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Originally Posted by KenJackson

Is it specifically the Kindle that you object to? Because it's proprietary? Because of Amazon's control? Privacy?

Or do you object to ereaders (Sony Reader, Nook, etc.) in general?

No. I have nothing against the Kindle. I read ebooks on my computer. Personally, I do not see the need for an ebook of any brand. I would rather get a smart phone that lets me read ebooks. That way I have a device that serves more than one purpose.

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vala-gen-project(1)						   USER COMMANDS					       vala-gen-project(1)

NAME

       vala-gen-project - generate the and automake skeleton for your vala project

SYNOPSIS

       vala-gen-project [OPTION...] [NAME]

DESCRIPTION

       Vala project generator is a little gui or command line utility that creates an automake project skeletoni vala program.

       It can be used without specifying a project name, so that a gtk+ gui will be presented or directly from the command line.

OPTIONS

       -?, --help		      Show help options

       -p, --projectdir=DIRECTORY     Project directory

       -t, --type=TYPE		      Project TYPE: gtk+, console

       -l, --license=TYPE	      License TYPE: gpl2, gpl3, lgpl2, lgpl2.1, lgpl3, apache2, artistic

       --version		      Display version number

       -a, --author=NAME	      Author name

       -e, --email=EMAIL	      Author email address

EXAMPLES

       Create a gtk+ project with a gpl2 license and the name valatest

	      vala-gen-project -t gtk+ -l gpl2 valatest

EXIT STATUS

       vala-gen-project returns a zero exist status if it succeed.  Non zero is returned in case of failure.

AUTHOR

       Andrea Del Signore (sejerpz (at) tin.it)

SEE ALSO

       valac(1)

version 0.1.0							 December 24, 2008					       vala-gen-project(1)

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