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VAL-GE-INTROSPECT

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Updated: October 2019
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NAME

val-ge-introspect - generate a GI file for GObject and glib based packages

SYNOPSIS

val-ge-introspect PKGNAME PKGBASE

DESCRIPTION

val-ge-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 pk-config name of the library and PKGBASE 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://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/vala/issues

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: val-ge-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

vapigen (1)

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DESCRIPTION

Usage:
Help Options:
Application Options:

HOMEPAGE OR CONTACT