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diff --git a/Help/command/set_property.rst b/Help/command/set_property.rst index 5ed788e..c89e1ce 100644 --- a/Help/command/set_property.rst +++ b/Help/command/set_property.rst @@ -59,11 +59,17 @@ be one of the following: The required ``PROPERTY`` option is immediately followed by the name of the property to set. Remaining arguments are used to compose the -property value in the form of a semicolon-separated list. If the -``APPEND`` option is given the list is appended to any existing property -value. If the ``APPEND_STRING`` option is given the string is append to any -existing property value as string, i.e. it results in a longer string -and not a list of strings. +property value in the form of a semicolon-separated list. + +If the ``APPEND`` option is given the list is appended to any existing +property value. If the ``APPEND_STRING`` option is given the string is +appended to any existing property value as string, i.e. it results in a +longer string and not a list of strings. When using ``APPEND`` or +``APPEND_STRING`` with a property defined to support ``INHERITED`` +behavior (see :command:`define_property`), no inheriting occurs when +finding the initial value to append to. If the property is not already +directly set in the nominated scope, the command will behave as though +``APPEND`` or ``APPEND_STRING`` had not been given. See the :manual:`cmake-properties(7)` manual for a list of properties in each scope. |