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VAPIGEN(1) |
NAME¶
vapigen - generate a Vala API
SYNOPSIS¶
vapigen SOURCE PKGBASE [OPTION]... [FILE]...
DESCRIPTION¶
vapigen is a utility which generates Vala API (VAPI) files from GI files,
which may be generated using the vala-gen-introspect(1) utility.
Usage:¶
- vapigen [OPTION?] FILE... - Vala API Generator
Help Options:¶
- -h, --help
- Show help options
Application Options:¶
- --vapidir=DIRECTORY...
- Look for package bindings in DIRECTORY
- --girdir=DIRECTORY...
- Look for GIR bindings in DIRECTORY
- --metadatadir=DIRECTORY...
- Look for GIR .metadata files in DIRECTORY
- --nostdpkg
- Do not include standard packages
- --pkg=PACKAGE...
- Include binding for PACKAGE
- --library=NAME
- Library name
- -d, --directory=DIRECTORY
- Output directory
- --disable-warnings
- Disable warnings
- --version
- Display version number
- -q, --quiet
- Do not print messages to the console
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¶
vala-gen-introspect (1)
