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+<h2><span class="refentrytitle"><a name="libgimpbase-gimpenv.top_of_page"></a>gimpenv</span></h2>
+<p>gimpenv — Functions to access the GIMP environment.</p>
+</td>
+<td class="gallery_image" valign="top" align="right"></td>
+</tr></table></div>
+<div class="refsect1">
+<a name="libgimpbase-gimpenv.functions"></a><h2>Functions</h2>
+<div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="0">
+<colgroup>
+<col width="150px" class="functions_proto_type">
+<col class="functions_proto_name">
+</colgroup>
+<tbody>
+<tr>
+<td class="function_type">
+<span class="returnvalue">void</span>
+</td>
+<td class="function_name">
+<a class="link" href="libgimpbase-gimpenv.html#gimp-env-init" title="gimp_env_init ()">gimp_env_init</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
+</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td class="function_type">const <span class="returnvalue">gchar</span> *
+</td>
+<td class="function_name">
+<a class="link" href="libgimpbase-gimpenv.html#gimp-directory" title="gimp_directory ()">gimp_directory</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
+</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td class="function_type">const <span class="returnvalue">gchar</span> *
+</td>
+<td class="function_name">
+<a class="link" href="libgimpbase-gimpenv.html#gimp-installation-directory" title="gimp_installation_directory ()">gimp_installation_directory</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
+</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td class="function_type">const <span class="returnvalue">gchar</span> *
+</td>
+<td class="function_name">
+<a class="link" href="libgimpbase-gimpenv.html#gimp-data-directory" title="gimp_data_directory ()">gimp_data_directory</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
+</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td class="function_type">const <span class="returnvalue">gchar</span> *
+</td>
+<td class="function_name">
+<a class="link" href="libgimpbase-gimpenv.html#gimp-locale-directory" title="gimp_locale_directory ()">gimp_locale_directory</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
+</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td class="function_type">const <span class="returnvalue">gchar</span> *
+</td>
+<td class="function_name">
+<a class="link" href="libgimpbase-gimpenv.html#gimp-plug-in-directory" title="gimp_plug_in_directory ()">gimp_plug_in_directory</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
+</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td class="function_type">const <span class="returnvalue">gchar</span> *
+</td>
+<td class="function_name">
+<a class="link" href="libgimpbase-gimpenv.html#gimp-sysconf-directory" title="gimp_sysconf_directory ()">gimp_sysconf_directory</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
+</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td class="function_type">const <span class="returnvalue">gchar</span> *
+</td>
+<td class="function_name">
+<a class="link" href="libgimpbase-gimpenv.html#gimp-cache-directory" title="gimp_cache_directory ()">gimp_cache_directory</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
+</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td class="function_type">const <span class="returnvalue">gchar</span> *
+</td>
+<td class="function_name">
+<a class="link" href="libgimpbase-gimpenv.html#gimp-temp-directory" title="gimp_temp_directory ()">gimp_temp_directory</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
+</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td class="function_type">
+<span class="returnvalue">GFile</span> *
+</td>
+<td class="function_name">
+<a class="link" href="libgimpbase-gimpenv.html#gimp-directory-file" title="gimp_directory_file ()">gimp_directory_file</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
+</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td class="function_type">
+<span class="returnvalue">GFile</span> *
+</td>
+<td class="function_name">
+<a class="link" href="libgimpbase-gimpenv.html#gimp-installation-directory-file" title="gimp_installation_directory_file ()">gimp_installation_directory_file</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
+</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td class="function_type">
+<span class="returnvalue">GFile</span> *
+</td>
+<td class="function_name">
+<a class="link" href="libgimpbase-gimpenv.html#gimp-data-directory-file" title="gimp_data_directory_file ()">gimp_data_directory_file</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
+</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td class="function_type">
+<span class="returnvalue">GFile</span> *
+</td>
+<td class="function_name">
+<a class="link" href="libgimpbase-gimpenv.html#gimp-locale-directory-file" title="gimp_locale_directory_file ()">gimp_locale_directory_file</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
+</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td class="function_type">
+<span class="returnvalue">GFile</span> *
+</td>
+<td class="function_name">
