* Library General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
- * License along with this library; if not, write to the
- * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
- * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ * License along with this library; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/
/**
* for the popt library. It supports short and long commandline options,
* as shown in the following example:
*
- * <literal>testtreemodel -r 1 --max-size 20 --rand --display=:1.0 -vb -- file1 file2</literal>
+ * `testtreemodel -r 1 --max-size 20 --rand --display=:1.0 -vb -- file1 file2`
*
* The example demonstrates a number of features of the GOption
- * commandline parser
- * <itemizedlist><listitem><para>
- * Options can be single letters, prefixed by a single dash. Multiple
- * short options can be grouped behind a single dash.
- * </para></listitem><listitem><para>
- * Long options are prefixed by two consecutive dashes.
- * </para></listitem><listitem><para>
- * Options can have an extra argument, which can be a number, a string or
+ * commandline parser:
+ *
+ * - Options can be single letters, prefixed by a single dash.
+ *
+ * - Multiple short options can be grouped behind a single dash.
+ *
+ * - Long options are prefixed by two consecutive dashes.
+ *
+ * - Options can have an extra argument, which can be a number, a string or
* a filename. For long options, the extra argument can be appended with
* an equals sign after the option name, which is useful if the extra
* argument starts with a dash, which would otherwise cause it to be
* interpreted as another option.
- * </para></listitem><listitem><para>
- * Non-option arguments are returned to the application as rest arguments.
- * </para></listitem><listitem><para>
- * An argument consisting solely of two dashes turns off further parsing,
+ *
+ * - Non-option arguments are returned to the application as rest arguments.
+ *
+ * - An argument consisting solely of two dashes turns off further parsing,
* any remaining arguments (even those starting with a dash) are returned
* to the application as rest arguments.
- * </para></listitem></itemizedlist>
*
* Another important feature of GOption is that it can automatically
* generate nicely formatted help output. Unless it is explicitly turned
* off with g_option_context_set_help_enabled(), GOption will recognize
- * the <option>--help</option>, <option>-?</option>,
- * <option>--help-all</option> and
- * <option>--help-</option><replaceable>groupname</replaceable> options
- * (where <replaceable>groupname</replaceable> is the name of a
- * #GOptionGroup) and write a text similar to the one shown in the
- * following example to stdout.
- *
- * <informalexample><screen>
+ * the `--help`, `-?`, `--help-all` and `--help-groupname` options
+ * (where `groupname` is the name of a #GOptionGroup) and write a text
+ * similar to the one shown in the following example to stdout.
+ *
+ * |[
* Usage:
* testtreemodel [OPTION...] - test tree model performance
*
* -v, --verbose Be verbose
* -b, --beep Beep when done
* --rand Randomize the data
- * </screen></informalexample>
+ * ]|
*
- * GOption groups options in #GOptionGroup<!-- -->s, which makes it easy to
+ * GOption groups options in #GOptionGroups, which makes it easy to
* incorporate options from multiple sources. The intended use for this is
* to let applications collect option groups from the libraries it uses,
* add them to their #GOptionContext, and parse all options by a single call
*
* Here is a complete example of setting up GOption to parse the example
* commandline above and produce the example help output.
- *
- * <informalexample><programlisting>
+ * |[<!-- language="C" -->
* static gint repeats = 2;
* static gint max_size = 8;
* static gboolean verbose = FALSE;
* static gboolean beep = FALSE;
- * static gboolean rand = FALSE;
+ * static gboolean randomize = FALSE;
*
* static GOptionEntry entries[] =
* {
* { "max-size", 'm', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_INT, &max_size, "Test up to 2^M items", "M" },
* { "verbose", 'v', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE, &verbose, "Be verbose", NULL },
* { "beep", 'b', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE, &beep, "Beep when done", NULL },
- * { "rand", 0, 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE, &rand, "Randomize the data", NULL },
+ * { "rand", 0, 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE, &randomize, "Randomize the data", NULL },
* { NULL }
* };
*
* exit (1);
* }
*
- * /* ... */
+ * ...
+ *
+ * }
+ * ]|
+ *
+ * On UNIX systems, the argv that is passed to main() has no particular
+ * encoding, even to the extent that different parts of it may have
+ * different encodings. In general, normal arguments and flags will be
+ * in the current locale and filenames should be considered to be opaque
+ * byte strings. Proper use of %G_OPTION_ARG_FILENAME vs
+ * %G_OPTION_ARG_STRING is therefore important.
