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.TH VALAC "1" "May 2017" "valac 0.36.3" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
valac \- compiler that translates Vala source code into C source and header files
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B valac
[\fIOPTION\fR]... [\fIFILE\fR]...
.SH DESCRIPTION
Vala  is  a  programming  language  that  aims  to  bring  modern
programming language features to GNOME developers without imposing any
additional  runtime requirements  and  without using  a different  ABI
compared to applications and libraries written in C.
.TP
valac, the Vala compiler, is a self-hosting compiler that translates
Vala source code into C source and header files. It uses the GObject
type system to create classes and interfaces declared in the Vala
source code.
.SS "Usage:"
.IP
valac [OPTION?] FILE... \- Vala Compiler
.SS "Help Options:"
.TP
\-?, \fB\-\-help\fR
Show help options
.SS "Application Options:"
.TP
\fB\-\-vapidir\fR=\fI\,DIRECTORY\/\fR...
Look for package bindings in DIRECTORY
.TP
\fB\-\-girdir\fR=\fI\,DIRECTORY\/\fR...
Look for .gir files in DIRECTORY
.TP
\fB\-\-metadatadir\fR=\fI\,DIRECTORY\/\fR...
Look for GIR .metadata files in DIRECTORY
.TP
\fB\-\-pkg\fR=\fI\,PACKAGE\/\fR...
Include binding for PACKAGE
.TP
\fB\-\-vapi\fR=\fI\,FILE\/\fR
Output VAPI file name
.TP
\fB\-\-library\fR=\fI\,NAME\/\fR
Library name
.TP
\fB\-\-shared\-library\fR=\fI\,NAME\/\fR
Shared library name used in generated gir
.TP
\fB\-\-gir\fR=\fI\,NAME\-VERSION\/\fR.gir
GObject\-Introspection repository file name
.TP
\fB\-b\fR, \fB\-\-basedir\fR=\fI\,DIRECTORY\/\fR
Base source directory
.TP
\fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-directory\fR=\fI\,DIRECTORY\/\fR
Change output directory from current working directory
.TP
\fB\-\-version\fR
Display version number
.TP
\fB\-\-api\-version\fR
Display API version number
.TP
\fB\-C\fR, \fB\-\-ccode\fR
Output C code
.TP
\fB\-H\fR, \fB\-\-header\fR=\fI\,FILE\/\fR
Output C header file
.TP
\fB\-\-use\-header\fR
Use C header file
.TP
\fB\-\-includedir\fR=\fI\,DIRECTORY\/\fR
Directory used to include the C header file
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-internal\-header\fR=\fI\,FILE\/\fR
Output internal C header file
.TP
\fB\-\-internal\-vapi\fR=\fI\,FILE\/\fR
Output vapi with internal api
.TP
\fB\-\-fast\-vapi\fR
Output vapi without performing symbol resolution
.TP
\fB\-\-use\-fast\-vapi\fR
Use \fB\-\-fast\-vapi\fR output during this compile
.TP
\fB\-\-vapi\-comments\fR
Include comments in generated vapi
.TP
\fB\-\-deps\fR
Write make\-style dependency information to this file
.TP
\fB\-\-symbols\fR=\fI\,FILE\/\fR
Output symbols file
.TP
\fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-compile\fR
Compile but do not link
.TP
\fB\-o\fR, \fB\-\-output\fR=\fI\,FILE\/\fR
Place output in file FILE
.TP
\fB\-g\fR, \fB\-\-debug\fR
Produce debug information
.TP
\fB\-\-thread\fR
Enable multithreading support (DEPRECATED AND IGNORED)
.TP
\fB\-\-enable\-mem\-profiler\fR
Enable GLib memory profiler
.TP
\fB\-D\fR, \fB\-\-define\fR=\fI\,SYMBOL\/\fR...
Define SYMBOL
.TP
\fB\-\-main\fR=\fI\,SYMBOL\/\fR...
Use SYMBOL as entry point
.TP
\fB\-\-nostdpkg\fR
Do not include standard packages
.TP
\fB\-\-disable\-assert\fR
Disable assertions
.TP
\fB\-\-enable\-checking\fR
Enable additional run\-time checks
.TP
\fB\-\-enable\-deprecated\fR
Enable deprecated features
.TP
\fB\-\-hide\-internal\fR
Hide symbols marked as internal
.TP
\fB\-\-enable\-experimental\fR
Enable experimental features
.TP
\fB\-\-disable\-warnings\fR
Disable warnings
.TP
\fB\-\-fatal\-warnings\fR
Treat warnings as fatal
.TP
\fB\-\-disable\-since\-check\fR
Do not check whether used symbols exist in local packages
.TP
\fB\-\-enable\-experimental\-non\-null\fR
Enable experimental enhancements for non\-null types
.TP
\fB\-\-enable\-gobject\-tracing\fR
Enable GObject creation tracing
.TP
\fB\-\-cc\fR=\fI\,COMMAND\/\fR
Use COMMAND as C compiler command
.TP
\fB\-X\fR, \fB\-\-Xcc\fR=\fI\,OPTION\/\fR...
Pass OPTION to the C compiler
.TP
\fB\-\-pkg\-config\fR=\fI\,COMMAND\/\fR
Use COMMAND as pkg\-config command
.TP
\fB\-\-dump\-tree\fR=\fI\,FILE\/\fR
Write code tree to FILE
.TP
\fB\-\-save\-temps\fR
Keep temporary files
.TP
\fB\-\-profile\fR=\fI\,PROFILE\/\fR
Use the given profile instead of the default
.TP
\fB\-q\fR, \fB\-\-quiet\fR
Do not print messages to the console
.TP
\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
Print additional messages to the console
.TP
\fB\-\-no\-color\fR
Disable colored output
.TP
\fB\-\-target\-glib\fR=\fI\,MAJOR\/\fR.MINOR
Target version of glib for code generation
.TP
\fB\-\-gresources\fR=\fI\,FILE\/\fR...
XML of gresources
.TP
\fB\-\-enable\-version\-header\fR
Write vala build version in generated files
.TP
\fB\-\-disable\-version\-header\fR
Do not write vala build version in generated files
.SH BUGS
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/page.cgi?id=browse.html&product=vala
.SH "HOMEPAGE OR CONTACT"
https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Vala
.SH FEATURES
Interfaces, properties, signals, foreach, lambda expressions, type
inference for local variables, generics, non-null types, assisted memory
management, exception handling
.SH AUTHORS
J??rg Billeter, Raffaele Sandrini.