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authorStephen Kelly <steveire@gmail.com>2014-02-03 13:20:42 (GMT)
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Help: Mark up the buildsystem commands documentation
Cross-link to the cmake-buildsystem manual.
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@@ -7,13 +7,21 @@ Adds -D define flags to the compilation of source files.
add_definitions(-DFOO -DBAR ...)
-Adds flags to the compiler command line for sources in the current
+Adds definitions to the compiler command line for sources in the current
directory and below. This command can be used to add any flags, but
-it was originally intended to add preprocessor definitions. Flags
+it is intended to add preprocessor definitions. Flags
beginning in -D or /D that look like preprocessor definitions are
-automatically added to the COMPILE_DEFINITIONS property for the
-current directory. Definitions with non-trivial values may be left in
-the set of flags instead of being converted for reasons of backwards
-compatibility. See documentation of the directory, target, and source
-file COMPILE_DEFINITIONS properties for details on adding preprocessor
-definitions to specific scopes and configurations.
+automatically added to the :prop_dir:`COMPILE_DEFINITIONS` directory
+property for the current directory. Definitions with non-trivial values
+may be left in the set of flags instead of being converted for reasons of
+backwards compatibility. See documentation of the
+:prop_dir:`directory <COMPILE_DEFINITIONS>`,
+:prop_tgt:`target <COMPILE_DEFINITIONS>`,
+:prop_sf:`source file <COMPILE_DEFINITIONS>` ``COMPILE_DEFINITIONS``
+properties for details on adding preprocessor definitions to specific
+scopes and configurations.
+
+Arguments to ``add_definitions`` may use "generator expressions" with
+the syntax "$<...>". See the :manual:`cmake-generator-expressions(7)`
+manual for available expressions. See the :manual:`cmake-buildsystem(7)`
+manual for more on defining buildsystem properties.