+<a class="link" href="libgimpbase-gimpenv.html#gimp-sysconf-directory-file" title="gimp_sysconf_directory_file ()">gimp_sysconf_directory_file</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
+</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td class="function_type">
+<span class="returnvalue">GFile</span> *
+</td>
+<td class="function_name">
+<a class="link" href="libgimpbase-gimpenv.html#gimp-plug-in-directory-file" title="gimp_plug_in_directory_file ()">gimp_plug_in_directory_file</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
+</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td class="function_type">const <span class="returnvalue">gchar</span> *
+</td>
+<td class="function_name">
+<a class="link" href="libgimpbase-gimpenv.html#gimp-user-directory" title="gimp_user_directory ()">gimp_user_directory</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
+</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td class="function_type">
+<span class="returnvalue">gchar</span> *
+</td>
+<td class="function_name">
+<a class="link" href="libgimpbase-gimpenv.html#gimp-personal-rc-file" title="gimp_personal_rc_file ()">gimp_personal_rc_file</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
+</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td class="function_type">const <span class="returnvalue">gchar</span> *
+</td>
+<td class="function_name">
+<a class="link" href="libgimpbase-gimpenv.html#gimp-gtkrc" title="gimp_gtkrc ()">gimp_gtkrc</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
+</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td class="function_type">
+<span class="returnvalue">GList</span> *
+</td>
+<td class="function_name">
+<a class="link" href="libgimpbase-gimpenv.html#gimp-path-parse" title="gimp_path_parse ()">gimp_path_parse</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
+</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td class="function_type">
+<span class="returnvalue">gchar</span> *
+</td>
+<td class="function_name">
+<a class="link" href="libgimpbase-gimpenv.html#gimp-path-to-str" title="gimp_path_to_str ()">gimp_path_to_str</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
+</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td class="function_type">
+<span class="returnvalue">void</span>
+</td>
+<td class="function_name">
+<a class="link" href="libgimpbase-gimpenv.html#gimp-path-free" title="gimp_path_free ()">gimp_path_free</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
+</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td class="function_type">
+<span class="returnvalue">gchar</span> *
+</td>
+<td class="function_name">
+<a class="link" href="libgimpbase-gimpenv.html#gimp-path-get-user-writable-dir" title="gimp_path_get_user_writable_dir ()">gimp_path_get_user_writable_dir</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
+</td>
+</tr>
+</tbody>
+</table></div>
+</div>
+<div class="refsect1">
+<a name="libgimpbase-gimpenv.description"></a><h2>Description</h2>
+<p>A set of functions to find the locations of GIMP's data directories
+and configuration files.</p>
+</div>
+<div class="refsect1">
+<a name="libgimpbase-gimpenv.functions_details"></a><h2>Functions</h2>
+<div class="refsect2">
+<a name="gimp-env-init"></a><h3>gimp_env_init ()</h3>
+<pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">void</span>
+gimp_env_init (<em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">gboolean</span> plug_in</code></em>);</pre>
+<p>You don't need to care about this function. It is being called for
+you automatically (by means of the <code class="function">MAIN()</code> macro that every plug-in
+runs). Calling it again will cause a fatal error.</p>
+<div class="refsect3">
+<a name="gimp-env-init.parameters"></a><h4>Parameters</h4>
+<div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="0">
+<colgroup>
+<col width="150px" class="parameters_name">
+<col class="parameters_description">
+<col width="200px" class="parameters_annotations">
+</colgroup>
+<tbody><tr>
+<td class="parameter_name"><p>plug_in</p></td>
+<td class="parameter_description"><p>must be <code class="literal">TRUE</code> if this function is called from a plug-in</p></td>
+<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
+</tr></tbody>
+</table></div>
+</div>
+<p class="since">Since: <a class="link" href="api-index-2-4.html#api-index-2.4">2.4</a></p>
+</div>
+<hr>
+<div class="refsect2">
+<a name="gimp-directory"></a><h3>gimp_directory ()</h3>
+<pre class="programlisting">const <span class="returnvalue">gchar</span> *
+gimp_directory (<em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">void</span></code></em>);</pre>
+<p>Returns the user-specific GIMP settings directory. If the
+environment variable GIMP2_DIRECTORY exists, it is used. If it is
+an absolute path, it is used as is. If it is a relative path, it
+is taken to be a subdirectory of the home directory. If it is a
+relative path, and no home directory can be determined, it is taken
+to be a subdirectory of <a class="link" href="libgimpbase-gimpenv.html#gimp-data-directory" title="gimp_data_directory ()"><code class="function">gimp_data_directory()</code></a>.</p>
+<p>The usual case is that no GIMP2_DIRECTORY environment variable
+exists, and then we use the GIMPDIR subdirectory of the local
