OBUS-GEN-CLIENT(1)

💖 OBUS-GEN-CLIENT(1) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the General Commands Manual section 1, and yes this whole page is about obus-gen-client — no cap 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

obus-gen-client — generate client-side ocaml bindings from D-Bus introspection files 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

obus-gen-client [ options ] input-file

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so here's the vibe: obus-gen-client takes D-Bus introspection files and generates an ocaml module out of them. slay. ✨

that generated module is literally packed with functions so you can send method calls, receive signals, and read/write properties. it's giving everything you need fr fr.

one tiny thing though — it depends on the interface module generated with obus-gen-interface. so like, do that first, bestie. they're a duo. 🫶

and hmm, important: the module generated by obus-gen-client is meant to be edited. like, that's the point. it's a starting point, not a museum piece. go in there and make it yours. 👑

💅 OPTIONS 💅

• -o output-prefix — use this name as the output prefix. by default it's the input file name with the extension stripped off, plus "_client" tacked on the end. so say your input file is "foo.xml" (or "foo.obus"), then obus-gen-client will generate "foo_client.ml" and "foo_client.mli". cute, right? 🎀
• -keep-common — keeps common interfaces, meaning all interfaces starting with "org.freedesktop.DBus". by default they get dropped. so if you want them, you gotta ask nicely with this flag. 🌈
• -help or --help — display a short usage summary and exit. the classic. the icon. 🧚

⭐ AUTHOR ⭐

Jérémie Dimino <jeremie@dimino.org>

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

obus-introspect(1), obus-gen-interface(1), obus-gen-server(1)

okay that's the whole page bestie, go forth and generate 🌸✨

mwah 💋 — April 2010, and this lil manual is living under the OBUS-GEN-CLIENT(1) glow-up, periodt.