vapigen-0.56 - generate a Vala API

NAME SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION Usage: Help Options: Application Options: BUGS HOMEPAGE OR CONTACT AUTHORS EXAMPLES SEE ALSO

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.

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: 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