+configuration directory:</p>
+<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; ">
+<li class="listitem"><p>UNIX: $XDG_CONFIG_HOME (defaults to $HOME/.config/)</p></li>
+<li class="listitem"><p>Windows: CSIDL_APPDATA</p></li>
+<li class="listitem"><p>OSX (UNIX exception): the Application Support Directory.</p></li>
+</ul></div>
+<p>If neither the configuration nor home directory exist,
+<code class="function">g_get_user_config_dir()</code> will return {tmp}/{user_name}/.config/ where
+the temporary directory {tmp} and the {user_name} are determined
+according to platform rules.</p>
+<p>In any case, we always return some non-empty string, whether it
+corresponds to an existing directory or not.</p>
+<p>In config files such as gimprc, the string ${gimp_dir} expands to
+this directory.</p>
+<p>The returned string is owned by GIMP and must not be modified or
+freed. The returned string is in the encoding used for filenames by
+GLib, which isn't necessarily UTF-8 (on Windows it is always
+UTF-8.)</p>
+<div class="refsect3">
+<a name="gimp-directory.returns"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
+<p> The user-specific GIMP settings directory.</p>
+</div>
+</div>
+<hr>
+<div class="refsect2">
+<a name="gimp-installation-directory"></a><h3>gimp_installation_directory ()</h3>
+<pre class="programlisting">const <span class="returnvalue">gchar</span> *
+gimp_installation_directory (<em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">void</span></code></em>);</pre>
+<p>Returns the top installation directory of GIMP. On Unix the
+compile-time defined installation prefix is used. On Windows, the
+installation directory as deduced from the executable's full
+filename is used. On OSX we ask [NSBundle mainBundle] for the
+resource path to check if GIMP is part of a relocatable bundle.</p>
+<p>In config files such as gimprc, the string ${gimp_installation_dir}
+expands to this directory.</p>
+<p>The returned string is owned by GIMP and must not be modified or
+freed. The returned string is in the encoding used for filenames by
+GLib, which isn't necessarily UTF-8. (On Windows it always is
+UTF-8.)</p>
+<div class="refsect3">
+<a name="gimp-installation-directory.returns"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
+<p> The toplevel installation directory of GIMP.</p>
+</div>
+<p class="since">Since: <a class="link" href="api-index-2-8.html#api-index-2.8">2.8</a></p>
+</div>
+<hr>
+<div class="refsect2">
+<a name="gimp-data-directory"></a><h3>gimp_data_directory ()</h3>
+<pre class="programlisting">const <span class="returnvalue">gchar</span> *
+gimp_data_directory (<em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">void</span></code></em>);</pre>
+<p>Returns the default top directory for GIMP data. If the environment
+variable GIMP2_DATADIR exists, that is used. It should be an
+absolute pathname. Otherwise, on Unix the compile-time defined
+directory is used. On Windows, the installation directory as
+deduced from the executable's full filename is used.</p>
+<p>Note that the actual directories used for GIMP data files can be
+overridden by the user in the preferences dialog.</p>
+<p>In config files such as gimprc, the string ${gimp_data_dir} expands
+to this directory.</p>
+<p>The returned string is owned by GIMP and must not be modified or
+freed. The returned string is in the encoding used for filenames by
+GLib, which isn't necessarily UTF-8. (On Windows it always is
+UTF-8.)</p>
+<div class="refsect3">
+<a name="gimp-data-directory.returns"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
+<p> The top directory for GIMP data.</p>
+</div>
+</div>
+<hr>
+<div class="refsect2">
+<a name="gimp-locale-directory"></a><h3>gimp_locale_directory ()</h3>
+<pre class="programlisting">const <span class="returnvalue">gchar</span> *
+gimp_locale_directory (<em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">void</span></code></em>);</pre>
+<p>Returns the top directory for GIMP locale files. If the environment
+variable GIMP2_LOCALEDIR exists, that is used. It should be an
+absolute pathname. Otherwise, on Unix the compile-time defined
+directory is used. On Windows, the installation directory as deduced
+from the executable's full filename is used.</p>
+<p>The returned string is owned by GIMP and must not be modified or
+freed. The returned string is in the encoding used for filenames by
+the C library, which isn't necessarily UTF-8. (On Windows, unlike
+the other similar functions here, the return value from this
+function is in the system codepage, never in UTF-8. It can thus be
+passed directly to the <code class="function">bindtextdomain()</code> function from libintl which
+does not handle UTF-8.)</p>
+<div class="refsect3">
+<a name="gimp-locale-directory.returns"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
+<p> The top directory for GIMP locale files.</p>
+</div>
+</div>
+<hr>
+<div class="refsect2">
+<a name="gimp-plug-in-directory"></a><h3>gimp_plug_in_directory ()</h3>
+<pre class="programlisting">const <span class="returnvalue">gchar</span> *
+gimp_plug_in_directory (<em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">void</span></code></em>);</pre>
