[Vala] compiling without header files

[celil <celil kj gmail com>]

Hello,

I am trying to build the valencia plugin to gedit under the mac. 
However, it is quite a nightmare to install gedit from source with its 
many dependencies, so I am just planning to download the mac binary from 
the official website.

Since all the header file information is already encoded in the vapi 
files, I am wondering if it would be possible to compile based on the 
information in those files, and then just link against the dynamic 
libraries provided with the gedit binary? Maybe I can actually 
reconstruct the header files using the vapi files shipped with vala?

In general can vala compile without available C header files?

Thanks,
Celil