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NAME
vala-gen-introspect - generate a GI file for GObject and glib based packages
SYNOPSIS
vala-gen-introspect PKGNAME PKGBASE
DESCRIPTION
vala-gen-introspect is a utility which generates GI files from GObject and glib based packages. It can be used in combination with vapigen(1) to generate an API for Vala, and allow its usage in Vala for compiling to native code. PKGNAME is the pkg-config name of the library and PKGBASE specifies the base directory for that package.
Usage:
- gen-introspect [OPTION?]
Help Options:
- -h, --help
- Show help options
Application Options:
- -v, --verbose
- Be verbose
- -o, --output=FILE
- write output here instead of stdout
- -n, --namespace=NAMESPACE
- Namespace of the module, like 'Gtk'
- Shared library which contains the symbols
- --include-idl=IDL
- Other gidls to include
BUGS
HOMEPAGE OR CONTACT
AUTHORS
J??rg Billeter, Raffaele Sandrini.
EXAMPLES
After compilation, the following command generates a GI for pango: vala-gen-introspect pango packages/pango
- This can then be converted to a Vala API as follows:
- vapigen --pkg cairo --vapidir . --library pango packages/pango/pango.gi
SEE ALSO
vapigen (1)
| April 2024 | gen-introspect 0.56.17 |