+<p>Returns the default top directory for GIMP plug-ins and modules. If
+the environment variable GIMP2_PLUGINDIR exists, that is used. It
+should be an absolute pathname. Otherwise, on Unix the compile-time
+defined directory is used. On Windows, the installation directory
+as deduced from the executable's full filename is used.</p>
+<p>Note that the actual directories used for GIMP plug-ins and modules
+can be overridden by the user in the preferences dialog.</p>
+<p>In config files such as gimprc, the string ${gimp_plug_in_dir}
+expands to this directory.</p>
+<p>The returned string is owned by GIMP and must not be modified or
+freed. The returned string is in the encoding used for filenames by
+GLib, which isn't necessarily UTF-8. (On Windows it always is
+UTF-8.)</p>
+<div class="refsect3">
+<a name="gimp-plug-in-directory.returns"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
+<p> The top directory for GIMP plug_ins and modules.</p>
+</div>
+</div>
+<hr>
+<div class="refsect2">
+<a name="gimp-sysconf-directory"></a><h3>gimp_sysconf_directory ()</h3>
+<pre class="programlisting">const <span class="returnvalue">gchar</span> *
+gimp_sysconf_directory (<em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">void</span></code></em>);</pre>
+<p>Returns the top directory for GIMP config files. If the environment
+variable GIMP2_SYSCONFDIR exists, that is used. It should be an
+absolute pathname. Otherwise, on Unix the compile-time defined
+directory is used. On Windows, the installation directory as deduced
+from the executable's full filename is used.</p>
+<p>In config files such as gimprc, the string ${gimp_sysconf_dir}
+expands to this directory.</p>
+<p>The returned string is owned by GIMP and must not be modified or
+freed. The returned string is in the encoding used for filenames by
+GLib, which isn't necessarily UTF-8. (On Windows it always is
+UTF-8.).</p>
+<div class="refsect3">
+<a name="gimp-sysconf-directory.returns"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
+<p> The top directory for GIMP config files.</p>
+</div>
+</div>
+<hr>
+<div class="refsect2">
+<a name="gimp-cache-directory"></a><h3>gimp_cache_directory ()</h3>
+<pre class="programlisting">const <span class="returnvalue">gchar</span> *
+gimp_cache_directory (<em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">void</span></code></em>);</pre>
+<p>Returns the default top directory for GIMP cached files. If the
+environment variable GIMP2_CACHEDIR exists, that is used. It
+should be an absolute pathname. Otherwise, a subdirectory of the
+directory returned by <code class="function">g_get_user_cache_dir()</code> is used.</p>
+<p>Note that the actual directories used for GIMP caches files can
+be overridden by the user in the preferences dialog.</p>
+<p>In config files such as gimprc, the string ${gimp_cache_dir}
+expands to this directory.</p>
+<p>The returned string is owned by GIMP and must not be modified or
+freed. The returned string is in the encoding used for filenames by
+GLib, which isn't necessarily UTF-8. (On Windows it always is
+UTF-8.).</p>
+<div class="refsect3">
+<a name="gimp-cache-directory.returns"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
+<p> The default top directory for GIMP cached files.</p>
+</div>
+<p class="since">Since: <a class="link" href="api-index-2-10-10.html#api-index-2.10.10">2.10.10</a></p>
+</div>
+<hr>
+<div class="refsect2">
+<a name="gimp-temp-directory"></a><h3>gimp_temp_directory ()</h3>
+<pre class="programlisting">const <span class="returnvalue">gchar</span> *
+gimp_temp_directory (<em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">void</span></code></em>);</pre>
+<p>Returns the default top directory for GIMP temporary files. If the
+environment variable GIMP2_TEMPDIR exists, that is used. It
+should be an absolute pathname. Otherwise, a subdirectory of the
+directory returned by <code class="function">g_get_tmp_dir()</code> is used.</p>
+<p>In config files such as gimprc, the string ${gimp_temp_dir} expands
+to this directory.</p>
+<p>Note that the actual directories used for GIMP temporary files can
+be overridden by the user in the preferences dialog.</p>
+<p>The returned string is owned by GIMP and must not be modified or
+freed. The returned string is in the encoding used for filenames by
+GLib, which isn't necessarily UTF-8. (On Windows it always is
+UTF-8.).</p>
+<div class="refsect3">
+<a name="gimp-temp-directory.returns"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
+<p> The default top directory for GIMP temporary files.</p>
+</div>
+<p class="since">Since: <a class="link" href="api-index-2-10-10.html#api-index-2.10.10">2.10.10</a></p>
+</div>
+<hr>
+<div class="refsect2">
+<a name="gimp-directory-file"></a><h3>gimp_directory_file ()</h3>
+<pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">GFile</span> *
+gimp_directory_file (<em class="parameter"><code>const <span class="type">gchar</span> *first_element</code></em>,
+ <em class="parameter"><code>...</code></em>);</pre>
+<p>Returns a <span class="type">GFile</span> in the user's GIMP directory, or the data
+directory itself if <em class="parameter"><code>first_element</code></em>
+ is <code class="literal">NULL</code>.</p>
