NAME

       valac - compiler that translates Vala source code into C source and header files

SYNOPSIS

       valac [OPTION]... [FILE]...

DESCRIPTION

       Vala   is   a   new   programming   language   that   aims   to  bring  modern programming
       language  features  to  GNOME  developers  without  imposing   any   additional    runtime
       requirements   and  without using  a different  ABI compared to applications and libraries
       written in C.

       valac, the Vala compiler, is a self-hosting compiler that translates Vala source code into
       C  source  and  header  files.  It  uses  the  GObject  type  system to create classes and
       interfaces declared in the Vala source code.

OPTIONS

       --help

       --vapidir=DIRECTORY...
              Look for package bindings in DIRECTORY

       --girdir=DIRECTORY...
              Look for .gir files in DIRECTORY

       --metadatadir=DIRECTORY...
              Look for GIR .metadata files in DIRECTORY

       --pkg=PACKAGE...
              Include binding for PACKAGE

       --vapi=FILE
              Output VAPI file name

       --library=NAME
              Library name

       --gir=NAME-VERSION.gir
              GObject-Introspection repository file name

       -b, --basedir=DIRECTORY
              Base source directory

       -d, --directory=DIRECTORY
              Output directory

       --version
              Display version number

       -C, --ccode
              Output C code

       -H, --header=FILE
              Output C header file

       --use-header
              Use C header file

       --includedir=DIRECTORY
              Directory used to include the C header file

       -h, --internal-header=FILE
              Output internal C header file

       --internal-vapi=FILE
              Output vapi with internal api

       --symbols=FILE
              Output symbols file

       -c, --compile
              Compile but do not link

       -o, --output=FILE
              Place output in file FILE

       -g, --debug
              Produce debug information

       --thread
              Enable multithreading support

       --enable-mem-profiler
              Enable GLib memory profiler

       -D, --define=SYMBOL...
              Define SYMBOL

       --main=SYMBOL...
              Use SYMBOL as entry point

       --nostdpkg
              Do not include standard packages

       --disable-assert
              Disable assertions

       --enable-checking
              Enable additional run-time checks

       --enable-deprecated
              Enable deprecated features

       --enable-experimental
              Enable experimental features

       --disable-warnings
              Disable warnings

       --fatal-warnings
              Treat warnings as fatal

       --enable-experimental-non-null
              Enable experimental enhancements for non-null types

       --cc=COMMAND
              Use COMMAND as C compiler command

       -X, --Xcc=OPTION...
              Pass OPTION. to the C compiler

       --dump-tree=FILE
              Write code tree to FILE

       --save-temps
              Keep temporary files

       --profile=PROFILE
              Use the given profile instead of the default

       -q, --quiet
              Do not print messages to the console

       -v, --verbose
              Print additional messages to the console

       --target-glib=MAJOR.MINOR
              Target version of glib for code generation

       --enable-version-header
              Write vala build version in generated files

       --disable-version-header
              Do not write vala build version in generated files

FEATURES

       Interfaces, properties, signals, foreach, lambda expressions,  type  inference  for  local
       variables, generics, non-null types, assisted memory management, exception handling

HOMEPAGE AND BUG REPORT

       http://www.vala-project.org/

AUTHORS

       Jürg Billeter, Raffaele Sandrini.

       Man page written to conform with Debian by Marc-Andre Lureau.