---
name: "gtk2hsHookGenerator"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "gtk2hs-buildtools"
version: "0.13.11.0-1+b1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/gtk2hsHookGenerator"
---

# gtk2hsHookGenerator(1)

Program to generate callback hook for Gtk signals

## NAME

gtk2hsHookGenerator - Program to generate callback hook for Gtk signals

## SYNOPSIS

**gtk2hsHookGenerator** \[**--template** =*template-file*\] --types =*types-file* \[**--import** =*import*\] --modname =*moduleName* \> outFile

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page briefly describes the **gtk2hsHookGenerator** command.  It's a helper program necessary to build the Gtk2Hs suite of libraries.

## OPTIONS

The programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (\`-'). A summary of options are included below. For a complete description, see the other documentation.

**gtk2hsHookGenerator** accepts the following options:

- **--template=***template-file*

  specify a path to the Signal.chs.template file

- **--types=***types-file*

  specify a path a gtkmarshal.list file

- **--import=***import*

  specify a module to be imported into the template file

- **--modname=***moduleName*

  the module name for *outFile*

## BUGS

Please report bugs and feature requests in the Gtk2Hs trac

*http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/gtk2hs/*

or to the Gtk2Hs mailing list *gtk2hs-devel@lists.sourceforge.net*

## AUTHOR

This page was addapted from the [**gtk2hsC2hs**(1)](/gtk2hsC2hs/1.md) manpage, by Marco Túlio Gontijo e Silva \<marcot@debian.org\> for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).