Re: [Vala] Advice for external libraries providing Vapis

[Marc-André Lureau <marcandre lureau gmail com>]

Hi

On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 9:47 PM, Eric Gregory <eric yorba org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is there some general advice I can give to an external library that wants
> to provide a Vapi?  Any place I should point them, examples of best
> practices, etc?

This is what I would do if the vapi file can be generated directly
from gobject-introspection gir file, then it's rather straightforward:

Add --enable-vala and check for AC_PATH_PROG(VAPIGEN, vapigen) in configure.ac.

Add vapi files rules in Makefile.am (perhaps in a vapi directory):

if WITH_VALA
vapidir = $(datadir)/vala/vapi
vapi_DATA =             \
        webkit-1.0.vapi \
        webkit-1.0.deps

webkit-1.0.vapi: $(top_builddir)/where/to/find/WebKit-1.0.gir
        $(AM_V_GEN)$(VAPIGEN) --library webkit-1.0 $<
endif

Adjust your arguments where needed, add metadata/custum files etc..
Hope that helps!

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Marc-André Lureau