1valac(1)                             Vala                             valac(1)
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NAME

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

10       valac [OPTION]... [FILE]...
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DESCRIPTION

13       Vala  is  a  new  programming  language  that  aims  to  bring   modern
14       programming  language features to GNOME developers without imposing any
15       additional  runtime requirements  and  without using  a different   ABI
16       compared to applications and libraries written in C.
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18       valac,  the  Vala  compiler, is a self-hosting compiler that translates
19       Vala source code into C source and header files. It  uses  the  GObject
20       type  system  to  create  classes  and  interfaces declared in the Vala
21       source code.
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OPTIONS

24       --help
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26       --girdir=DIRECTORY...
27              Look for .gir files in DIRECTORY
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29       --vapidir=DIRECTORY...
30              Look for package bindings in DIRECTORY
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32       --pkg=PACKAGE...
33              Include binding for PACKAGE
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35       --vapi=FILE
36              Output VAPI file name
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38       --library=NAME
39              Library name
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41       --gir=NAME-VERSION.gir
42              GObject-Introspection repository file name
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44       -b, --basedir=DIRECTORY
45              Base source directory
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47       -d, --directory=DIRECTORY
48              Output directory
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50       --version
51              Display version number
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53       -C, --ccode
54              Output C code
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56       -H, --header=FILE
57              Output C header file
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59       --use-header
60              Use C header file
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62       --includedir=DIRECTORY
63              Directory used to include the C header file
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65       -h, --internal-header=FILE
66              Output internal C header file
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68       --internal-vapi=FILE
69              Output vapi with internal api
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71       --symbols=FILE
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74       -c, --compile
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77       -o, --output=FILE
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80       -g, --debug
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83       --thread
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86       --enable-mem-profiler
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89       -D, --define=SYMBOL...
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92       --main=SYMBOL...
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95       --nostdpkg
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98       --disable-assert
99              Disable assertions
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101       --enable-checking
102              Enable additional run-time checks
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104       --enable-deprecated
105              Enable deprecated features
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107       --enable-experimental
108              Enable experimental features
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110       --disable-warnings
111              Disable warnings
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113       --fatal-warnings
114              Treat warnings as fatal
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116       --enable-experimental-non-null
117              Enable experimental enhancements for non-null types
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119       --disable-dbus-transformation
120              Disable transformation of D-Bus member names
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122       --cc=COMMAND
123              Use COMMAND as C compiler command
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125       -X, --Xcc=OPTION...
126              Pass OPTION. to the C compiler
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128       --dump-tree=FILE
129              Write code tree to FILE
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131       --save-temps
132              Keep temporary files
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134       --profile=PROFILE
135              Use the given profile instead of the default
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137       -q, --quiet
138              Do not print messages to the console
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140       -v, --verbose
141              Print additional messages to the console
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143       --target-glib=MAJOR.MINOR
144              Target version of glib for code generation
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146       --enable-version-header
147              Write vala build version in generated files
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149       --disable-version-header
150              Do not write vala build version in generated files
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FEATURES

153       Interfaces, properties,  signals,  foreach,  lambda  expressions,  type
154       inference  for local variables, generics, non-null types, assisted mem‐
155       ory management, exception handling
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HOMEPAGE AND BUG REPORT

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

161       Jürg Billeter, Raffaele Sandrini.
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163       Man page written to conform with Debian by Marc-Andre Lureau.
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168vala-0.8.0                       13 April 2010                        valac(1)