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GLib Utilities

Table of Contents
String Utility Functions -- various string-related functions.
Character Set Conversion -- convert strings between different character sets using iconv().
Unicode Manipulation -- functions operating on Unicode characters and UTF-8 strings.
Date and Time Functions -- calendrical calculations and miscellaneous time stuff.
Random Numbers -- pseudo random number generator.
Hook Functions -- support for manipulating lists of hook functions.
Miscellaneous Utility Functions -- a selection of portable utility functions.
Lexical Scanner -- a general purpose lexical scanner.
Automatic String Completion -- support for automatic completion using a group of target strings.
Timers -- keep track of elapsed time.
Spawning Processes -- process launching with fork()/exec().
File Utilities -- various file-related functions.
Shell-related Utilities -- shell-like commandline handling.
Glob-style pattern matching -- matches strings against patterns containing '*' (wildcard) and '?' (joker).
Simple XML Subset Parser -- parses a subset of XML.
Windows Compatibility Functions -- UNIX emulation on Windows.