+ *
+ * Note that on Windows, filenames do have an encoding, but using
+ * #GOptionContext with the argv as passed to main() will result in a
+ * program that can only accept commandline arguments with characters
+ * from the system codepage. This can cause problems when attempting to
+ * deal with filenames containing Unicode characters that fall outside
+ * of the codepage.
+ *
+ * A solution to this is to use g_win32_get_command_line() and
+ * g_option_context_parse_strv() which will properly handle full Unicode
+ * filenames. If you are using #GApplication, this is done
+ * automatically for you.
+ *
+ * The following example shows how you can use #GOptionContext directly
+ * in order to correctly deal with Unicode filenames on Windows:
+ *
+ * |[<!-- language="C" -->
+ * int
+ * main (int argc, char **argv)
+ * {
+ * GError *error = NULL;
+ * GOptionContext *context;
+ * gchar **args;
+ *
+ * #ifdef G_OS_WIN32
+ * args = g_win32_get_command_line ();
+ * #else
+ * args = g_strdupv (argv);
+ * #endif
+ *
+ * // set up context
+ *
+ * if (!g_option_context_parse_strv (context, &args, &error))
+ * {
+ * // error happened
+ * }
+ *
+ * ...
*
+ * g_strfreev (args);
+ *
+ * ...
* }
- * </programlisting></informalexample>
+ * ]|
*/
#include "config.h"
#include <errno.h>
#if defined __OpenBSD__
-#include <sys/types.h>
#include <unistd.h>
-#include <sys/param.h>
#include <sys/sysctl.h>
#endif
guint help_enabled : 1;
guint ignore_unknown : 1;
+ guint strv_mode : 1;
+ guint strict_posix : 1;
GOptionGroup *main_group;
/**
* g_option_context_new:
- * @parameter_string: a string which is displayed in
- * the first line of <option>--help</option> output, after the
- * usage summary
- * <literal><replaceable>programname</replaceable> [OPTION...]</literal>
+ * @parameter_string: (allow-none): a string which is displayed in
+ * the first line of `--help` output, after the usage summary
+ * `programname [OPTION...]`
*
* Creates a new option context.
*
context = g_new0 (GOptionContext, 1);
context->parameter_string = g_strdup (parameter_string);
+ context->strict_posix = FALSE;
context->help_enabled = TRUE;
context->ignore_unknown = FALSE;
/**
* g_option_context_set_help_enabled:
* @context: a #GOptionContext
- * @help_enabled: %TRUE to enable <option>--help</option>, %FALSE to disable it
+ * @help_enabled: %TRUE to enable `--help`, %FALSE to disable it
*
- * Enables or disables automatic generation of <option>--help</option>
- * output. By default, g_option_context_parse() recognizes
- * <option>--help</option>, <option>-h</option>,
- * <option>-?</option>, <option>--help-all</option>
- * and <option>--help-</option><replaceable>groupname</replaceable> and creates
- * suitable output to stdout.
+ * Enables or disables automatic generation of `--help` output.
+ * By default, g_option_context_parse() recognizes `--help`, `-h`,
+ * `-?`, `--help-all` and `--help-groupname` and creates suitable
+ * output to stdout.
*
* Since: 2.6
*/
* g_option_context_get_help_enabled:
* @context: a #GOptionContext
*
- * Returns whether automatic <option>--help</option> generation
+ * Returns whether automatic `--help` generation
* is turned on for @context. See g_option_context_set_help_enabled().
*
* Returns: %TRUE if automatic help generation is turned on.
}
/**
+ * g_option_context_set_strict_posix:
+ * @context: a #GoptionContext
+ *
+ * Sets strict POSIX mode.
+ *
+ * By default, this mode is disabled.
+ *
+ * In strict POSIX mode, the first non-argument parameter encountered
+ * (eg: filename) terminates argument processing. Remaining arguments
+ * are treated as non-options and are not attempted to be parsed.
+ *
+ * If strict POSIX mode is disabled then parsing is done in the GNU way
+ * where option arguments can be freely mixed with non-options.
+ *
+ * As an example, consider "ls foo -l". With GNU style parsing, this
+ * will list "foo" in long mode. In strict POSIX style, this will list
+ * the files named "foo" and "-l".
