gtk:image-new-from-file (path)

path -- a pathname or namestring for the name of the file

The new gtk:image widget.

Creates a new image displaying the file path. This function always returns a valid gtk:image widget. If the file is not found or cannot be loaded, the resulting gtk:image widget will display a "broken image" icon.

If you need to detect failures to load the file, use the gdk:texture-new-from-file function to load the file yourself, then create the gtk:image widget from the texture.

The storage type, see the gtk:image-storage-type function, of the returned image is not defined, it will be whatever is appropriate for displaying the file.