description

glibmm is the official C++ interface for the popular cross-platform library Glib. It provides non-UI API that is not available in standard C++ and makes it possible for gtkmm to wrap GObject-based APIs. See also the Programming with gtkmm book for a tutorial on programming with gtkmm and glibmm.

features

• Glib::ustring: A UTF-8 string class that can be used interchangably with std::string. Plus String Utility Functions
• Glib::RefPtr: A reference-counting smartpointer, for use with Glib::ObjectBase or similar
• Character Set Conversion
• Glib::Regex: Regular expression string matching.
• Glib::KeyFile: Parsing and writing of key files (similar to .ini files)
• Glib::Checksum
• Glib::Date, Glib::Timer, Glib::TimeVal
• Glib::Dispatcher: Inter-thread communication
• File Utilities and URI Utilities
• The Main Event Loop
• Spawning Processes
• Threads
• Miscellaneous Utility Functions

giomm (part of the glibmm project) also contains:

• Asynchronous IO. See Gio::File and the Stream Classes.
• Portable Network I/O Functionality
• D-Bus API
• Gio::Settings for application settings.

basics

Include the glibmm header, plus giomm if necessary:

 #include <glibmm.h>
 #include <giomm.h>

(You may include individual headers, such as glibmm/ustring.h instead.)

If your source file is program.cc, you can compile it with:

 g++ program.cc -o program `pkg-config --cflags --libs glibmm-2.4 giomm-2.4`

Alternatively, if using autoconf, use the following in configure.ac:

 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([GLIBMM], [glibmm-2.4 giomm-2.4])

Then use the generated GLIBMM_CFLAGS and GLIBMM_LIBS variables in the project Makefile.am files. For example:

 program_CPPFLAGS = $(GLIBMM_CFLAGS)
 program_LDADD = $(GLIBMM_LIBS)