+ *
+ * It may be useful to force strict POSIX mode when creating "verb
+ * style" command line tools. For example, the "gsettings" command line
+ * tool supports the global option "--schemadir" as well as many
+ * subcommands ("get", "set", etc.) which each have their own set of
+ * arguments. Using strict POSIX mode will allow parsing the global
+ * options up to the verb name while leaving the remaining options to be
+ * parsed by the relevant subcommand (which can be determined by
+ * examining the verb name, which should be present in argv[1] after
+ * parsing).
+ *
+ * Since: 2.44
+ **/
+void
+g_option_context_set_strict_posix (GOptionContext *context,
+ gboolean strict_posix)
+{
+ g_return_if_fail (context != NULL);
+
+ context->strict_posix = strict_posix;
+}
+
+/**
+ * g_option_context_get_strict_posix:
+ * @context: a #GoptionContext
+ *
+ * Returns whether strict POSIX code is enabled.
+ *
+ * See g_option_context_set_strict_posix() for more information.
+ *
+ * Since: 2.44
+ **/
+gboolean
+g_option_context_get_strict_posix (GOptionContext *context)
+{
+ g_return_val_if_fail (context != NULL, FALSE);
+
+ return context->strict_posix;
+}
+
+/**
* g_option_context_add_group:
* @context: a #GOptionContext
* @group: the group to add
* Sets a #GOptionGroup as main group of the @context.
* This has the same effect as calling g_option_context_add_group(),
* the only difference is that the options in the main group are
- * treated differently when generating <option>--help</option> output.
+ * treated differently when generating `--help` output.
*
* Since: 2.6
**/
*
* Returns a pointer to the main group of @context.
*
- * Return value: the main group of @context, or %NULL if @context doesn't
+ * Returns: the main group of @context, or %NULL if @context doesn't
* have a main group. Note that group belongs to @context and should
* not be modified or freed.
*
/**
* g_option_context_add_main_entries:
* @context: a #GOptionContext
- * @entries: a %NULL-terminated array of #GOptionEntry<!-- -->s
+ * @entries: a %NULL-terminated array of #GOptionEntrys
* @translation_domain: (allow-none): a translation domain to use for translating
- * the <option>--help</option> output for the options in @entries
+ * the `--help` output for the options in @entries
* with gettext(), or %NULL
*
* A convenience function which creates a main group if it doesn't
}
static gint
-calculate_max_length (GOptionGroup *group)
+calculate_max_length (GOptionGroup *group,
+ GHashTable *aliases)
{
GOptionEntry *entry;
gint i, len, max_length;
+ const gchar *long_name;
max_length = 0;
if (entry->flags & G_OPTION_FLAG_HIDDEN)
continue;
- len = _g_utf8_strwidth (entry->long_name);
+ long_name = g_hash_table_lookup (aliases, &entry->long_name);
+ if (!long_name)
+ long_name = entry->long_name;
+ len = _g_utf8_strwidth (long_name);
if (entry->short_name)
len += 4;
print_entry (GOptionGroup *group,
gint max_length,
const GOptionEntry *entry,
- GString *string)
+ GString *string,
+ GHashTable *aliases)
{
GString *str;
+ const gchar *long_name;
if (entry->flags & G_OPTION_FLAG_HIDDEN)
return;
if (entry->long_name[0] == 0)
return;
+ long_name = g_hash_table_lookup (aliases, &entry->long_name);
+ if (!long_name)
+ long_name = entry->long_name;
+
str = g_string_new (NULL);
if (entry->short_name)
- g_string_append_printf (str, " -%c, --%s", entry->short_name, entry->long_name);
+ g_string_append_printf (str, " -%c, --%s", entry->short_name, long_name);
else
- g_string_append_printf (str, " --%s", entry->long_name);
+ g_string_append_printf (str, " --%s", long_name);
if (entry->arg_description)
g_string_append_printf (str, "=%s", TRANSLATE (group, entry->arg_description));
* @group: (allow-none): the #GOptionGroup to create help for, or %NULL
*
* Returns a formatted, translated help text for the given context.
- * To obtain the text produced by <option>--help</option>, call
- * <literal>g_option_context_get_help (context, TRUE, NULL)</literal>.
- * To obtain the text produced by <option>--help-all</option>, call
- * <literal>g_option_context_get_help (context, FALSE, NULL)</literal>.
+ * To obtain the text produced by `--help`, call
+ * `g_option_context_get_help (context, TRUE, NULL)`.
+ * To obtain the text produced by `--help-all`, call
+ * `g_option_context_get_help (context, FALSE, NULL)`.
