gimputils

gimputils — Utilities of general interest

Synopsis




gchar*      gimp_utf8_strtrim               (const gchar *str,
                                             gint max_chars);

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gimp_utf8_strtrim ()

gchar*      gimp_utf8_strtrim               (const gchar *str,
                                             gint max_chars);

Creates a (possibly trimmed) copy of str. The string is cut if it exceeds max_chars characters or on the first newline. The fact that the string was trimmed is indicated by appending an ellipsis.

str : an UTF-8 encoded string (or NULL)
max_chars : the maximum number of characters before the string get trimmed
Returns : A (possibly trimmed) copy of str which should be freed using g_free() when it is not needed any longer.