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 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

   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://vala.dev

AUTHORS

       J??rg Billeter, Raffaele Sandrini.

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)

gen-introspect 0.56.18                             March 2025                             VALA-GEN-INTROSPECT(1)