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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 its usage in Vala for compiling
to native code. PKGNAME is the pkg-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, Raffaele Sandrini.
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
SEE ALSO
vapigen (1)