* To obtain the help text for an option group, call
- * <literal>g_option_context_get_help (context, FALSE, group)</literal>.
+ * `g_option_context_get_help (context, FALSE, group)`.
*
* Returns: A newly allocated string containing the help text
*
GOptionGroup *group)
{
GList *list;
- gint max_length, len;
+ gint max_length = 0, len;
gint i;
GOptionEntry *entry;
GHashTable *shadow_map;
+ GHashTable *aliases;
gboolean seen[256];
const gchar *rest_description;
GString *string;
memset (seen, 0, sizeof (gboolean) * 256);
shadow_map = g_hash_table_new (g_str_hash, g_str_equal);
+ aliases = g_hash_table_new_full (NULL, NULL, NULL, g_free);
if (context->main_group)
{
entry = &g->entries[i];
if (g_hash_table_lookup (shadow_map, entry->long_name) &&
!(entry->flags & G_OPTION_FLAG_NOALIAS))
- entry->long_name = g_strdup_printf ("%s-%s", g->name, entry->long_name);
+ {
+ g_hash_table_insert (aliases, &entry->long_name,
+ g_strdup_printf ("%s-%s", g->name, entry->long_name));
+ }
else
g_hash_table_insert (shadow_map, (gpointer)entry->long_name, entry);
list = context->groups;
- max_length = _g_utf8_strwidth ("-?, --help");
-
- if (list)
+ if (context->help_enabled)
{
- len = _g_utf8_strwidth ("--help-all");
- max_length = MAX (max_length, len);
+ max_length = _g_utf8_strwidth ("-?, --help");
+
+ if (list)
+ {
+ len = _g_utf8_strwidth ("--help-all");
+ max_length = MAX (max_length, len);
+ }
}
if (context->main_group)
{
- len = calculate_max_length (context->main_group);
+ len = calculate_max_length (context->main_group, aliases);
max_length = MAX (max_length, len);
}
{
GOptionGroup *g = list->data;
- /* First, we check the --help-<groupname> options */
- len = _g_utf8_strwidth ("--help-") + _g_utf8_strwidth (g->name);
- max_length = MAX (max_length, len);
+ if (context->help_enabled)
+ {
+ /* First, we check the --help-<groupname> options */
+ len = _g_utf8_strwidth ("--help-") + _g_utf8_strwidth (g->name);
+ max_length = MAX (max_length, len);
+ }
/* Then we go through the entries */
- len = calculate_max_length (g);
+ len = calculate_max_length (g, aliases);
max_length = MAX (max_length, len);
list = list->next;
/* Add a bit of padding */
max_length += 4;
- if (!group)
+ if (!group && context->help_enabled)
{
list = context->groups;
g_string_append (string, TRANSLATE (group, group->description));
g_string_append (string, "\n");
for (i = 0; i < group->n_entries; i++)
- print_entry (group, max_length, &group->entries[i], string);
+ print_entry (group, max_length, &group->entries[i], string, aliases);
g_string_append (string, "\n");
}
}
g_string_append (string, "\n");
for (i = 0; i < g->n_entries; i++)
if (!(g->entries[i].flags & G_OPTION_FLAG_IN_MAIN))
- print_entry (g, max_length, &g->entries[i], string);
+ print_entry (g, max_length, &g->entries[i], string, aliases);
g_string_append (string, "\n");
}
if (context->main_group)
for (i = 0; i < context->main_group->n_entries; i++)
print_entry (context->main_group, max_length,
- &context->main_group->entries[i], string);
+ &context->main_group->entries[i], string, aliases);
while (list != NULL)
{
/* Print main entries from other groups */
for (i = 0; i < g->n_entries; i++)
if (g->entries[i].flags & G_OPTION_FLAG_IN_MAIN)
- print_entry (g, max_length, &g->entries[i], string);
+ print_entry (g, max_length, &g->entries[i], string, aliases);
list = list->next;
}
g_string_append (string, "\n");
}
+ g_hash_table_destroy (aliases);
+
return g_string_free (string, FALSE);
}
{
case G_OPTION_ARG_NONE:
{
- change = get_change (context, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE,
- entry->arg_data);
+ (void) get_change (context, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE,
+ entry->arg_data);
*(gboolean *)entry->arg_data = !(entry->flags & G_OPTION_FLAG_REVERSE);
break;
{
gchar *data;
+#ifdef G_OS_WIN32
+ if (!context->strv_mode)
+ data = g_locale_to_utf8 (value, -1, NULL, NULL, error);
