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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 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://bugzilla.gnome.org/page.cgi?id=browse.html&product=vala


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

       vala-gen-introspect(1)



vapigen API Generator 0.36.2      April 2017                        vapigen(1)

vala 0.36.2 - Generated Sun Apr 30 16:11:06 CDT 2017
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