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gchar* gva_choose_inpname (const gchar *game); gchar* gva_find_data_file (const gchar *basename); GvaDebugFlags gva_get_debug_flags (void); const gchar* gva_get_last_version (void); gchar* gva_get_monospace_font_name (void); void gva_get_time_elapsed (GTimeVal *start_time, GTimeVal *time_elapsed); const gchar* gva_get_user_data_dir (void);
gchar* gva_choose_inpname (const gchar *game);
Returns the name of a MAME input file for game
that does not already
exist. For example, given the game "pacman" the function will return
the first filename that does not already exist: "pacman.inp",
"pacman-1.inp", "pacman-2.inp", etc.
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the name of a game |
Returns : |
value: a newly-allocated input filename for game
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gchar* gva_find_data_file (const gchar *basename);
Searches for a file named basename
in a number of standard system-wide
directories and returns a newly-allocated string containing the path to
the first match. The string should be freed with g_free()
. If no match
is found the function returns NULL
.
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the base name of the file to search for |
Returns : |
the pathname of the first match, or NULL if no match was
found
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GvaDebugFlags gva_get_debug_flags (void);
Returns a set of bit flags indicating what kinds of debugging messages are enabled through the GVA_DEBUG environment variable.
Returns : |
bitwise combination of GvaDebugFlags values |
const gchar* gva_get_last_version (void);
Returns the most recently run version of GNOME Video Arcade prior to the current run. This is used to detect GNOME Video Arcade upgrades.
Returns : |
the most recently run version of GNOME Video Arcade |
gchar* gva_get_monospace_font_name (void);
Returns the user's preferred fixed-width font name. The return value
is a newly-allocated string and should be freed with g_free()
.
Returns : |
the name of a fixed-width font |
void gva_get_time_elapsed (GTimeVal *start_time, GTimeVal *time_elapsed);
Writes the time elapsed since start_time
to time_elapsed
.
Set the start time by calling g_get_current_time()
.
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a start time |
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location to put the time elasped |