+<p>See also: <a class="link" href="libgimpbase-gimpenv.html#gimp-directory" title="gimp_directory ()"><code class="function">gimp_directory()</code></a>.</p>
+<div class="refsect3">
+<a name="gimp-directory-file.parameters"></a><h4>Parameters</h4>
+<div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="0">
+<colgroup>
+<col width="150px" class="parameters_name">
+<col class="parameters_description">
+<col width="200px" class="parameters_annotations">
+</colgroup>
+<tbody>
+<tr>
+<td class="parameter_name"><p>first_element</p></td>
+<td class="parameter_description"><p>the first element of a path to a file in the
+user's GIMP directory, or <code class="literal">NULL</code>.</p></td>
+<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td class="parameter_name"><p>...</p></td>
+<td class="parameter_description"><p>a <code class="literal">NULL</code> terminated list of the remaining elements of the path
+to the file.</p></td>
+<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
+</tr>
+</tbody>
+</table></div>
+</div>
+<div class="refsect3">
+<a name="gimp-directory-file.returns"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
+<p> a new <em class="parameter"><code>GFile</code></em>
+for the path, Free with <code class="function">g_object_unref()</code>.</p>
+</div>
+<p class="since">Since: <a class="link" href="api-index-2-10.html#api-index-2.10">2.10</a></p>
+</div>
+<hr>
+<div class="refsect2">
+<a name="gimp-installation-directory-file"></a><h3>gimp_installation_directory_file ()</h3>
+<pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">GFile</span> *
+gimp_installation_directory_file (<em class="parameter"><code>const <span class="type">gchar</span> *first_element</code></em>,
+ <em class="parameter"><code>...</code></em>);</pre>
+<p>Returns a <span class="type">GFile</span> in the installation directory, or the installation
+directory itself if <em class="parameter"><code>first_element</code></em>
+ is <code class="literal">NULL</code>.</p>
+<p>See also: <a class="link" href="libgimpbase-gimpenv.html#gimp-installation-directory" title="gimp_installation_directory ()"><code class="function">gimp_installation_directory()</code></a>.</p>
+<div class="refsect3">
+<a name="gimp-installation-directory-file.parameters"></a><h4>Parameters</h4>
+<div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="0">
+<colgroup>
+<col width="150px" class="parameters_name">
+<col class="parameters_description">
+<col width="200px" class="parameters_annotations">
+</colgroup>
+<tbody>
+<tr>
+<td class="parameter_name"><p>first_element</p></td>
+<td class="parameter_description"><p>the first element of a path to a file in the
+top installation directory, or <code class="literal">NULL</code>.</p></td>
+<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td class="parameter_name"><p>...</p></td>
+<td class="parameter_description"><p>a <code class="literal">NULL</code> terminated list of the remaining elements of the path
+to the file.</p></td>
+<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
+</tr>
+</tbody>
+</table></div>
+</div>
+<div class="refsect3">
+<a name="gimp-installation-directory-file.returns"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
+<p> a new <em class="parameter"><code>GFile</code></em>
+for the path, Free with <code class="function">g_object_unref()</code>.</p>
+</div>
+<p class="since">Since: <a class="link" href="api-index-2-10-10.html#api-index-2.10.10">2.10.10</a></p>
+</div>
+<hr>
+<div class="refsect2">
+<a name="gimp-data-directory-file"></a><h3>gimp_data_directory_file ()</h3>
+<pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">GFile</span> *
+gimp_data_directory_file (<em class="parameter"><code>const <span class="type">gchar</span> *first_element</code></em>,
+ <em class="parameter"><code>...</code></em>);</pre>
+<p>Returns a <span class="type">GFile</span> in the data directory, or the data directory
+itself if <em class="parameter"><code>first_element</code></em>
+ is <code class="literal">NULL</code>.</p>
+<p>See also: <a class="link" href="libgimpbase-gimpenv.html#gimp-data-directory" title="gimp_data_directory ()"><code class="function">gimp_data_directory()</code></a>.</p>
+<div class="refsect3">
+<a name="gimp-data-directory-file.parameters"></a><h4>Parameters</h4>
+<div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="0">
+<colgroup>
+<col width="150px" class="parameters_name">
+<col class="parameters_description">
+<col width="200px" class="parameters_annotations">
+</colgroup>
+<tbody>
+<tr>
+<td class="parameter_name"><p>first_element</p></td>
+<td class="parameter_description"><p>the first element of a path to a file in the
+data directory, or <code class="literal">NULL</code>.</p></td>
+<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td class="parameter_name"><p>...</p></td>
+<td class="parameter_description"><p>a <code class="literal">NULL</code> terminated list of the remaining elements of the path
+to the file.</p></td>
+<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
+</tr>
+</tbody>
+</table></div>
+</div>
+<div class="refsect3">
+<a name="gimp-data-directory-file.returns"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
