NAME

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

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  it's  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

   Application Options:
       -v, --verbose
              Be verbose

       -o, --output=FILE
              write output here instead of stdout

       -n, --namespace=NAMESPACE
              Namespace of the module, like 'Gtk'

       --shared-library=FILE
              Shared library which contains the symbols

       --include-idl=IDL
              Other gidls to include

BUGS

       https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/vala/issues

HOMEPAGE OR CONTACT

       https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Vala

AUTHORS

       J??rg Billeter <j@bitron.ch>, Raffaele Sandrini <rasa@gmx.ch>

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

       vapigen (1)