Generates a textual representation of @icon that can be used for
serialization such as when passing @icon to a different process or
saving it to persistent storage. Use g_icon_new_for_string() to
get @icon back from the returned string.
The encoding of the returned string is proprietary to #GIcon except
in the following two cases
- If @icon is a #GFileIcon, the returned string is a native path
(such as /path/to/my icon.png) without escaping
if the #GFile for @icon is a native file. If the file is not
native, the returned string is the result of g_file_get_uri()
(such as sftp://path/to/my%20icon.png).
- If @icon is a #GThemedIcon with exactly one name, the encoding is
simply the name (such as network-server).
Generates a textual representation of @icon that can be used for serialization such as when passing @icon to a different process or saving it to persistent storage. Use g_icon_new_for_string() to get @icon back from the returned string.
The encoding of the returned string is proprietary to #GIcon except in the following two cases
- If @icon is a #GFileIcon, the returned string is a native path (such as /path/to/my icon.png) without escaping if the #GFile for @icon is a native file. If the file is not native, the returned string is the result of g_file_get_uri() (such as sftp://path/to/my%20icon.png).
- If @icon is a #GThemedIcon with exactly one name, the encoding is simply the name (such as network-server).