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<refentry id="glib-genmarshal" lang="en">
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<refentryinfo>
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<title>glib-genmarshal</title>
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<productname>GObject</productname>
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<authorgroup>
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<author>
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<contrib>Developer</contrib>
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<firstname>Emmanuele</firstname>
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<surname>Bassi</surname>
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</author>
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<author>
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<contrib>Original developer</contrib>
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<firstname>Tim</firstname>
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<surname>Janik</surname>
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</author>
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</authorgroup>
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</refentryinfo>
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<refmeta>
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<refentrytitle>glib-genmarshal</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
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<refmiscinfo class="manual">User Commands</refmiscinfo>
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</refmeta>
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<refnamediv>
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<refname>glib-genmarshal</refname>
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<refpurpose>C code marshaller generation utility for GLib closures</refpurpose>
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</refnamediv>
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<refsynopsisdiv>
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<cmdsynopsis>
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<command>glib-genmarshal</command>
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<arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTION</arg>
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<arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">FILE</arg>
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</cmdsynopsis>
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</refsynopsisdiv>
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<refsect1><title>Description</title>
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<para><command>glib-genmarshal</command> is a small utility that generates C code
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marshallers for callback functions of the GClosure mechanism in the GObject
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sublibrary of GLib. The marshaller functions have a standard signature,
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they get passed in the invoking closure, an array of value structures holding
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the callback function parameters and a value structure for the return value
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of the callback. The marshaller is then responsible to call the respective C
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code function of the closure with all the parameters on the stack and to
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collect its return value.
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</para>
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<para><command>glib-genmarshal</command> takes a list of marshallers to generate as
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input. The marshaller list is either read from files passed as additional arguments
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on the command line; or from standard input, by using <literal>-</literal> as the
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input file.
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</para>
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<refsect2><title>Marshaller list format</title>
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<para>
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The marshaller lists are processed line by line, a line can contain a
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comment in the form of
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<informalexample><programlisting>
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# this is a comment
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</programlisting></informalexample>
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or a marshaller specification of the form
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<programlisting>
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<replaceable>RTYPE</replaceable>:<replaceable>PTYPE</replaceable>
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<replaceable>RTYPE</replaceable>:<replaceable>PTYPE</replaceable>,<replaceable>PTYPE</replaceable>
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<replaceable>RTYPE</replaceable>:<replaceable>PTYPE</replaceable>,<replaceable>PTYPE</replaceable>,<replaceable>PTYPE</replaceable>
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</programlisting>
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</para>
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<para>
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The <replaceable>RTYPE</replaceable> part specifies the callback's return
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type and the <replaceable>PTYPE</replaceable>s right to the colon specify
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the callback's parameter list, except for the first and the last arguments
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which are always pointers.
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</para>
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</refsect2>
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<refsect2><title>Parameter types</title>
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<para>
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Currently, the following types are supported:
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><replaceable>VOID</replaceable></term>
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<listitem><para>
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indicates no return type, or no extra parameters.
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If <replaceable>VOID</replaceable> is used as the parameter list, no
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additional parameters may be present.
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><replaceable>BOOLEAN</replaceable></term>
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<listitem><para>
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for boolean types (gboolean)
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><replaceable>CHAR</replaceable></term>
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<listitem><para>
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for signed char types (gchar)
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><replaceable>UCHAR</replaceable></term>
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<listitem><para>
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for unsigned char types (guchar)
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><replaceable>INT</replaceable></term>
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<listitem><para>
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for signed integer types (gint)
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><replaceable>UINT</replaceable></term>
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<listitem><para>
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for unsigned integer types (guint)
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><replaceable>LONG</replaceable></term>
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<listitem><para>
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for signed long integer types (glong)
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><replaceable>ULONG</replaceable></term>
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<listitem><para>
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for unsigned long integer types (gulong)
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><replaceable>INT64</replaceable></term>
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<listitem><para>
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for signed 64bit integer types (gint64)
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><replaceable>UINT64</replaceable></term>
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<listitem><para>
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for unsigned 64bit integer types (guint64)
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><replaceable>ENUM</replaceable></term>
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<listitem><para>
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for enumeration types (gint)
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><replaceable>FLAGS</replaceable></term>
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<listitem><para>
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for flag enumeration types (guint)
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><replaceable>FLOAT</replaceable></term>
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<listitem><para>
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for single-precision float types (gfloat)
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><replaceable>DOUBLE</replaceable></term>
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<listitem><para>
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for double-precision float types (gdouble)
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><replaceable>STRING</replaceable></term>
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<listitem><para>
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for string types (gchar*)
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><replaceable>BOXED</replaceable></term>
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<listitem><para>
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for boxed (anonymous but reference counted) types (GBoxed*)
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><replaceable>PARAM</replaceable></term>
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<listitem><para>
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for GParamSpec or derived types (GParamSpec*)
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><replaceable>POINTER</replaceable></term>
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<listitem><para>
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for anonymous pointer types (gpointer)
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><replaceable>OBJECT</replaceable></term>
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<listitem><para>
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for GObject or derived types (GObject*)
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><replaceable>VARIANT</replaceable></term>
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<listitem><para>
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for GVariant types (GVariant*)
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><replaceable>NONE</replaceable></term>
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<listitem><para>
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deprecated alias for <replaceable>VOID</replaceable>
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><replaceable>BOOL</replaceable></term>
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<listitem><para>
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deprecated alias for <replaceable>BOOLEAN</replaceable>
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</para>
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</refsect2>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1><title>Options</title>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>--header</option></term>
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<listitem><para>
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Generate header file contents of the marshallers. This option is mutually
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exclusive with the <option>--body</option> option.