+<p> a new <em class="parameter"><code>GFile</code></em>
+for the path, Free with <code class="function">g_object_unref()</code>.</p>
+</div>
+<p class="since">Since: <a class="link" href="api-index-2-10.html#api-index-2.10">2.10</a></p>
+</div>
+<hr>
+<div class="refsect2">
+<a name="gimp-locale-directory-file"></a><h3>gimp_locale_directory_file ()</h3>
+<pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">GFile</span> *
+gimp_locale_directory_file (<em class="parameter"><code>const <span class="type">gchar</span> *first_element</code></em>,
+ <em class="parameter"><code>...</code></em>);</pre>
+<p>Returns a <span class="type">GFile</span> in the locale directory, or the locale directory
+itself if <em class="parameter"><code>first_element</code></em>
+ is <code class="literal">NULL</code>.</p>
+<p>See also: <a class="link" href="libgimpbase-gimpenv.html#gimp-locale-directory" title="gimp_locale_directory ()"><code class="function">gimp_locale_directory()</code></a>.</p>
+<div class="refsect3">
+<a name="gimp-locale-directory-file.parameters"></a><h4>Parameters</h4>
+<div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="0">
+<colgroup>
+<col width="150px" class="parameters_name">
+<col class="parameters_description">
+<col width="200px" class="parameters_annotations">
+</colgroup>
+<tbody>
+<tr>
+<td class="parameter_name"><p>first_element</p></td>
+<td class="parameter_description"><p>the first element of a path to a file in the
+locale directory, or <code class="literal">NULL</code>.</p></td>
+<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td class="parameter_name"><p>...</p></td>
+<td class="parameter_description"><p>a <code class="literal">NULL</code> terminated list of the remaining elements of the path
+to the file.</p></td>
+<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
+</tr>
+</tbody>
+</table></div>
+</div>
+<div class="refsect3">
+<a name="gimp-locale-directory-file.returns"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
+<p> a new <em class="parameter"><code>GFile</code></em>
+for the path, Free with <code class="function">g_object_unref()</code>.</p>
+</div>
+<p class="since">Since: <a class="link" href="api-index-2-10.html#api-index-2.10">2.10</a></p>
+</div>
+<hr>
+<div class="refsect2">
+<a name="gimp-sysconf-directory-file"></a><h3>gimp_sysconf_directory_file ()</h3>
+<pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">GFile</span> *
+gimp_sysconf_directory_file (<em class="parameter"><code>const <span class="type">gchar</span> *first_element</code></em>,
+ <em class="parameter"><code>...</code></em>);</pre>
+<p>Returns a <span class="type">GFile</span> in the sysconf directory, or the sysconf directory
+itself if <em class="parameter"><code>first_element</code></em>
+ is <code class="literal">NULL</code>.</p>
+<p>See also: <a class="link" href="libgimpbase-gimpenv.html#gimp-sysconf-directory" title="gimp_sysconf_directory ()"><code class="function">gimp_sysconf_directory()</code></a>.</p>
+<div class="refsect3">
+<a name="gimp-sysconf-directory-file.parameters"></a><h4>Parameters</h4>
+<div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="0">
+<colgroup>
+<col width="150px" class="parameters_name">
+<col class="parameters_description">
+<col width="200px" class="parameters_annotations">
+</colgroup>
+<tbody>
+<tr>
+<td class="parameter_name"><p>first_element</p></td>
+<td class="parameter_description"><p>the first element of a path to a file in the
+sysconf directory, or <code class="literal">NULL</code>.</p></td>
+<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td class="parameter_name"><p>...</p></td>
+<td class="parameter_description"><p>a <code class="literal">NULL</code> terminated list of the remaining elements of the path
+to the file.</p></td>
+<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
+</tr>
+</tbody>
+</table></div>
+</div>
+<div class="refsect3">
+<a name="gimp-sysconf-directory-file.returns"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
+<p> a new <em class="parameter"><code>GFile</code></em>
+for the path, Free with <code class="function">g_object_unref()</code>.</p>
+</div>
+<p class="since">Since: <a class="link" href="api-index-2-10.html#api-index-2.10">2.10</a></p>
+</div>
+<hr>
+<div class="refsect2">
+<a name="gimp-plug-in-directory-file"></a><h3>gimp_plug_in_directory_file ()</h3>
+<pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">GFile</span> *
+gimp_plug_in_directory_file (<em class="parameter"><code>const <span class="type">gchar</span> *first_element</code></em>,
+ <em class="parameter"><code>...</code></em>);</pre>
+<p>Returns a <span class="type">GFile</span> in the plug-in directory, or the plug-in directory
+itself if <em class="parameter"><code>first_element</code></em>
+ is <code class="literal">NULL</code>.</p>
+<p>See also: <a class="link" href="libgimpbase-gimpenv.html#gimp-plug-in-directory" title="gimp_plug_in_directory ()"><code class="function">gimp_plug_in_directory()</code></a>.</p>
+<div class="refsect3">
+<a name="gimp-plug-in-directory-file.parameters"></a><h4>Parameters</h4>
+<div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="0">
+<colgroup>
+<col width="150px" class="parameters_name">
