VALA-GEN-INTROSPECT(1)

📦 version 0.48.19, in centos-stream 9

💅 vala-gen-introspect(1) — User Commands, but make it bestie-core 💅

Okay so welcome to vala-gen-introspect(1) from the User Commands section. This is the utility that generates GI files from GObject and glib based packages — and yes, it eats. It can be used in combination with vapigen(1) to generate an API for Vala, and allow its usage in Vala for compiling to native code. Iconic.

✨ NAME ✨

vala-gen-introspect — generate a GI file for GObject and glib based packages. Periodt.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

vala-gen-introspect PKGNAME PKGBASE

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

vala-gen-introspect is a utility which generates GI files from GObject and glib based packages. It can be used in combination with vapigen(1) to generate an API for Vala, and allow its usage in Vala for compiling to native code. PKGNAME is the pkg-config name of the library and PKGBASE specifies the base directory for that package.

🎀 Usage: 🎀

gen-introspect [OPTION?]

🫶 Help Options: 🫶

  • -h, --help — show help options. Ask and you shall receive.

💖 Application Options: 💖

  • -v, --verbose — be verbose. Give me all the lore.
  • -o, --output=FILE — write output here instead of stdout. File moment.
  • -n, --namespace=NAMESPACE — Namespace of the module, like 'Gtk'. Name it, bestie.
  • --shared-library=FILE — Shared library which contains the symbols. Symbols found.
  • --include-idl=IDL — Other gidls to include. Bring your friends.

💀 BUGS 💀

Bugs and issues live here, no cap: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/vala/issues

🌈 HOMEPAGE OR CONTACT 🌈

The homepage/contact situation is at https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Vala 💖

👑 AUTHORS 👑

Shoutout to J??rg Billeter, Raffaele Sandrini. Legends only.

🍓 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 🫶

Also see vapigen (1) — that's the whole vibe.

gen-introspect 0.48.19 · August 2021 · VALA-GEN-INTROSPECT(1) — xoxo, your Unix bestie 💖

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