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-rw-r--r--Help/command/build_command.rst2
-rw-r--r--Help/command/cmake_parse_arguments.rst14
-rw-r--r--Help/command/install.rst19
-rw-r--r--Help/command/list.rst39
4 files changed, 62 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/Help/command/build_command.rst b/Help/command/build_command.rst
index b83edaf..6659005 100644
--- a/Help/command/build_command.rst
+++ b/Help/command/build_command.rst
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ This is mainly intended for internal use by the :module:`CTest` module.
Sets the given ``<variable>`` to a command-line string of the form::
- <cmake> --build . [--config <config>] [--target <target>] [-- -i]
+ <cmake> --build . [--config <config>] [--target <target>...] [-- -i]
where ``<cmake>`` is the location of the :manual:`cmake(1)` command-line
tool, and ``<config>`` and ``<target>`` are the values provided to the
diff --git a/Help/command/cmake_parse_arguments.rst b/Help/command/cmake_parse_arguments.rst
index c8327e2..196d90f 100644
--- a/Help/command/cmake_parse_arguments.rst
+++ b/Help/command/cmake_parse_arguments.rst
@@ -59,6 +59,11 @@ All remaining arguments are collected in a variable
where recognized. This can be checked afterwards to see
whether your macro was called with unrecognized parameters.
+``<one_value_keywords>`` and ``<multi_value_keywords>`` that where given no
+values at all are collected in a variable ``<prefix>_KEYWORDS_MISSING_VALUES``
+that will be undefined if all keywords received values. This can be checked
+to see if there where keywords without any values given.
+
As an example here a ``my_install()`` macro, which takes similar arguments
as the real :command:`install` command:
@@ -77,7 +82,7 @@ Assume ``my_install()`` has been called like this:
.. code-block:: cmake
- my_install(TARGETS foo bar DESTINATION bin OPTIONAL blub)
+ my_install(TARGETS foo bar DESTINATION bin OPTIONAL blub CONFIGURATIONS)
After the ``cmake_parse_arguments`` call the macro will have set or undefined
the following variables::
@@ -89,6 +94,8 @@ the following variables::
MY_INSTALL_TARGETS = "foo;bar"
MY_INSTALL_CONFIGURATIONS <UNDEFINED> # was not used
MY_INSTALL_UNPARSED_ARGUMENTS = "blub" # nothing expected after "OPTIONAL"
+ MY_INSTALL_KEYWORDS_MISSING_VALUES = "CONFIGURATIONS"
+ # No value for "CONFIGURATIONS" given
You can then continue and process these variables.
@@ -97,5 +104,6 @@ one_value_keyword another recognized keyword follows, this is
interpreted as the beginning of the new option. E.g.
``my_install(TARGETS foo DESTINATION OPTIONAL)`` would result in
``MY_INSTALL_DESTINATION`` set to ``"OPTIONAL"``, but as ``OPTIONAL``
-is a keyword itself ``MY_INSTALL_DESTINATION`` will be empty and
-``MY_INSTALL_OPTIONAL`` will therefore be set to ``TRUE``.
+is a keyword itself ``MY_INSTALL_DESTINATION`` will be empty (but added
+to ``MY_INSTALL_KEYWORDS_MISSING_VALUES``) and ``MY_INSTALL_OPTIONAL`` will
+therefore be set to ``TRUE``.
diff --git a/Help/command/install.rst b/Help/command/install.rst
index 6910d6d..a4cee71 100644
--- a/Help/command/install.rst
+++ b/Help/command/install.rst
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ Windows platforms are unaffected.
Installing Targets
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+.. _`install(TARGETS)`:
.. _TARGETS:
.. code-block:: cmake
@@ -288,18 +289,20 @@ the following additional arguments:
is not recommended to use ``NAMELINK_SKIP`` in conjunction with
``NAMELINK_COMPONENT``.
-The ``install(TARGETS)`` command can also accept the following options at the
+The `install(TARGETS)`_ command can also accept the following options at the
top level:
``EXPORT``
This option associates the installed target files with an export called
``<export-name>``. It must appear before any target options. To actually
- install the export file itself, call ``install(EXPORT)``, documented below.
+ install the export file itself, call `install(EXPORT)`_, documented below.
+ See documentation of the :prop_tgt:`EXPORT_NAME` target property to change
+ the name of the exported target.
``INCLUDES DESTINATION``
This option specifies a list of directories which will be added to the
:prop_tgt:`INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES` target property of the
- ``<targets>`` when exported by the :command:`install(EXPORT)` command. If a
+ ``<targets>`` when exported by the `install(EXPORT)`_ command. If a
relative path is specified, it is treated as relative to the
``$<INSTALL_PREFIX>``.
