[a1c3701] | 1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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| 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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| 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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[41aad3e3] | 7 | <!ENTITY vala-download-http "&gnome-download-http;/vala/&vala-major-version;/vala-&vala-version;.tar.xz">
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| 8 | <!ENTITY vala-download-ftp "&gnome-download-ftp;/vala/&vala-major-version;/vala-&vala-version;.tar.xz">
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[7007944] | 9 | <!ENTITY vala-md5sum "beddeff9c06d3c278988b237da0e7401">
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[16d0ef21] | 10 | <!ENTITY vala-size "2.6 MB">
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[7007944] | 11 | <!ENTITY vala-buildsize "126 MB (additional 2 MB to run the test suite)">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY vala-time "0.8 SBU (additional 0.1 SBU to run the test suite)">
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[a1c3701] | 13 | ]>
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| 14 |
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| 15 | <sect1 id="vala" xreflabel="Vala-&vala-version;">
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| 16 | <?dbhtml filename="vala.html"?>
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| 17 |
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| 18 | <sect1info>
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| 19 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 20 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 21 | </sect1info>
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| 22 |
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| 23 | <title>Vala-&vala-version;</title>
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| 24 |
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| 25 | <indexterm zone="vala">
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| 26 | <primary sortas="a-Vala">Vala</primary>
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| 27 | </indexterm>
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| 28 |
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| 29 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 30 | <title>Introduction to Vala</title>
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| 31 |
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[7ded7e3] | 32 | <para>
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| 33 | <application>Vala</application> is a new programming language that
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| 34 | aims to bring modern programming language features to
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| 35 | <application>GNOME</application> developers without imposing any
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| 36 | additional runtime requirements and without using a different ABI
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| 37 | compared to applications and libraries written in C.
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| 38 | </para>
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[a1c3701] | 39 |
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[b5404468] | 40 | &lfs75_checked;
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[a1c3701] | 41 |
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| 42 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 43 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 44 | <listitem>
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[7ded7e3] | 45 | <para>
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| 46 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&vala-download-http;"/>
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| 47 | </para>
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[a1c3701] | 48 | </listitem>
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| 49 | <listitem>
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[7ded7e3] | 50 | <para>
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| 51 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&vala-download-ftp;"/>
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| 52 | </para>
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[a1c3701] | 53 | </listitem>
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| 54 | <listitem>
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[7ded7e3] | 55 | <para>
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| 56 | Download MD5 sum: &vala-md5sum;
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| 57 | </para>
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[a1c3701] | 58 | </listitem>
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| 59 | <listitem>
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[7ded7e3] | 60 | <para>
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| 61 | Download size: &vala-size;
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| 62 | </para>
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[a1c3701] | 63 | </listitem>
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| 64 | <listitem>
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[7ded7e3] | 65 | <para>
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| 66 | Estimated disk space required: &vala-buildsize;
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| 67 | </para>
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[a1c3701] | 68 | </listitem>
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| 69 | <listitem>
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[7ded7e3] | 70 | <para>
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| 71 | Estimated build time: &vala-time;
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| 72 | </para>
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[a1c3701] | 73 | </listitem>
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| 74 | </itemizedlist>
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| 75 |
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| 76 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Vala Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 77 |
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| 78 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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[b8a081c] | 79 | <para role="required">
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[476618b] | 80 | <xref linkend="glib2"/>
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[b8a081c] | 81 | </para>
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[a1c3701] | 82 |
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| 83 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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[b8a081c] | 84 | <para role="optional">
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[54666831] | 85 | <xref linkend="dbus"/> (Required for the tests) and
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[b8a081c] | 86 | <xref linkend="libxslt"/> (Required for generating the documentation)
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| 87 | </para>
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[a1c3701] | 88 |
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| 89 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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[7ded7e3] | 90 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/vala"/>
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| 91 | </para>
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[a1c3701] | 92 | </sect2>
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| 93 |
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| 94 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 95 | <title>Installation of Vala</title>
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| 96 |
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| 97 | <para>Install <application>Vala</application> by running the following
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| 98 | commands:</para>
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| 99 |
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| 100 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr &&
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| 101 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 102 |
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[7ded7e3] | 103 | <para>
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[816595b] | 104 | To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>. Note
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[7ded7e3] | 105 | that a <application>D-Bus</application> session daemon must be
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| 106 | running for the tests to succeed.
