vapigen-0.56 - Man Page

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

See Also

vala-gen-introspect (1)

Referenced By

vala-gen-introspect-0.56(1).

The man page vapigen(1) is an alias of vapigen-0.56(1).

April 2024 Vala API Generator 0.56.17