_util_get_transformed_allocation
                                                            (ClutterActor *actor,
                                                             ClutterActorBox *box);
    int                 shell_util_get_week_start           (void);
    char *              shell_util_normalize_and_casefold   (const char *str);
    void                shell_util_set_hidden_from_pick     (ClutterActor *actor,
                                                             gboolean hidden);
    gboolean            shell_util_wifexited                (int status,
                                                             int *exit);
    void                shell_write_soup_message_to_stream  (GOutputStream *stream,
                                                             SoupMessage *message,
                                                             GError **error);
    gboolean            shell_write_string_to_stream        (GOutputStream *stream,
                                                             const char *str,
                                                             GError **error);

## Description

## Details

### shell_get_file_contents_utf8_sync ()

    char *              shell_get_file_contents_utf8_sync   (const char *path,
                                                             GError **error);

Synchronously load the contents of a file as a NUL terminated string, validating it as UTF-8. Embedded NUL characters count as invalid content.

`path` : | UTF-8 encoded filename path
`error` : | a GError
Returns : | File contents. [transfer full]

### shell_parse_search_provider ()

    gboolean            shell_parse_search_provider         (const char *data,
                                                             char **name,
                                                             char **url,
                                                             GList **langs,
                                                             char **icon_data_uri,
                                                             GError **error);

`data` : | description of provider
`name` : | location to store a display name. [out]
`url` : | location to store template of url. [out]
`langs` : | list of supported languages. [out][transfer full][element-type utf8]
`icon_data_uri` : | location to store uri. [out]
`error` : | location to store GError
Returns : | `TRUE` on success

### shell_session_is_active_for_systemd ()

    gboolean            shell_session_is_active_for_systemd (void);

Checks whether the session we are running in is currently active, i.e. in the foreground and ready for user input.

Returns : | TRUE if session is active

### shell_shader_effect_set_double_uniform ()

    void                shell_shader_effect_set_double_uniform
                                                            (ClutterShaderEffect *effect,
                                                             const gchar *name,
                                                             gdouble value);

Set a double uniform on a ClutterShaderEffect.

The problem here is that JavaScript doesn't have more than one number type, and gjs tries to automatically guess what type we want to set a GValue to. If the number is "1.0" or something, it will use an integer, which will cause errors in GLSL.

`effect` : | The ClutterShaderEffect
`name` : | The name of the uniform
`value` : | The value to set it to.

### shell_util_format_date ()

    char *              shell_util_format_date              (const char *format,
                                                             gint64 time_ms);

Formats a date for the current locale. This should be used instead of the Spidermonkey Date.toLocaleFormat() extension because Date.toLocaleFormat() is buggy for Unicode format strings: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=508783

`format` : | a strftime-style string format, as parsed by `g_date_time_format()`
`time_ms` : | milliseconds since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC; the value returned by Date.getTime()
Returns : | the formatted date. If the date is outside of the range of a GDateTime (which contains any plausible dates we actually care about), will return an empty string.

### shell_util_get_icon_for_uri ()

    GIcon *             shell_util_get_icon_for_uri         (const char *text_uri);

Look up the icon that should be associated with a given URI. Handles various special GNOME-internal cases like x-nautilus-search, etc.

`text_uri` : | A URI
Returns : | A new GIcon. [transfer full]

### shell_util_get_label_for_uri ()

    char *              shell_util_get_label_for_uri        (const char *text_uri);

### shell_util_get_transformed_allocation ()

    void                shell_util_get_transformed_allocation
                                                            (ClutterActor *actor,
                                                             ClutterActorBox *box);

This function is similar to a combination of `clutter_actor_get_transformed_position()`, and `clutter_actor_get_transformed_size()`, but unlike `clutter_actor_get_transformed_size()`, it always returns a transform of the current allocation, while `clutter_actor_get_transformed_size()` returns bad values (the transform of the requested size) if a relayout has been queued.

This function is more convenient to use than `clutter_actor_get_abs_allocation_vertices()` if no transformation is in effect and also works around limitations in the GJS binding of arrays.

`actor` : | a ClutterActor
`box` : | location to store returned box in stage coordinates. [out]

### shell_util_get_week_start ()

    int                 shell_util_get_week_start           (void);

Gets the first week day for the current locale, expressed as a number in the range 0..6, representing week days from Sunday to Saturday.

Returns : | A number representing the first week day for the current locale

### shell_util_normalize_and_casefold ()

    char *              shell_util_normalize_and_casefold   (const char *str);

### shell_util_set_hidden_from_pick ()

    void                shell_util_set_hidden_from_pick     (ClutterActor *actor,
                                                             gboolean hidden);

If `hidden` is `TRUE`, hide `actor` from pick even with a mode of `CLUTTER_PICK_ALL`; if `hidden` is `FALSE`, unhide `actor`.

`actor` : | A ClutterActor
`hidden` : | Whether `actor` should be hidden from pick

### shell_util_wifexited ()

    gboolean            shell_util_wifexited                (int status,
                                                             int *exit);

Implements libc standard WIFEXITED, that cannot be used JS code.

`status` : | the status returned by `wait()` or `waitpid()`
`exit` : | the actual exit status of the process. [out]
Returns : | TRUE if the process exited normally, FALSE otherwise

### shell_write_soup_message_to_stream ()

    void                shell_write_soup_message_to_stream  (GOutputStream *stream,
                                                             SoupMessage *message,
                                                             GError **error);

Write a string to a GOutputStream as binary data. This is a workaround for the lack of proper binary strings in GJS.

`stream` : | a GOutputStream
`message` : | a SoupMessage
`error` : | location to store GError

### shell_write_string_to_stream ()

    gboolean            shell_write_string_to_stream        (GOutputStream *stream,
                                                             const char *str,
                                                             GError **error);

Write a string to a GOutputStream as UTF-8. This is a workaround for not having binary buffers in GJS.

`stream` : | a GOutputStream
`str` : | a UTF-8 string to write to `stream`
`error` : | location to store GError
Returns : | `TRUE` if write succeeded