+ else
+ data = g_strdup (value);
+#else
data = g_locale_to_utf8 (value, -1, NULL, NULL, error);
+#endif
if (!data)
return FALSE;
{
gchar *data;
+#ifdef G_OS_WIN32
+ if (!context->strv_mode)
+ data = g_locale_to_utf8 (value, -1, NULL, NULL, error);
+ else
+ data = g_strdup (value);
+#else
data = g_locale_to_utf8 (value, -1, NULL, NULL, error);
+#endif
if (!data)
return FALSE;
gchar *data;
#ifdef G_OS_WIN32
- data = g_locale_to_utf8 (value, -1, NULL, NULL, error);
+ if (!context->strv_mode)
+ data = g_locale_to_utf8 (value, -1, NULL, NULL, error);
+ else
+ data = g_strdup (value);
if (!data)
return FALSE;
gchar *data;
#ifdef G_OS_WIN32
- data = g_locale_to_utf8 (value, -1, NULL, NULL, error);
+ if (!context->strv_mode)
+ data = g_locale_to_utf8 (value, -1, NULL, NULL, error);
+ else
+ data = g_strdup (value);
if (!data)
return FALSE;
else if (entry->flags & G_OPTION_FLAG_FILENAME)
{
#ifdef G_OS_WIN32
- data = g_locale_to_utf8 (value, -1, NULL, NULL, error);
+ if (!context->strv_mode)
+ data = g_locale_to_utf8 (value, -1, NULL, NULL, error);
+ else
+ data = g_strdup (value);
#else
data = g_strdup (value);
#endif
strcpy (*n->ptr + 1, n->value);
}
else
- *n->ptr = NULL;
+ {
+ if (context->strv_mode)
+ g_free (*n->ptr);
+
+ *n->ptr = NULL;
+ }
}
g_free (n->value);
g_free (cmdline);
return base_arg0;
#elif defined __OpenBSD__
- char **cmdline = NULL;
+ char **cmdline;
char *base_arg0;
- gsize len = PATH_MAX;
+ gsize len;
int mib[] = { CTL_KERN, KERN_PROC_ARGS, getpid(), KERN_PROC_ARGV };
- cmdline = (char **) realloc (cmdline, len);
+ if (sysctl (mib, G_N_ELEMENTS (mib), NULL, &len, NULL, 0) == -1)
+ return NULL;
+
+ cmdline = g_malloc0 (len);
if (sysctl (mib, G_N_ELEMENTS (mib), cmdline, &len, NULL, 0) == -1)
{
* or some of the options after it start with '-'. In case
* of an error, @argc and @argv are left unmodified.
*
- * If automatic <option>--help</option> support is enabled
+ * If automatic `--help` support is enabled
* (see g_option_context_set_help_enabled()), and the
* @argv array contains one of the recognized help options,
* this function will produce help output to stdout and
- * call <literal>exit (0)</literal>.
+ * call `exit (0)`.
*
- * Note that function depends on the
- * <link linkend="setlocale">current locale</link> for
+ * Note that function depends on the [current locale][setlocale] for
* automatic character set conversion of string and filename
* arguments.
*
- * Return value: %TRUE if the parsing was successful,
+ * Returns: %TRUE if the parsing was successful,
* %FALSE if an error occurred
*
* Since: 2.6
if (new_arg)
new_arg[arg_index] = '\0';
add_pending_null (context, &((*argv)[i]), new_arg);
+ i = new_i;
}
else if (parsed)
{
}
else
{
+ if (context->strict_posix)
+ stop_parsing = TRUE;
+
/* Collect remaining args */
if (context->main_group &&
!parse_remaining_arg (context, context->main_group, &i,
/**
* g_option_group_new:
* @name: the name for the option group, this is used to provide
- * help for the options in this group with <option>--help-</option>@name
+ * help for the options in this group with `--help-`@name
* @description: a description for this group to be shown in
- * <option>--help</option>. This string is translated using the translation
+ * `--help`. This string is translated using the translation
* domain or translation function of the group
- * @help_description: a description for the <option>--help-</option>@name option.
+ * @help_description: a description for the `--help-`@name option.
* This string is translated using the translation domain or translation function
* of the group
* @user_data: (allow-none): user data that will be passed to the pre- and post-parse hooks,
*
* Creates a new #GOptionGroup.
*
- * Return value: a newly created option group. It should be added
+ * Returns: a newly created option group. It should be added
* to a #GOptionContext or freed with g_option_group_free().
