vala-gen-introspect-0.36 - generate a GI file for GObject and glib based packages
vala-gen-introspect PKGNAME PKGBASE
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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 it's usage in Vala for compiling
to native code. PKGNAME is the pkg-config name of the library and PKG-
BASE 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://bugzilla.gnome.org/page.cgi?id=browse.html&product=vala
HOMEPAGE OR CONTACT
https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Vala
AUTHORS
J??rg Billeter <j@bitron.ch>, Raffaele Sandrini <rasa@gmx.ch>
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 pack-
ages/pango/pango.gi
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+---------------+-----------------------+
|ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+---------------+-----------------------+
|Availability | developer/vala |
+---------------+-----------------------+
|Stability | Pass-through volatile |
+---------------+-----------------------+
SEE ALSO
vapigen (1)
NOTES
This software was built from source available at
https://github.com/oracle/solaris-userland. The original community
source was downloaded from https://down-
load.gnome.org/sources/vala/0.36/vala-0.36.0.tar.xz
Further information about this software can be found on the open source
community website at https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Vala.
vala-gen-introspect 0.36.0
March 2017 VALA-GEN-INTROSPECT(1)