From 925b4231dc7af90fa9ec2c442e640ebe20aedb5c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matthias Clasen <mclasen@redhat.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 22:07:59 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Point out that g_type_init() is required

---
 docs/reference/gio/overview.xml | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/reference/gio/overview.xml b/docs/reference/gio/overview.xml
index 0d5b057..5fdfbf8 100644
--- a/docs/reference/gio/overview.xml
+++ b/docs/reference/gio/overview.xml
@@ -182,6 +182,12 @@
       To do so, use the <filename>gio-unix-2.0.pc</filename> file
       instead of <filename>gio-2.0.pc</filename>
     </para>
+
+    <para>
+      Since GIO is based on GObject, you need to call g_type_init()
+      before you can use any GIO functions. If your application uses
+      GTK+, this is already taken care of by gtk_init().
+    </para>
   </chapter>
 
   <chapter>
-- 
2.7.4