VALA-GEN-INTROSPECT(1) User Commands VALA-GEN-INTROSPECT(1) NAME vala-gen-introspect - generate a GI file for GObject and glib based pack- ages 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 gen- erate 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 pack- ages/pango/pango.gi SEE ALSO vapigen (1) gen-introspect 0.56.19 March 2026 VALA-GEN-INTROSPECT(1)
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