VAPIGEN

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: October 2019
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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 val-ge-introspect(1) utility.  

Usage:

vapigen [OPTION?] FILE... - Vala API Generator

 

Help Options:

-h, --help

Show help options

 

Application Options:

--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

--nostdpkg

Do not include standard packages

--pkg=,PACKAGE/...

Include binding for PACKAGE

--library=,NAME/

Library name

-d, --directory=,DIRECTORY/

Output directory

--disable-warnings

Disable warnings

--version

Display version number

-q, --quiet

Do not print messages to the console

 

BUGS

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/vala/issues  

HOMEPAGE OR CONTACT

https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Vala  

AUTHORS

J??rg Billeter, Raffaele Sandrini.  

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

val-ge-introspect (1)

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DESCRIPTION

Usage:

Help Options:

Application Options:

BUGS

HOMEPAGE OR CONTACT

AUTHORS

EXAMPLES

SEE ALSO