[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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[77d59f8a] | 9 | <!ENTITY vala-md5sum "7b4481fb52bbf73fcfedacbdab616eeb">
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[67042ee] | 10 | <!ENTITY vala-size "3.8 MB">
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[77d59f8a] | 11 | <!ENTITY vala-buildsize "143 MB (add 19 MB for tests)">
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[b5b377a] | 12 | <!ENTITY vala-time "0.4 SBU (add 0.7 SBU for tests; both using parallelism=4)">
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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 | <title>Vala-&vala-version;</title>
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| 19 |
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| 20 | <indexterm zone="vala">
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| 21 | <primary sortas="a-Vala">Vala</primary>
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| 22 | </indexterm>
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| 23 |
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| 24 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 25 | <title>Introduction to Vala</title>
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| 26 |
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[7ded7e3] | 27 | <para>
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| 28 | <application>Vala</application> is a new programming language that
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| 29 | aims to bring modern programming language features to
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| 30 | <application>GNOME</application> developers without imposing any
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| 31 | additional runtime requirements and without using a different ABI
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| 32 | compared to applications and libraries written in C.
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| 33 | </para>
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[a1c3701] | 34 |
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[a73fc762] | 35 | &lfs120_checked;
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[a1c3701] | 36 |
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| 37 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 38 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 39 | <listitem>
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[7ded7e3] | 40 | <para>
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| 41 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&vala-download-http;"/>
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| 42 | </para>
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[a1c3701] | 43 | </listitem>
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| 44 | <listitem>
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[7ded7e3] | 45 | <para>
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| 46 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&vala-download-ftp;"/>
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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 MD5 sum: &vala-md5sum;
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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 size: &vala-size;
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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 | Estimated disk space required: &vala-buildsize;
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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 build time: &vala-time;
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| 67 | </para>
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[a1c3701] | 68 | </listitem>
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| 69 | </itemizedlist>
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[dba62f05] | 70 |
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[a1c3701] | 71 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Vala Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 72 |
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| 73 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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[b8a081c] | 74 | <para role="required">
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[5637ae8] | 75 | <xref linkend="glib2"/>
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[b8a081c] | 76 | </para>
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[a1c3701] | 77 |
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[7f7c2b0] | 78 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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| 79 | <para role="recommended">
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| 80 | <xref linkend="graphviz"/> (Required for valadoc)
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| 81 | </para>
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| 82 |
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[a1c3701] | 83 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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[b8a081c] | 84 | <para role="optional">
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[5637ae8] | 85 | <xref linkend="dbus"/> (Required for the tests),
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[03bb997] | 86 | <xref linkend="libxslt"/> (Required for generating the documentation),
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[c53fe5a7] | 87 | <ulink url="https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gnu/help2man/">help2man</ulink>,
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| 88 | <ulink url="https://github.com/relaxng/jing-trang">jing</ulink>, and
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[03bb997] | 89 | <ulink url="https://weasyprint.org/">weasyprint</ulink>
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[b8a081c] | 90 | </para>
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[a1c3701] | 91 |
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| 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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[de33b2a] | 97 | <para>
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| 98 | Install <application>Vala</application> by running the following
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| 99 | commands:
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| 100 | </para>
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| 101 |
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[2b999b7] | 102 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr &&
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[a1c3701] | 103 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 104 |
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[7ded7e3] | 105 | <para>
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[e1617c94] | 106 | To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.
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[7ded7e3] | 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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[565321fe] | 117 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 118 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 119 |
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| 120 | <para>
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| 121 | <option>--disable-valadoc</option>: This option is
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| 122 | required if <xref linkend="graphviz"/> is not installed.