+<col class="parameters_description">
+<col width="200px" class="parameters_annotations">
+</colgroup>
+<tbody>
+<tr>
+<td class="parameter_name"><p>first_element</p></td>
+<td class="parameter_description"><p>the first element of a path to a file in the
+plug-in directory, or <code class="literal">NULL</code>.</p></td>
+<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td class="parameter_name"><p>...</p></td>
+<td class="parameter_description"><p>a <code class="literal">NULL</code> terminated list of the remaining elements of the path
+to the file.</p></td>
+<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
+</tr>
+</tbody>
+</table></div>
+</div>
+<div class="refsect3">
+<a name="gimp-plug-in-directory-file.returns"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
+<p> a new <em class="parameter"><code>GFile</code></em>
+for the path, Free with <code class="function">g_object_unref()</code>.</p>
+</div>
+<p class="since">Since: <a class="link" href="api-index-2-10.html#api-index-2.10">2.10</a></p>
+</div>
+<hr>
+<div class="refsect2">
+<a name="gimp-user-directory"></a><h3>gimp_user_directory ()</h3>
+<pre class="programlisting">const <span class="returnvalue">gchar</span> *
+gimp_user_directory (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="libgimpbase-gimpbaseenums.html#GimpUserDirectory" title="enum GimpUserDirectory"><span class="type">GimpUserDirectory</span></a> type</code></em>);</pre>
+<div class="warning"><p><code class="literal">gimp_user_directory</code> is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.</p></div>
+<p>This procedure is deprecated! Use <code class="function">g_get_user_special_dir()</code> instead.</p>
+<div class="refsect3">
+<a name="gimp-user-directory.parameters"></a><h4>Parameters</h4>
+<div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="0">
+<colgroup>
+<col width="150px" class="parameters_name">
+<col class="parameters_description">
+<col width="200px" class="parameters_annotations">
+</colgroup>
+<tbody><tr>
+<td class="parameter_name"><p>type</p></td>
+<td class="parameter_description"><p>the type of user directory to retrieve</p></td>
+<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
+</tr></tbody>
+</table></div>
+</div>
+<div class="refsect3">
+<a name="gimp-user-directory.returns"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
+<p> The path to the specified user directory, or <code class="literal">NULL</code> if the
+logical ID was not found.</p>
+</div>
+<p class="since">Since: <a class="link" href="api-index-2-4.html#api-index-2.4">2.4</a></p>
+</div>
+<hr>
+<div class="refsect2">
+<a name="gimp-personal-rc-file"></a><h3>gimp_personal_rc_file ()</h3>
+<pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">gchar</span> *
+gimp_personal_rc_file (<em class="parameter"><code>const <span class="type">gchar</span> *basename</code></em>);</pre>
+<p>Returns the name of a file in the user-specific GIMP settings directory.</p>
+<p>The returned string is newly allocated and should be freed with
+<code class="function">g_free()</code> after use. The returned string is in the encoding used for
+filenames by GLib, which isn't necessarily UTF-8. (On Windows it
+always is UTF-8.)</p>
+<div class="refsect3">
+<a name="gimp-personal-rc-file.parameters"></a><h4>Parameters</h4>
+<div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="0">
+<colgroup>
+<col width="150px" class="parameters_name">
+<col class="parameters_description">
+<col width="200px" class="parameters_annotations">
+</colgroup>
+<tbody><tr>
+<td class="parameter_name"><p>basename</p></td>
+<td class="parameter_description"><p>The basename of a rc_file.</p></td>
+<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
+</tr></tbody>
+</table></div>
+</div>
+<div class="refsect3">
+<a name="gimp-personal-rc-file.returns"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
+<p> The name of a file in the user-specific GIMP settings directory.</p>
+</div>
+</div>
+<hr>
+<div class="refsect2">
+<a name="gimp-gtkrc"></a><h3>gimp_gtkrc ()</h3>
+<pre class="programlisting">const <span class="returnvalue">gchar</span> *
+gimp_gtkrc (<em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">void</span></code></em>);</pre>
+<p>Returns the name of GIMP's application-specific gtkrc file.</p>
+<p>The returned string is owned by GIMP and must not be modified or
+freed. The returned string is in the encoding used for filenames by
+GLib, which isn't necessarily UTF-8. (On Windows it always is
+UTF-8.)</p>
+<div class="refsect3">
+<a name="gimp-gtkrc.returns"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
+<p> The name of GIMP's application-specific gtkrc file.</p>
+</div>
+</div>
+<hr>
+<div class="refsect2">
+<a name="gimp-path-parse"></a><h3>gimp_path_parse ()</h3>
+<pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">GList</span> *
+gimp_path_parse (<em class="parameter"><code>const <span class="type">gchar</span> *path</code></em>,
+ <em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">gint</span> max_paths</code></em>,
+ <em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">gboolean</span> check</code></em>,
+ <em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">GList</span> **check_failed</code></em>);</pre>
