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autovala

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A program that automatically generates CMake and Meson configuration files for your Vala project

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# AUTOVALA #

**IMPORTANT: Autovala has been migrated to Gitlab**

https://gitlab.com/rastersoft/autovala

Autovala is a program and a library designed to help in the creation of
projects with Vala and CMake. It also has support for Genie.

Now also has experimental Meson build system support.

The idea is quite simple: CMake is very powerful, but writting the CMakeLists
files is boring and repetitive. Why not let the computer create them, by
guessing what to do with each file? And if, at the end, there are mistakes,
let the user fix them in an easy way, and generate the final CMakeLists files.

This is what Autovala does. This process is done in three steps:

* First, Autovala checks all the folders and files, and writes a project
    file with the type of each file
    * It also peeks the source files to determine which Vala packages they need,
    and generate automagically that list
    * After that (and after allowing the user to check, if (s)he wishes, the
    project file), it uses that project file to generate the needed CMakeLists
    files

Autovala greatly simplifies the process of working with Vala because:

* Automatically determines the vala packages and libraries needed to compile
    and run the project, by inspecting the source code
    * Automatically generates the .vapi and pkg-config files for libraries
    * Automatically determinates the final destination for an icon, by checking
    its type (svg or png) and, in the later case, its size.
    * Automatically generates manpages from text files in several possible input
    format (markdown, html, latex...).
    * Greatly simplifies creating libraries in Vala, or a project with a binary
    that uses a library defined in the same project.
    * Automatically generates the metadata files to create .DEB and .RPM packages.
    * Easily integrates unitary tests for each binary in the project.
    * Can generate automatically DBUS bindings by using the DBUS introspection
    capabilities.
    * Automatically generates the list of source files for GETTEXT.
    * Simplifies mixing C and Vala source files.

## COMPILING AUTOVALA ##

Details about how to compile autovala are available in the INSTALL.md file.

You also can compile the plugins for Gedit and Scratch Text Editor, which are
in the folders *gedit_plugin* and *scratch_plugin*. You can find inside the
instructions.

## USING AUTOVALA ##

The DOC folder contains the Wiki dumped in HTML format. Just open the
**index.html** file with your browser, or go to the **Wiki section** in GitHub,
and enjoy.

## CONTACTING THE AUTHOR ##

Sergio Costas Rodriguez  
rastersoft@gmail.com  
http://www.rastersoft.com  
https://gitlab.com/rastersoft/autovala

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