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.
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
OPTIONS
- -?, --help
-
Show help option
- --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.
- --pkg=PACKAGE
-
Include binding for PACKAGE
- --library=NAME
-
Specify library name as NAME
- -d, --directory=DIRECTORY
-
Specify output directory as DIRECTORY
- --version
-
Display version number and exit.
- -q, --quiet
-
Do not print messages to the console
SEE ALSO
HOMEPAGE AND BUG REPORT
http://www.vala-project.org/
AUTHOR
vapigen for Vala was written by Jürg Billeter <[email protected]> and Raffaele Sandrini <[email protected]>.
This manual page was written by Kumar Appaiah <[email protected]>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).