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>--body</option></term>
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<listitem><para>
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Generate C code file contents of the marshallers. This option is mutually
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exclusive with the <option>--header</option> option.
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>--prefix=<replaceable>PREFIX</replaceable></option></term>
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<listitem><para>
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Specify marshaller prefix. The default prefix is <literal>`g_cclosure_user_marshal'</literal>.
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>--skip-source</option></term>
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<listitem><para>
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Skip source location remarks in generated comments.
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>--stdinc</option></term>
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<listitem><para>
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Use the standard marshallers of the GObject library, and include
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<filename>glib-object.h</filename> in generated header files. This
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option is mutually exclusive with the <option>--nostdinc</option>
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option.
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>--nostdinc</option></term>
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<listitem><para>
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Do not use the standard marshallers of the GObject library, and skip
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<filename>glib-object.h</filename> include directive in generated header files.
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This option is mutually exclusive with the <option>--stdinc</option> option.
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>--internal</option></term>
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<listitem><para>
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Mark generated functions as internal, using <literal>G_GNUC_INTERNAL</literal>.
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>--valist-marshallers</option></term>
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<listitem><para>
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Generate valist marshallers, for use with <function>g_signal_set_va_marshaller()</function>.
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>-v</option>, <option>--version</option></term>
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<listitem><para>
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Print version information.
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>--g-fatal-warnings</option></term>
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<listitem><para>
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Make warnings fatal, that is, exit immediately once a warning occurs.
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>-h</option>, <option>--help</option></term>
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<listitem><para>
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Print brief help and exit.
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>-v</option>, <option>--version</option></term>
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<listitem><para>
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Print version and exit.
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>--output=FILE</option></term>
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<listitem><para>
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Write output to <replaceable>FILE</replaceable> instead of the standard output.
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>--prototypes</option></term>
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<listitem><para>
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Generate function prototypes before the function definition in the C source
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file, in order to avoid a <literal>missing-prototypes</literal> compiler
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warning. This option is only useful when using the <option>--body</option>
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option.
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>--pragma-once</option></term>
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<listitem><para>
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Use the <literal>once</literal> pragma instead of an old style header guard
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when generating the C header file. This option is only useful when using the
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<option>--header</option> option.
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>--include-header=<replaceable>HEADER</replaceable></option></term>
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<listitem><para>
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Adds a <literal>#include</literal> directive for the given file in the C
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source file. This option is only useful when using the <option>--body</option>
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option.
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>-D <replaceable>SYMBOL[=VALUE]</replaceable></option></term>
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<listitem><para>
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Adds a <literal>#define</literal> C pre-processor directive for
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<replaceable>SYMBOL</replaceable> and its given <replaceable>VALUE</replaceable>,
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or "1" if the value is unset. You can use this option multiple times; if you do,
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all the symbols will be defined in the same order given on the command line, before
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the symbols undefined using the <option>-U</option> option. This option is only
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useful when using the <option>--body</option> option.
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>-U <replaceable>SYMBOL</replaceable></option></term>
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<listitem><para>
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Adds a <literal>#undef</literal> C pre-processor directive to undefine the
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given <replaceable>SYMBOL</replaceable>. You can use this option multiple times;
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if you do, all the symbols will be undefined in the same order given on the
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command line, after the symbols defined using the <option>-D</option> option.
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This option is only useful when using the <option>--body</option> option.
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>--quiet</option></term>
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<listitem><para>
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Minimizes the output of <command>glib-genmarshal</command>, by printing only
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warnings and errors. This option is mutually exclusive with the
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<option>--verbose</option> option.
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>--verbose</option></term>
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<listitem><para>
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Increases the verbosity of <command>glib-genmarshal</command>, by printing
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debugging information. This option is mutually exclusive with the
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<option>--quiet</option> option.
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1><title>Using <command>glib-genmarshal</command> with Meson</title>
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<para>
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Meson supports generating closure marshallers using <command>glib-genmarshal</command>
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out of the box in its "gnome" module.
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</para>
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<para>
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In your <filename>meson.build</filename> file you will typically call the
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<literal>gnome.genmarshal()</literal> method with the source list of marshallers
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to generate:
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</para>
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<informalexample><programlisting>
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gnome = import('gnome')
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marshal_files = gnome.genmarshal('marshal',
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sources: 'marshal.list',
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internal: true,
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)
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</programlisting></informalexample>
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<para>
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The <literal>marshal_files</literal> variable will contain an array of two elements
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in the following order:
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</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para>a build target for the source file</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>a build target for the header file</para></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<para>
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You should use the returned objects to provide a dependency on every other
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build target that references the source or header file; for instance, if you
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are using the source to build a library:
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</para>
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<informalexample><programlisting>
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mainlib = library('project',
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sources: project_sources + marshal_files,
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...
