vala-gen-introspect(1) User Commands vala-gen-introspect(1)
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 it's usage in Vala for compiling
to native code. PKGNAME is the pkg-config name of the library and PKG-
BASE 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 pack-
ages/pango/pango.gi
SEE ALSO
vapigen (1)
gen-introspect 0.50.0 September 2020 vala-gen-introspect(1)
vala 0.50.0 - Generated Tue Sep 15 08:00:54 CDT 2020