From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Wed Aug 30 17:32:06 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 477F0E0663D for ; Wed, 30 Aug 2017 17:32:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mailrelay10.qsc.de (mailrelay10.qsc.de [212.99.163.152]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "*.antispameurope.com", Issuer "TeleSec ServerPass DE-2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A3D6574903 for ; Wed, 30 Aug 2017 17:32:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mx01.qsc.de ([213.148.129.14]) by mailrelay10.qsc.de; Wed, 30 Aug 2017 19:31:38 +0200 Received: from r56.edvax.de (port-92-195-85-107.dynamic.qsc.de [92.195.85.107]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx01.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3CB5F3CBF9; Wed, 30 Aug 2017 19:31:36 +0200 (CEST) Received: from r56.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r56.edvax.de (8.14.5/8.14.5) with SMTP id v7UHVaPs050972; Wed, 30 Aug 2017 19:31:36 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2017 19:31:36 +0200 From: Polytropon To: Manish Jain Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: Is there any Vala manual available ? Message-Id: <20170830193136.3b247193.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: References: Reply-To: Polytropon Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.1 (GTK+ 2.24.5; i386-portbld-freebsd8.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-cloud-security-sender: freebsd@edvax.de X-cloud-security-recipient: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-cloud-security-Virusscan: CLEAN X-cloud-security-disclaimer: This E-Mail was scanned by E-Mailservice on mailrelay10.qsc.de with 7A9B9683423 X-cloud-security-connect: mx01.qsc.de[213.148.129.14], TLS=1, IP=213.148.129.14 X-cloud-security: scantime:.1543 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2017 17:32:06 -0000 On Wed, 30 Aug 2017 16:26:11 +0000, Manish Jain wrote: > I am trying to pick up proficiency in Vala, and am wondering if Vala has > some technical documentation, something like MSDN help for VC++/VB. > > I often need to check out signatures of API functions ( e.g. > Thread.Create() ), and am having to resort to google searches and > trial-and-error - which surely is not a pleasant thing. > > I installed DevHelp which seems to be just the thing I needed. It has > documentation for almost all programming areas and even has a section > titled Vala Reference. The Vala section, however, is entirely empty. Maybe this helps: https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Vala/Documentation But note the first paragraph: We're still working on documenting the whole language. The current draft can be found at Manual. It covers most of the language and is heavily annotated, but may contain mistakes. Probably not really what you're looking for (like something with a "statement index")... http://www.vala-project.org/doc/vala/ https://valadoc.org/ It seems that documentation is not a top priority. ;-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...