Method
GioIconto_string
since: 2.20
Declaration [src]
gchar*
g_icon_to_string (
  GIcon* icon
)
Description [src]
Generates a textual representation of icon that can be used for
serialization such as when passing icon to a different process or
saving it to persistent storage. Use g_icon_new_for_string() to get icon back from the returned string.
The encoding of the returned string is proprietary to GIcon except
in the following two cases
- 
If iconis aGFileIcon, the returned string is a native path (such as/path/to/my icon.png) without escaping if theGFileforiconis a native file. If the file is not native, the returned string is the result ofg_file_get_uri()(such assftp://path/to/my%20icon.png).
- 
If iconis aGThemedIconwith exactly one name and no fallbacks, the encoding is simply the name (such asnetwork-server).
Available since: 2.20