pbUtilsGetElementDescription

fnstring pbUtilsGetElementDescription(string factoryName)

Returns a localised string describing the given element, for use in error dialogs or other messages to be seen by the user.

This function is mainly for internal use, applications would typically use [gstpbutils.global.missingPluginMessageGetDescription] to get a description of a missing feature from a missing-plugin message.

Parameters

factoryNamethe name of the element, e.g. "giosrc"

Returns

a newly-allocated description string. Free

string with [glib.global.gfree] when not needed any longer.