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Vala Bindings
Vala bindings can be downloaded at http://archive.xfce.org/src/bindings/xfce4-vala.
Git repository is available at http://git.xfce.org/bindings/xfce4-vala.
Automatic generated VAPI files are available in the directory http://git.xfce.org/bindings/xfce4-vala/tree/vapi, they are self explanatory.
libxfce4util
The generated VAPI file covers for these headers:
libxfce4util-config.h
xfce-generics.h
xfce-i18n.h
xfce-license.h
xfce-miscutils.h
xfce-posix-signal-handler.h
xfce-rc.h
xfce-resource.h
xfce-utf8.h
RC
- Xfce.Rc: constructable class
- new: xfce_rc_simple_open()
- new_from_resource: xfce_rc_config_open()
- destroy: xfce_rc_close()
Resource
xfce-resource.h excluded, custom VAPI.
- Xfce.Resource: class with static functions
- deprecate XfceMatchFunc, match_custom, pop_path, push_path
- Xfce.ResourceType.*: XFCE_RESOURCE_TYPE_* enum
Signal Handling
xfce-posix-signal-handler.h excluded, custom VAPI.
- Xfce.PosixSignalHandler: class with static functions
- Xfce.PosixSignalHandler.Callback: callback for set_handler function
i18n
xfce-i18n.h excluded, custom VAPI.
- Xfce.textdomain: xfce_textdomain
- convenience function on top of the bindtextdomain and textdomain functions, all other related functions to libxfce4util/xfce-i18n.h are deprecated
Deprecated
- Debug (xfce-debug.h)
- Use GLib.debug instead, it prints the line number of the Vala source file
- File Utilities (xfce-fileutils.h)
- Xfce.mkdirhier: use GLib.mkdir_with_parents instead
- Kiosk Mode (xfce-kiosk.h)
- Xfconf provides possibility to lock capabilities (see perchannel-xml.txt)
- Use Xfconf.Channel.is_property_locked instead
garcon
The generated VAPI file covers for these headers:
garcon-config.h
garcon-environment.h
garcon-marshal.h
garcon-menu-directory.h
garcon-menu-element.h
garcon-menu.h
garcon-menu-item-cache.h
garcon-menu-item.h
garcon-menu-item-pool.h
garcon-menu-merger.h
garcon-menu-node.h
garcon-menu-parser.h
garcon-menu-separator.h
garcon-menu-tree-provider.h
MenuItem
Hide two methods requires_terminal() and supports_startup_notification(), they are handled as get/set properties and conflict with the getter method name.
xfconf
The generated VAPI file covers for these headers:
xfconf-binding.h
xfconf-channel.h
xfconf-errors.h
xfconf.h
- Custom VAPI for Xfconf.init in order to throw Xfconf.Error instead of GLib.Error
- Rename xfconf_g_property_* inside the class Xfconf.Property
- Drop the functions that take a va_list in argument
- Drop the functions that take or return a GPtrArray
- Drop xfconf_free_array
- int16 GType is not implemented (source xfconf-types.h excluded)
libxfce4ui
The generated VAPI file covers for these headers:
libxfce4ui-config.h
libxfce4ui-enum-types.h
xfce-dialogs.h
xfce-gdk-extensions.h
xfce-gtk-extensions.h
xfce-sm-client.h
xfce-spawn.h
xfce-titled-dialog.h
exo
- move extension functions to the class Exo.Extensions
- move md5 digest functions that don't start with exo_md5_digest_* to the class Exo.Md5Digest
- move exo_str_get_md5_str function into the class Exo.Md5
- move exo_url_* functions to the class Exo.Url
- move functions from execute.h to the class Exo.Execute
- rename signal names duplicated with method names:
- exo_icon_view_item_activated() ⇒ exo_icon_view_activate_item()
- ExoIconView::select_all ⇒ all_selected
- ExoIconView::unselect_all ⇒ all_unselected
- ExoToolbarsModel::get_item_data ⇒ item_data
- ExoToolbarsModel::get_item_id ⇒ item_id
- ExoToolbarsModel::get_item_type ⇒ item_type