.Dd May 11, 2011
.Dt valabind \&1 "Valabind manual page"
.Os radare
.Sh NAME
.Nm valabind
.Nd vala to swig interface conversor
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm valabind
.Op Fl e
.Op Fl g
.Op Fl v
.Op Fl x
.Op Fl X
.Op Fl V Ar vapidir
.Op Fl i Ar file
.Op Fl o Ar ofile
.Op Fl m Ar modname
.Ar vapifile
.Sh DESCRIPTION
Valabind is a program written in Vala that aims to generate SWIG interfaces (.i) from a vala-generated or hand-made vapi files.
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Create bindings for many programming languages (like python, perl, ruby, lua, ..) interfacing with C or Vala code.
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Note that list of supported languages in valabind is not the same of swig.
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This is because not all swig backends are working in the same way. In other words, there are some languages that doesnt generate correct C code in some unhandled situations and depending on the vapi can break.
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Valabind can be an interesting tool for unit-testing swig and be able to find problems easily.
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.Sh ENVIRONMENT
.Bl -tag -width Fl
.It XDG_DATA_DIRS
Standard freedesktop environment variable to point to the share prefix directory where vala looks for vapi files.
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.Sh HYPER-REFERENCES
.Bl -tag -width Fl
.It Vala 
http://live.gnome.org/Vala
.It SWIG
http://www.swig.org
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr valabind-cc(1)
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.Sh AUTHORS
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pancake <@nopcode.org>