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)
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</programlisting></informalexample>
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<para>
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Additionally, if you are including the generated header file inside a build
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target that depends on the library you just built, you must ensure that the
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internal dependency includes the generated header as a required source file:
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</para>
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<informalexample><programlisting>
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mainlib_dep = declare_dependency(sources: marshal_files[1], link_with: mainlib)
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</programlisting></informalexample>
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<para>
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You should not include the generated source file as well, otherwise it will
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be built separately for every target that depends on it, causing build
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failures. To know more about why all this is required, please refer to the
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<ulink url="https://mesonbuild.com/FAQ.html#how-do-i-tell-meson-that-my-sources-use-generated-headers">
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corresponding Meson FAQ entry</ulink>.
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</para>
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<para>
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For more information on how to use the method, see the
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<ulink url="https://mesonbuild.com/Gnome-module.html#gnomegenmarshal">Meson
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documentation for <literal>gnome.genmarshal()</literal></ulink>.
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</para>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1><title>Using <command>glib-genmarshal</command> with Autotools</title>
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<para>
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In order to use <command>glib-genmarshal</command> in your project when using
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Autotools as the build system, you will first need to modify your
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<filename>configure.ac</filename> file to ensure you find the appropriate
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command using <command>pkg-config</command>, similarly as to how you discover
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the compiler and linker flags for GLib.
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</para>
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<informalexample><programlisting>
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PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG([0.28])
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PKG_CHECK_VAR([GLIB_GENMARSHAL], [glib-2.0], [glib_genmarshal])
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</programlisting></informalexample>
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<para>
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In your <filename>Makefile.am</filename> file you will typically need very
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simple rules to generate the C files needed for the build.
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</para>
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<informalexample><programlisting>
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marshal.h: marshal.list
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$(AM_V_GEN)$(GLIB_GENMARSHAL) \
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--header \
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--output=$@ \
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$<
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marshal.c: marshal.list marshal.h
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$(AM_V_GEN)$(GLIB_GENMARSHAL) \
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--include-header=marshal.h \
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--body \
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--output=$@ \
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$<
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BUILT_SOURCES += marshal.h marshal.c
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CLEANFILES += marshal.h marshal.c
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EXTRA_DIST += marshal.list
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</programlisting></informalexample>
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<para>
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In the example above, the first rule generates the header file and depends on
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a <filename>marshal.list</filename> file in order to regenerate the result in
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case the marshallers list is updated. The second rule generates the source file
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for the same <filename>marshal.list</filename>, and includes the file generated
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by the header rule.
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</para>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1><title>Example</title>
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<para>
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To generate marshallers for the following callback functions:
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</para>
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<informalexample><programlisting>
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void foo (gpointer data1,
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gpointer data2);
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void bar (gpointer data1,
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gint param1,
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gpointer data2);
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gfloat baz (gpointer data1,
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gboolean param1,
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guchar param2,
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gpointer data2);
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</programlisting></informalexample>
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<para>
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The <filename>marshaller.list</filename> file has to look like this:
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</para>
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<programlisting>
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VOID:VOID
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VOID:INT
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FLOAT:BOOLEAN,UCHAR
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</programlisting>
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<para>
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and you call glib-genmarshal like this:
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</para>
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<programlisting>
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glib-genmarshal --header marshaller.list > marshaller.h
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glib-genmarshal --body marshaller.list > marshaller.c
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</programlisting>
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<para>
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The generated marshallers have the arguments encoded in their function name.
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For this particular list, they are
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</para>
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<programlisting>
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g_cclosure_user_marshal_VOID__VOID(...),
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g_cclosure_user_marshal_VOID__INT(...),
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g_cclosure_user_marshal_FLOAT__BOOLEAN_UCHAR(...).
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</programlisting>
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<para>
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They can be used directly for GClosures or be passed in as the
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GSignalCMarshaller c_marshaller; argument upon creation of signals:
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</para>
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<informalexample><programlisting>
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GClosure *cc_foo, *cc_bar, *cc_baz;
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cc_foo = g_cclosure_new (NULL, foo, NULL);
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g_closure_set_marshal (cc_foo, g_cclosure_user_marshal_VOID__VOID);
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cc_bar = g_cclosure_new (NULL, bar, NULL);
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g_closure_set_marshal (cc_bar, g_cclosure_user_marshal_VOID__INT);
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cc_baz = g_cclosure_new (NULL, baz, NULL);
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g_closure_set_marshal (cc_baz, g_cclosure_user_marshal_FLOAT__BOOLEAN_UCHAR);
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</programlisting></informalexample>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1><title>See also</title>
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<para>
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<citerefentry>
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<refentrytitle>glib-mkenums</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
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</citerefentry>
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</para>
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</refsect1>
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</refentry>
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