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 ====== Vala Bindings ====== ====== 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.+Xfce4 Vala provides bindings for the Xfce framework. 
 + 
 +[[http://live.gnome.org/Vala|Vala]] is a new programming language that aims to bring modern programming language features to GNOME  developers without imposing any additional runtime requirements and without using a different ABI compared to applications and libraries written in C. 
 + 
 +  * [[http://archive.xfce.org/src/bindings/xfce4-vala|Xfce4-vala download archive]] 
 +  * [[http://git.xfce.org/bindings/xfce4-vala|Git repository]] 
 + 
 +The automatic generated VAPI files are available in the [[http://git.xfce.org/bindings/xfce4-vala/tree/vapi|vapi]] subdirectory, those are usually self-explanatory. 
 ===== libxfce4util ===== ===== libxfce4util =====
  
-The generated VAPI file covers for these headers.+The generated VAPI file covers these headers:
  
 libxfce4util-config.h \\ libxfce4util-config.h \\
-xfce-debug.h \\ 
 xfce-generics.h \\ xfce-generics.h \\
 xfce-i18n.h \\ xfce-i18n.h \\
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 //xfce-resource.h excluded, custom VAPI.// //xfce-resource.h excluded, custom VAPI.//
  
-  * **Xfce.Resource**: class with static functions+  * **Xfce.Resource**: class with static methods
     * deprecate XfceMatchFunc, match_custom, pop_path, push_path     * deprecate XfceMatchFunc, match_custom, pop_path, push_path
   * **Xfce.ResourceType.***: XFCE_RESOURCE_TYPE_* enum   * **Xfce.ResourceType.***: XFCE_RESOURCE_TYPE_* enum
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 //xfce-posix-signal-handler.h excluded, custom VAPI.// //xfce-posix-signal-handler.h excluded, custom VAPI.//
  
-  * **Xfce.PosixSignalHandler**: class with static functions+  * **Xfce.PosixSignalHandler**: class with static methods
     * Xfce.PosixSignalHandler.Callback: callback for set_handler function     * Xfce.PosixSignalHandler.Callback: callback for set_handler function
  
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 ==== Deprecated ==== ==== Deprecated ====
  
-  * Kiosk Mode (xfce-kiosk.h) +  * Debug (xfce-debug.h) 
-    * Xfconf provides possibility to lock capabilities (see [[http://git.xfce.org/xfce/xfconf/tree/docs/spec/perchannel-xml.txt|perchannel-xml.txt]]) +    * Use GLib.debug instead, it prints the line number of the Vala source file
-    * Xfconf.Channel.is_property_locked+
   * File Utilities (xfce-fileutils.h)   * File Utilities (xfce-fileutils.h)
     * Xfce.mkdirhier: use GLib.mkdir_with_parents instead     * Xfce.mkdirhier: use GLib.mkdir_with_parents instead
 +  * Kiosk Mode (xfce-kiosk.h)
 +    * Xfconf provides possibility to lock capabilities (see [[http://git.xfce.org/xfce/xfconf/tree/docs/spec/perchannel-xml.txt|perchannel-xml.txt]])
 +    * Use Xfconf.Channel.is_property_locked instead
  
-===== libxfce4menu =====+===== garcon =====
  
-  * rename xfce_menu_monitor_* inside the class Xfce.MenuMonitor +The generated VAPI file covers these headers:
-  * drop properties (they are all redundant with get/set functions and some of them are not implemented for instance in XfceMenuItem)+
  
 +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 ===== ===== xfconf =====
  
-  * rename xfconf_g_property_* inside the class Xfconf.Property +The generated VAPI file covers these headers: 
-  * drop the functions that take a va_list in argument + 
-  * drop the functions that take or return a GPtrArray +xfconf-binding.h \\ 
-  * drop xfconf_free_array +xfconf-channel.h \\ 
-  * int16 GType is yet to be implemented+xfconf-errors.h \\ 
 +xfconf.h 
 + 
 +  * Custom VAPI for **Xfconf.init** in order to throw Xfconf.Error instead of GLib.Error 
 +  * **Xfconf.Property**: class with static methods (bind, unbind) 
 +  * Drop functions that take a **va_list** 
 +  * Drop functions that take or return a **GPtrArray** 
 +  * **int16** GType is not implemented (source xfconf-types.h excluded) 
 + 
 +===== libxfce4ui =====
  