@@ -333,7 +336,7 @@ targets that link to the object libraries in their implementation.
Installing a target with the :prop_tgt:`EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL` target property
set to ``TRUE`` has undefined behavior.
-:command:`install(TARGETS)` can install targets that were created in
+`install(TARGETS)`_ can install targets that were created in
other directories. When using such cross-directory install rules, running
``make install`` (or similar) from a subdirectory will not guarantee that
targets from other directories are up-to-date. You can use
@@ -348,6 +351,8 @@ use "generator expressions" with the syntax ``$<...>``. See the
Installing Files
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+.. _`install(FILES)`:
+.. _`install(PROGRAMS)`:
.. _FILES:
.. _PROGRAMS:
@@ -436,6 +441,7 @@ use "generator expressions" with the syntax ``$<...>``. See the
Installing Directories
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+.. _`install(DIRECTORY)`:
.. _DIRECTORY:
.. code-block:: cmake
@@ -560,6 +566,8 @@ manual for available expressions.
Custom Installation Logic
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+.. _`install(CODE)`:
+.. _`install(SCRIPT)`:
.. _CODE:
.. _SCRIPT:
@@ -589,6 +597,7 @@ name, not the file's contents). See the
Installing Exports
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+.. _`install(EXPORT)`:
.. _EXPORT:
.. code-block:: cmake
@@ -605,7 +614,7 @@ Installing Exports
The ``EXPORT`` form generates and installs a CMake file containing code to
import targets from the installation tree into another project.
Target installations are associated with the export ``<export-name>``
-using the ``EXPORT`` option of the ``install(TARGETS)`` signature
+using the ``EXPORT`` option of the `install(TARGETS)`_ signature
documented above. The ``NAMESPACE`` option will prepend ``<namespace>`` to
the target names as they are written to the import file. By default
the generated file will be called ``<export-name>.cmake`` but the ``FILE``
diff --git a/Help/command/list.rst b/Help/command/list.rst
index bfcdf34..4444af7 100644
--- a/Help/command/list.rst
+++ b/Help/command/list.rst
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ Synopsis
list(`APPEND`_ <list> [<element>...])
list(`FILTER`_ <list> {INCLUDE | EXCLUDE} REGEX <regex>)
list(`INSERT`_ <list> <index> [<element>...])
+ list(`POP_BACK`_ <list> [<out-var>...])
+ list(`POP_FRONT`_ <list> [<out-var>...])
+ list(`PREPEND`_ <list> [<element>...])
list(`REMOVE_ITEM`_ <list> <value>...)
list(`REMOVE_AT`_ <list> <index>...)
list(`REMOVE_DUPLICATES`_ <list>)
@@ -33,8 +36,9 @@ Synopsis
Introduction
^^^^^^^^^^^^
-The list subcommands ``APPEND``, ``INSERT``, ``FILTER``, ``REMOVE_AT``,
-``REMOVE_ITEM``, ``REMOVE_DUPLICATES``, ``REVERSE`` and ``SORT`` may create
+The list subcommands ``APPEND``, ``INSERT``, ``FILTER``, ``PREPEND``,
+``POP_BACK``, ``POP_FRONT``, ``REMOVE_AT``, ``REMOVE_ITEM``,
+``REMOVE_DUPLICATES``, ``REVERSE`` and ``SORT`` may create
new values for the list within the current CMake variable scope. Similar to
the :command:`set` command, the LIST command creates new variable values in
the current scope, even if the list itself is actually defined in a parent
@@ -142,6 +146,34 @@ For more information on regular expressions see also the
Inserts elements to the list to the specified location.
+.. _POP_BACK:
+
+.. code-block:: cmake
+
+ list(POP_BACK <list> [<out-var>...])
+
+If no variable name is given, removes exactly one element. Otherwise,
+assign the last element's value to the given variable and removes it,
+up to the last variable name given.
+
+.. _POP_FRONT:
+
+.. code-block:: cmake
+
+ list(POP_FRONT <list> [<out-var>...])
+
+If no variable name is given, removes exactly one element. Otherwise,
+assign the first element's value to the given variable and removes it,
+up to the last variable name given.
+
+.. _PREPEND:
+
+.. code-block:: cmake
+
+ list(PREPEND <list> [<element> ...])
+
+Insert elements to the 0th position in the list.
+
.. _REMOVE_ITEM:
.. code-block:: cmake
@@ -164,7 +196,8 @@ Removes items at given indices from the list.
list(REMOVE_DUPLICATES <list>)
-Removes duplicated items in the list.
+Removes duplicated items in the list. The relative order of items is preserved,
+but if duplicates are encountered, only the first instance is preserved.
.. _TRANSFORM: