vapigen (1)

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

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

HOMEPAGE OR CONTACT

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)