VALA-GEN-INTROSPECT(1)           User Commands          VALA-GEN-INTROSPECT(1)

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=FILE
              Shared library which contains the symbols

       --include-idl=IDL
              Other gidls to include

BUGS
       https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/vala/issues

HOMEPAGE OR CONTACT
       https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Vala

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)

gen-introspect 0.56.17            April 2024            VALA-GEN-INTROSPECT(1)