-===== libxfcegui4 =====+The generated VAPI file covers these headers:
  
-  * XfceAppMenuItem +libxfce4ui-config.h \\ 
-    * deprecate new_from_desktop_entry +libxfce4ui-enum-types.h \\ 
-  * XfceTitledDialog +xfce-dialogs.h \\ 
-    * drop redundant get/set methods +xfce-gdk-extensions.h \\ 
-  * move functions from Fundamentals and Core inside respective classes +xfce-gtk-extensions.h \\ 
-  * new class WidgetHelpers with two functions create_framebox and create_framebox_with_content +xfce-sm-client.h \\ 
-  * deprecate everything else+xfce-spawn.h \\ 
 +xfce-titled-dialog.h
  
 ===== exo ===== ===== exo =====
  
-  * move extension functions to the class Exo.Extensions +The generated VAPI file covers these headers: 
-  * 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 +exo-binding.h \\ 
-  * move exo_url_* functions to the class Exo.Url +exo-cell-renderer-ellipsized-text.h \\ 
-  * move functions from execute.h to the class Exo.Execute +exo-cell-renderer-icon.h \\ 
-  * rename signal names duplicated with method names:+exo-config.h \\ 
 +exo-enum-types.h \\ 
 +exo-execute.h \\ 
 +exo-gdk-pixbuf-extensions.h \\ 
 +exo-gobject-extensions.h \\ 
 +exo-gtk-extensions.h \\ 
 +exo-icon-bar.h \\ 
 +exo-icon-chooser-dialog.h \\ 
 +exo-icon-view.h \\ 
 +exo-job.h \\ 
 +exo-simple-job.h \\ 
 +exo-string.h \\ 
 +exo-toolbars-editor-dialog.h \\ 
 +exo-toolbars-editor.h \\ 
 +exo-toolbars-model.h \\ 
 +exo-toolbars-view.h \\ 
 +exo-tree-view.h \\ 
 +exo-wrap-table.h \\ 
 +exo-xsession-client.h 
 + 
 +==== Static Classes ==== 
 + 
 +//exo-gobject-extensions.h exo-gdk-pixbuf-extensions.h exo-gtk-extensions.h excluded, custom VAPI.// 
 + 
 +  * **Exo.Extensions**: class with static methods (exo_g_value_*, exo_gdk_pixbuf_*, exo_gtk_*) 
 +    * Moved all related functions to extensions provided by exo (gobject, gdk-pixbuf, gtk) into this class 
 + 
 +//exo-execute.h excluded, custom VAPI.// 
 + 
 +  * **Exo.Execute**: class with static methods (exo_execute_*) 
 + 
 +//exo-string.h excluded, custom VAPI.// 
 + 
 +  * **Exo.String**: class with static methods (exo_str*) 
 + 
 +==== Name Conflicts ==== 
 + 
 +  * Rename signal names duplicated with method names
     * exo_icon_view_item_activated() => exo_icon_view_activate_item()     * exo_icon_view_item_activated() => exo_icon_view_activate_item()
     * ExoIconView::select_all => all_selected     * ExoIconView::select_all => all_selected
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     * ExoToolbarsModel::get_item_type => item_type     * ExoToolbarsModel::get_item_type => item_type
  
 +==== Excluded ====
 +
 +  * Utils (exo-utils.h)
 +
 +===== libxfce4panel =====
 +
 +The generated VAPI file covers these headers:
 +
 +libxfce4panel-config.h \\
 +libxfce4panel-enums.h \\
 +libxfce4panel-enum-types.h \\
 +xfce-arrow-button.h \\
 +xfce-hvbox.h \\
 +xfce-panel-convenience.h \\
 +xfce-panel-image.h \\
 +xfce-panel-macros.h \\
 +xfce-panel-plugin.h \\
 +xfce-panel-plugin-provider.h
 +
 +==== Excluded ====
 +
 +  * Xfce 4.6 macros (xfce-panel-macros-46.h)