vapigen-0.26 (1) - Linux Manuals

vapigen-0.26: generate a Vala API

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.

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

OPTIONS

-?, --help

Show help option

--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.

--pkg=PACKAGE

Include binding for PACKAGE

--library=NAME

Specify library name as NAME

-d, --directory=DIRECTORY

Specify output directory as DIRECTORY

--version

Display version number and exit.

-q, --quiet

Do not print messages to the console

HOMEPAGE AND BUG REPORT

http://www.vala-project.org/

AUTHOR

vapigen for Vala was written by Jürg Billeter <j@bitron.ch> and Raffaele Sandrini <rasa [at] gmx.ch>.

This manual page was written by Kumar Appaiah <akumar [at] ee.iitm.ac.in>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).