VAPIGEN
Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: March 2019
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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://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)