Re: [Vala] Problem binding lasem-0.2

[Evan Nemerson <evan coeus-group com>]

On Thu, 2010-04-15 at 00:00 -0400, Sam Wilson wrote:
> On Wed, 2010-04-14 at 22:39 -0400, Sam Wilson wrote:
> > On Wed, 2010-04-14 at 16:33 -0700, Evan Nemerson wrote:
> > > It looks like lasem is missing gdk-pixbuf-2.0 in the Requires section of
> > > its pkg-config file.
> >
> > Seemed to be the problem, vala-gen-introspect just ran and made a gi
> > file, now to continue with binding...
>
> So I made a vapi file, but I have no idea where to go from here.  I know
> that the binding is not entirely correct, and probably needs a lot of
> touching up before its usable. I have no idea what I need to do to
> continue, so if anyone could point me in the right direction, please do.
>
> If you take a look at http://sellyourvote.ca/lasem-vala.tar.gz you will
> find my vapi file and the gi file.  In order to get gen-introspect to
> work however, you must add gdk-pixbuf-2.0 as a requirement to the lasem
> pkgconfig file.

You should probably take a look at http://live.gnome.org/Vala/Bindings
which explains how to use a metadata file to tweak the vapigen output.
The documentation in this area is a bit sparse, but it is relatively
easy, and looking at some of the other bindings (see the vapi/packages
directory) should help.

If you have a specific question there is generally someone on the IRC
channel who can help (just be patient), or there is this list.