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| 123 | </para>
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| 124 |
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| 125 | </sect2>
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| 126 |
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[a1c3701] | 127 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 128 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 129 |
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| 130 | <segmentedlist>
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| 131 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 132 | <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
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| 133 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 134 |
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| 135 | <seglistitem>
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[e3dcc43] | 136 | <seg>
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[8558044] | 137 | vala,
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| 138 | vala-&vala-major-version;,
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| 139 | valac,
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[b7e550f2] | 140 | valadoc,
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[488b738f] | 141 | vala-gen-introspect, and
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[96f2797] | 142 | vapigen (symlinks);
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| 143 |
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| 144 | valac-&vala-major-version;,
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[b7e550f2] | 145 | valadoc-&vala-major-version;,
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[488b738f] | 146 | vala-gen-introspect-&vala-major-version;, and
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[5ee1266] | 147 | vapigen-&vala-major-version;
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[e3dcc43] | 148 | </seg>
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| 149 | <seg>
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[96f2797] | 150 | libvala-&vala-major-version;.so and
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[b7e550f2] | 151 | libvaladoc-&vala-major-version;.so
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[e3dcc43] | 152 | </seg>
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[0913f48] | 153 | <seg>
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[41aad3e3] | 154 | /usr/include/vala-&vala-major-version;,
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[b7e550f2] | 155 | /usr/include/valadoc-&vala-major-version;,
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[41aad3e3] | 156 | /usr/lib/vala-&vala-major-version;,
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[3cdae40] | 157 | /usr/lib/valadoc-&vala-major-version;,
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[1ca65eb] | 158 | /usr/share/vala,
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[3cdae40] | 159 | /usr/share/vala-&vala-major-version;,
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| 160 | /usr/share/valadoc-&vala-major-version;, and
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| 161 | /usr/share/devhelp/books/vala-&vala-major-version;
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[0913f48] | 162 | </seg>
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[a1c3701] | 163 | </seglistitem>
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| 164 | </segmentedlist>
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| 165 |
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| 166 | <variablelist>
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| 167 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 168 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 169 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 170 |
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| 171 | <varlistentry id="valac">
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| 172 | <term><command>valac</command></term>
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| 173 | <listitem>
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[7ded7e3] | 174 | <para>
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| 175 | is a compiler that translates <application>Vala</application>
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[4c24eb0a] | 176 | source code into C source and header files
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[7ded7e3] | 177 | </para>
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[a1c3701] | 178 | <indexterm zone="vala valac">
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| 179 | <primary sortas="b-valac">valac</primary>
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| 180 | </indexterm>
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| 181 | </listitem>
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| 182 | </varlistentry>
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| 183 |
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[3cdae40] | 184 | <varlistentry id="valadoc">
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| 185 | <term><command>valadoc</command></term>
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| 186 | <listitem>
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| 187 | <para>
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| 188 | is a documentation generator for generating API documentation
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[4c24eb0a] | 189 | from <application>Vala</application> source code based on libvala
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[3cdae40] | 190 | </para>
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| 191 | <indexterm zone="vala valadoc">
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| 192 | <primary sortas="b-valadoc">valadoc</primary>
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| 193 | </indexterm>
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| 194 | </listitem>
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| 195 | </varlistentry>
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| 196 |
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[e3dcc43] | 197 | <varlistentry id="vala-gen-introspect">
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| 198 | <term><command>vala-gen-introspect</command></term>
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| 199 | <listitem>
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[7ded7e3] | 200 | <para>
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[816595b] | 201 | generates a GI file for GObject and
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[4c24eb0a] | 202 | <application>GLib</application> based packages
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[7ded7e3] | 203 | </para>
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[e3dcc43] | 204 | <indexterm zone="vala vala-gen-introspect">
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| 205 | <primary sortas="b-vala-gen-introspect">vala-gen-introspect</primary>
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| 206 | </indexterm>
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| 207 | </listitem>
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| 208 | </varlistentry>
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| 209 |
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[a1c3701] | 210 | <varlistentry id="vapigen">
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| 211 | <term><command>vapigen</command></term>
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| 212 | <listitem>
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[7ded7e3] | 213 | <para>
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[2c7a1ce] | 214 | is an utility which generates <application>Vala</application> API
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[4c24eb0a] | 215 | (VAPI) files from GI files
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[7ded7e3] | 216 | </para>
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[a1c3701] | 217 | <indexterm zone="vala vapigen">
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| 218 | <primary sortas="b-vapigen">vapigen</primary>
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| 219 | </indexterm>
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| 220 | </listitem>
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| 221 | </varlistentry>
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| 222 |
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[816595b] | 223 | <varlistentry id="libvala">
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[41aad3e3] | 224 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libvala-&vala-major-version;.so</filename></term>
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[a1c3701] | 225 | <listitem>
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[7ded7e3] | 226 | <para>
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[4c24eb0a] | 227 | contains the <application>Vala</application> API functions
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[7ded7e3] | 228 | </para>
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[816595b] | 229 | <indexterm zone="vala libvala">
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[41aad3e3] | 230 | <primary sortas="c-libvala">libvala-&vala-major-version;.so</primary>
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[a1c3701] | 231 | </indexterm>
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| 232 | </listitem>
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| 233 | </varlistentry>
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| 234 |
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| 235 | </variablelist>
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| 236 |
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| 237 | </sect2>
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| 238 |
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| 239 | </sect1>
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