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| 107 | </para>
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[a1c3701] | 108 |
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[7ded7e3] | 109 | <para>
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| 110 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 111 | </para>
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[a1c3701] | 112 |
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| 113 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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| 114 |
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| 115 | </sect2>
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| 116 |
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| 117 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 118 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 119 |
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| 120 | <segmentedlist>
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| 121 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 122 | <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
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| 123 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 124 |
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| 125 | <seglistitem>
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[e3dcc43] | 126 | <seg>
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[41aad3e3] | 127 | vala, vala-&vala-major-version;, valac,
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| 128 | valac-&vala-major-version;, vala-gen-introspect,
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| 129 | vala-gen-introspect-&vala-major-version;,
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| 130 | vapicheck, vapicheck-&vala-major-version;,
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| 131 | vapigen and vapigen-&vala-major-version;
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[e3dcc43] | 132 | </seg>
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| 133 | <seg>
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[41aad3e3] | 134 | libvala-&vala-major-version;.so
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[e3dcc43] | 135 | </seg>
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[0913f48] | 136 | <seg>
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[41aad3e3] | 137 | /usr/include/vala-&vala-major-version;,
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| 138 | /usr/lib/vala-&vala-major-version;,
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| 139 | /usr/share/devhelp/books/vala-&vala-major-version;,
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[816595b] | 140 | /usr/share/vala and
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[41aad3e3] | 141 | /usr/share/vala-&vala-major-version;
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[0913f48] | 142 | </seg>
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[a1c3701] | 143 | </seglistitem>
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| 144 | </segmentedlist>
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| 145 |
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| 146 | <variablelist>
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| 147 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 148 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 149 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 150 |
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| 151 | <varlistentry id="valac">
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| 152 | <term><command>valac</command></term>
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| 153 | <listitem>
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[7ded7e3] | 154 | <para>
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| 155 | is a compiler that translates <application>Vala</application>
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| 156 | source code into C source and header files.
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| 157 | </para>
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[a1c3701] | 158 | <indexterm zone="vala valac">
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| 159 | <primary sortas="b-valac">valac</primary>
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| 160 | </indexterm>
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| 161 | </listitem>
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| 162 | </varlistentry>
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| 163 |
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[e3dcc43] | 164 | <varlistentry id="vala-gen-introspect">
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| 165 | <term><command>vala-gen-introspect</command></term>
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| 166 | <listitem>
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[7ded7e3] | 167 | <para>
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[816595b] | 168 | generates a GI file for GObject and
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| 169 | <application>GLib</application> based packages.
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[7ded7e3] | 170 | </para>
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[e3dcc43] | 171 | <indexterm zone="vala vala-gen-introspect">
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| 172 | <primary sortas="b-vala-gen-introspect">vala-gen-introspect</primary>
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| 173 | </indexterm>
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| 174 | </listitem>
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| 175 | </varlistentry>
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| 176 |
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[a1c3701] | 177 | <varlistentry id="vapicheck">
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| 178 | <term><command>vapicheck</command></term>
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| 179 | <listitem>
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[7ded7e3] | 180 | <para>
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| 181 | verifies the generated bindings.
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| 182 | </para>
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[a1c3701] | 183 | <indexterm zone="vala vapicheck">
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| 184 | <primary sortas="b-vapicheck">vapicheck</primary>
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| 185 | </indexterm>
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| 186 | </listitem>
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| 187 | </varlistentry>
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| 188 |
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| 189 | <varlistentry id="vapigen">
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| 190 | <term><command>vapigen</command></term>
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| 191 | <listitem>
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[7ded7e3] | 192 | <para>
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| 193 | is a utility which generates <application>Vala</application> API
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| 194 | (VAPI) files from GI files.
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| 195 | </para>
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[a1c3701] | 196 | <indexterm zone="vala vapigen">
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| 197 | <primary sortas="b-vapigen">vapigen</primary>
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| 198 | </indexterm>
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| 199 | </listitem>
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| 200 | </varlistentry>
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| 201 |
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[816595b] | 202 | <varlistentry id="libvala">
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[41aad3e3] | 203 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libvala-&vala-major-version;.so</filename></term>
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[a1c3701] | 204 | <listitem>
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[7ded7e3] | 205 | <para>
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| 206 | contains the <application>Vala</application> API functions.
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| 207 | </para>
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[816595b] | 208 | <indexterm zone="vala libvala">
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[41aad3e3] | 209 | <primary sortas="c-libvala">libvala-&vala-major-version;.so</primary>
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[a1c3701] | 210 | </indexterm>
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| 211 | </listitem>
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| 212 | </varlistentry>
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| 213 |
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| 214 | </variablelist>
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| 215 |
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| 216 | </sect2>
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| 217 |
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| 218 | </sect1>
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