GIR2PAS(1)

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version 0.1.1 · 2 versions
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✨ NAME ✨

gir2pas — Pascal binding generator for GObject Introspection 🌸

No cap, that's the whole vibe: it takes GIR stuff and gives you Pascal. Iconic behavior.

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

gir2pas [options] -i filename

Like, that's it. Options first, then you have to tell it which file. 💅

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so bestie, real talk: this is the full run-down of every flag gir2pas will accept. No skipping, no "you'll figure it out", we're going through all of them together. Sit down, hydrate, let's go 🫶

  • -h, --help — show this help message. Yeah, the classic. It literally just tells you what you're already looking at. Love that for us. 🙈
  • -i, --input — the GIR filename you want converted (without extention — that's the original's spelling, not mine, iykyk 💀).
  • -o, --output-directory — the directory where the resulting .pas files get written. If you don't specify it, then the current working directory is used. So if you're like "where did my files go" — bestie, they're right there. 👀
  • -D, --dynamic — use unit dynlibs and link at runtime. Runtime linking era. ⚡
  • -N, --no-wrappers — do not create wrappers for objects. Straight up, no wrapper arc. 🚫
  • -w, --overwrite-files — if the output .pas file(s) already exists, then overwrite them.
⚠️ bestie, pay attention: this one overwrites your existing output .pas file(s). If they exist, they're gone. No recycling bin energy. Be sure before you press enter. 😭
  • -n, --no-default — /usr/share/gir-1.0 is not added as a search location for needed .gir files. Basically you're unfollowing the default path. 💔
  • -p, --paths — a list of paths, seperated by :, to search for needed .gir files. Yes, colon-separated, like a little path salad. 🥗
  • -d, --deprecated — include fields and methods marked as deprecated. Embrace the ancient lore. 🏺
  • -t, --test — creates a test program per unit to verify struct sizes. Testing era, we love to see it. ✅
  • -P, --unit-prefix — set a prefix to be added to each unitname. Glow-up for your unit names. ✨
  • -M, --max-version — do not include symbols introduced after <max-version>. Can be used multiple times, i.e. "-M gtk-3.12 -M glib-2.23". Stack 'em like bracelets. 🫶
  • -k, --keep-deprecated-version — include deprecated symbols that are >= to $version. Uses the same format as --max-version. Has no effect if --deprecated is defined.
🚩 note to self: --deprecated wins the argument. If --deprecated is defined, -k just sits there politely doing nothing.
  • -e, --declare-enums-as — declare C enums as either IntConst, TypedIntConst, IntAliasConst, Enum or Set. Pick your fighter. 🥊
  • -v, --verbose — verbose level (error, warning, info, debug). Turn the volume knob up as far as you want. 🔊

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and that's the whole page, bestie 💜 this manual for gir2pas version 0.1.1-1 is dated March 2026 — go forth, generate those Pascal bindings, and remember: read the flags before you overwrite anything. mwah 🎀🦋💅

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