Re: [Vala] Difference between setting "vapidir" and adding a .vapi file (was "Global key shortcuts")

[rastersoft <raster rastersoft com>]

Hi:

Mmmmm... So your system has keybinder.vapi installed systemwide? I use
debian sid and it isn't installed...


El 21/08/16 a las 00:53, Evan Nemerson escribió:
> On Sat, 2016-08-20 at 11:09 +0200, rastersoft wrote:
> > Hi:
> >
> > Finally I found the library "keybinder". It doesn't work no wayland,
> > but
> > at least allows me to do what I need in X.
> >
> > But now I have a problem: the VAPI file isn't available in my system,
> > so
> > I'm adding it manually. But here comes the odd thing: if I specify
> > the
> > VAPI file in the command line, it doesn't compile:
> >
> >     valac -C captura.vala --pkg=gtk+-3.0 --pkg=keybinder-3.0
> > keybinder-3.0.vapi
> >     error: Package `keybinder-3.0' not found in specified Vala API
> > directories or GObject-Introspection GIR directories
> >     Compilation failed: 1 error(s), 0 warning(s)
> >
> > But if I just set a "vapidir" with the folder that contains the .vapi
> > file, everything works fine.
> >
> >     valac -C captura.vala --pkg=gtk+-3.0 --pkg=keybinder-3.0 --
> > vapidir=.
> >
> > But with other projects, just adding the .vapi files worked fine
> > (like
> > the Autovala plugin for Gedit or Scratch, or a plugin for
> > GnomeBuilder
> > that I'm writing). In both cases the libraries are available system-
> > wide.
> >
> > So... why does this happen? And what is the difference between just
> > specifying a .vapi file or putting a --vapidir parameter?
> Don't provide both the full path to the vapi and a --pkg argument (with
> --vapidir if necessary).  Use one or the other.
>
> That said, I can't actually reproduce this; I just get a bunch of
> errors about all the symbols having already been declared (since valac
> tries to load the same vapi twice).  Maybe you're running an older
> version of valac, or those aren't really the commands you're using?
>
>
> -Evan

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