*
* Since: 2.6
* g_option_group_free:
* @group: a #GOptionGroup
*
- * Frees a #GOptionGroup. Note that you must <emphasis>not</emphasis>
- * free groups which have been added to a #GOptionContext.
+ * Frees a #GOptionGroup. Note that you must not free groups
+ * which have been added to a #GOptionContext.
*
* Since: 2.6
- **/
+ */
void
g_option_group_free (GOptionGroup *group)
{
/**
* g_option_group_add_entries:
* @group: a #GOptionGroup
- * @entries: a %NULL-terminated array of #GOptionEntry<!-- -->s
+ * @entries: a %NULL-terminated array of #GOptionEntrys
*
* Adds the options specified in @entries to @group.
*
* @data: (allow-none): user data to pass to @func, or %NULL
* @destroy_notify: (allow-none): a function which gets called to free @data, or %NULL
*
- * Sets the function which is used to translate user-visible
- * strings, for <option>--help</option> output. Different
- * groups can use different #GTranslateFunc<!-- -->s. If @func
- * is %NULL, strings are not translated.
+ * Sets the function which is used to translate user-visible strings,
+ * for `--help` output. Different groups can use different
+ * #GTranslateFuncs. If @func is %NULL, strings are not translated.
*
* If you are using gettext(), you only need to set the translation
* domain, see g_option_group_set_translation_domain().
* @destroy_notify: (allow-none): a function which gets called to free @data, or %NULL
*
* Sets the function which is used to translate the contexts
- * user-visible strings, for <option>--help</option> output.
- * If @func is %NULL, strings are not translated.
+ * user-visible strings, for `--help` output. If @func is %NULL,
+ * strings are not translated.
*
* Note that option groups have their own translation functions,
* this function only affects the @parameter_string (see g_option_context_new()),
/**
* g_option_context_set_summary:
* @context: a #GOptionContext
- * @summary: (allow-none): a string to be shown in <option>--help</option> output
+ * @summary: (allow-none): a string to be shown in `--help` output
* before the list of options, or %NULL
*
- * Adds a string to be displayed in <option>--help</option> output
- * before the list of options. This is typically a summary of the
- * program functionality.
+ * Adds a string to be displayed in `--help` output before the list
+ * of options. This is typically a summary of the program functionality.
*
* Note that the summary is translated (see
* g_option_context_set_translate_func() and
/**
* g_option_context_set_description:
* @context: a #GOptionContext
- * @description: (allow-none): a string to be shown in <option>--help</option> output
+ * @description: (allow-none): a string to be shown in `--help` output
* after the list of options, or %NULL
*
- * Adds a string to be displayed in <option>--help</option> output
- * after the list of options. This text often includes a bug reporting
- * address.
+ * Adds a string to be displayed in `--help` output after the list
+ * of options. This text often includes a bug reporting address.
*
* Note that the summary is translated (see
* g_option_context_set_translate_func()).
return context->description;
}
+
+/**
+ * g_option_context_parse_strv:
+ * @context: a #GOptionContext
+ * @arguments: (inout) (array null-terminated=1): a pointer to the
+ * command line arguments (which must be in UTF-8 on Windows)
+ * @error: a return location for errors
+ *
+ * Parses the command line arguments.
+ *
+ * This function is similar to g_option_context_parse() except that it
+ * respects the normal memory rules when dealing with a strv instead of
+ * assuming that the passed-in array is the argv of the main function.
+ *
+ * In particular, strings that are removed from the arguments list will
+ * be freed using g_free().
+ *
+ * On Windows, the strings are expected to be in UTF-8. This is in
+ * contrast to g_option_context_parse() which expects them to be in the
+ * system codepage, which is how they are passed as @argv to main().
+ * See g_win32_get_command_line() for a solution.
+ *
+ * This function is useful if you are trying to use #GOptionContext with
+ * #GApplication.
+ *
+ * Returns: %TRUE if the parsing was successful,
+ * %FALSE if an error occurred
+ *
+ * Since: 2.40
+ **/
+gboolean
+g_option_context_parse_strv (GOptionContext *context,
+ gchar ***arguments,
+ GError **error)
+{
+ gboolean success;
+ gint argc;
+
+ context->strv_mode = TRUE;
+ argc = g_strv_length (*arguments);
+ success = g_option_context_parse (context, &argc, arguments, error);
+ context->strv_mode = FALSE;
+
+ return success;
+}