valac(1)							       Vala								  valac(1)

NAME

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

SYNOPSIS

       valac [OPTION]... [FILE]...

DESCRIPTION

       Vala   is   a  new  programming	language  that	aims  to  bring  modern programming language features to GNOME developers without imposing
       any additional  runtime requirements  and  without using  a different  ABI compared to applications and libraries written in C.

       valac, the Vala compiler, is a self-hosting compiler that translates Vala source code into C source and header files. It uses  the  GObject
       type system to create classes and interfaces declared in the Vala source code.

OPTIONS

       --help

       --vapidir=DIRECTORY...
	      Look for package bindings in DIRECTORY

       --girdir=DIRECTORY...
	      Look for .gir files in DIRECTORY

       --metadatadir=DIRECTORY...
	      Look for GIR .metadata files in DIRECTORY

       --pkg=PACKAGE...
	      Include binding for PACKAGE

       --vapi=FILE
	      Output VAPI file name

       --library=NAME
	      Library name

       --gir=NAME-VERSION.gir
	      GObject-Introspection repository file name

       -b, --basedir=DIRECTORY
	      Base source directory

       -d, --directory=DIRECTORY
	      Output directory

       --version
	      Display version number

       --api-version
	      Display API version number

       -C, --ccode
	      Output C code

       -H, --header=FILE
	      Output C header file

       --use-header
	      Use C header file

       --includedir=DIRECTORY
	      Directory used to include the C header file

       -h, --internal-header=FILE
	      Output internal C header file

       --internal-vapi=FILE
	      Output vapi with internal api

       --symbols=FILE
	      Output symbols file

       -c, --compile
	      Compile but do not link

       -o, --output=FILE
	      Place output in file FILE

       -g, --debug
	      Produce debug information

       --thread
	      Enable multithreading support

       --enable-mem-profiler
	      Enable GLib memory profiler

       -D, --define=SYMBOL...
	      Define SYMBOL

       --main=SYMBOL...
	      Use SYMBOL as entry point

       --nostdpkg
	      Do not include standard packages

       --disable-assert
	      Disable assertions

       --enable-checking
	      Enable additional run-time checks

       --enable-deprecated
	      Enable deprecated features

       --enable-experimental
	      Enable experimental features

       --disable-warnings
	      Disable warnings

       --fatal-warnings
	      Treat warnings as fatal

       --enable-experimental-non-null
	      Enable experimental enhancements for non-null types

       --cc=COMMAND
	      Use COMMAND as C compiler command

       -X, --Xcc=OPTION...
	      Pass OPTION. to the C compiler

       --dump-tree=FILE
	      Write code tree to FILE

       --save-temps
	      Keep temporary files

       --profile=PROFILE
	      Use the given profile instead of the default

       -q, --quiet
	      Do not print messages to the console

       -v, --verbose
	      Print additional messages to the console

       --target-glib=MAJOR.MINOR
	      Target version of glib for code generation

       --enable-version-header
	      Write vala build version in generated files

       --disable-version-header
	      Do not write vala build version in generated files

FEATURES

       Interfaces, properties, signals, foreach, lambda expressions, type inference for local variables, generics, non-null types, assisted memory
       management, exception handling

HOMEPAGE AND BUG REPORT

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

AUTHORS

       Jurg Billeter, Raffaele Sandrini.

       Man page written to conform with Debian by Marc-Andre Lureau.

vala-0.8.0							   13 April 2010							  valac(1)