+<div class="refsect3">
+<a name="gimp-path-parse.parameters"></a><h4>Parameters</h4>
+<div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="0">
+<colgroup>
+<col width="150px" class="parameters_name">
+<col class="parameters_description">
+<col width="200px" class="parameters_annotations">
+</colgroup>
+<tbody>
+<tr>
+<td class="parameter_name"><p>path</p></td>
+<td class="parameter_description"><p>A list of directories separated by <span class="type">G_SEARCHPATH_SEPARATOR</span>.</p></td>
+<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td class="parameter_name"><p>max_paths</p></td>
+<td class="parameter_description"><p>The maximum number of directories to return.</p></td>
+<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td class="parameter_name"><p>check</p></td>
+<td class="parameter_description"><p><code class="literal">TRUE</code> if you want the directories to be checked.</p></td>
+<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td class="parameter_name"><p>check_failed</p></td>
+<td class="parameter_description"><p>Returns a <span class="type">GList</span> of path elements for which the
+check failed.</p></td>
+<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
+</tr>
+</tbody>
+</table></div>
+</div>
+<div class="refsect3">
+<a name="gimp-path-parse.returns"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
+<p> A <span class="type">GList</span> of all directories in <em class="parameter"><code>path</code></em>
+.</p>
+</div>
+</div>
+<hr>
+<div class="refsect2">
+<a name="gimp-path-to-str"></a><h3>gimp_path_to_str ()</h3>
+<pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">gchar</span> *
+gimp_path_to_str (<em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">GList</span> *path</code></em>);</pre>
+<div class="refsect3">
+<a name="gimp-path-to-str.parameters"></a><h4>Parameters</h4>
+<div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="0">
+<colgroup>
+<col width="150px" class="parameters_name">
+<col class="parameters_description">
+<col width="200px" class="parameters_annotations">
+</colgroup>
+<tbody><tr>
+<td class="parameter_name"><p>path</p></td>
+<td class="parameter_description"><p>A list of directories as returned by <a class="link" href="libgimpbase-gimpenv.html#gimp-path-parse" title="gimp_path_parse ()"><code class="function">gimp_path_parse()</code></a>.</p></td>
+<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
+</tr></tbody>
+</table></div>
+</div>
+<div class="refsect3">
+<a name="gimp-path-to-str.returns"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
+<p> A searchpath string separated by <span class="type">G_SEARCHPATH_SEPARATOR</span>.</p>
+</div>
+</div>
+<hr>
+<div class="refsect2">
+<a name="gimp-path-free"></a><h3>gimp_path_free ()</h3>
+<pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">void</span>
+gimp_path_free (<em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">GList</span> *path</code></em>);</pre>
+<p>This function frees the memory allocated for the list and the strings
+it contains.</p>
+<div class="refsect3">
+<a name="gimp-path-free.parameters"></a><h4>Parameters</h4>
+<div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="0">
+<colgroup>
+<col width="150px" class="parameters_name">
+<col class="parameters_description">
+<col width="200px" class="parameters_annotations">
+</colgroup>
+<tbody><tr>
+<td class="parameter_name"><p>path</p></td>
+<td class="parameter_description"><p>A list of directories as returned by <a class="link" href="libgimpbase-gimpenv.html#gimp-path-parse" title="gimp_path_parse ()"><code class="function">gimp_path_parse()</code></a>.</p></td>
+<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
+</tr></tbody>
+</table></div>
+</div>
+</div>
+<hr>
+<div class="refsect2">
+<a name="gimp-path-get-user-writable-dir"></a><h3>gimp_path_get_user_writable_dir ()</h3>
+<pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">gchar</span> *
+gimp_path_get_user_writable_dir (<em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">GList</span> *path</code></em>);</pre>
+<p>Note that you have to <code class="function">g_free()</code> the returned string.</p>
+<div class="refsect3">
+<a name="gimp-path-get-user-writable-dir.parameters"></a><h4>Parameters</h4>
+<div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="0">
+<colgroup>
+<col width="150px" class="parameters_name">
+<col class="parameters_description">
+<col width="200px" class="parameters_annotations">
+</colgroup>
+<tbody><tr>
+<td class="parameter_name"><p>path</p></td>
+<td class="parameter_description"><p>A list of directories as returned by <a class="link" href="libgimpbase-gimpenv.html#gimp-path-parse" title="gimp_path_parse ()"><code class="function">gimp_path_parse()</code></a>.</p></td>
+<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
+</tr></tbody>
+</table></div>
+</div>
+<div class="refsect3">
+<a name="gimp-path-get-user-writable-dir.returns"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
+<p> The first directory in <em class="parameter"><code>path</code></em>
+where the user has write permission.</p>
+</div>
+</div>
+</div>
+</div>
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