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diff --git a/Help/prop_tgt/AUTOMOC_MACRO_NAMES.rst b/Help/prop_tgt/AUTOMOC_MACRO_NAMES.rst index 0639bc8..0535fde 100644 --- a/Help/prop_tgt/AUTOMOC_MACRO_NAMES.rst +++ b/Help/prop_tgt/AUTOMOC_MACRO_NAMES.rst @@ -1,20 +1,23 @@ AUTOMOC_MACRO_NAMES ------------------- -Additional macro names used by :prop_tgt:`AUTOMOC` -to determine if a C++ file needs to be processed by ``moc``. +A :ref:`;-list <CMake Language Lists>` list of macro names used by +:prop_tgt:`AUTOMOC` to determine if a C++ file needs to be processed by ``moc``. This property is only used if the :prop_tgt:`AUTOMOC` property is ``ON`` for this target. -CMake searches for the strings ``Q_OBJECT`` and ``Q_GADGET`` to -determine if a file needs to be processed by ``moc``. -:prop_tgt:`AUTOMOC_MACRO_NAMES` allows to add additional strings to the -search list. This is useful for cases where the ``Q_OBJECT`` or ``Q_GADGET`` -macro is hidden inside another macro. +When running :prop_tgt:`AUTOMOC`, CMake searches for the strings listed in +:prop_tgt:`AUTOMOC_MACRO_NAMES` in C++ source and header files. +If any of the strings is found + +- as the first non space string on a new line or +- as the first non space string after a ``{`` on a new line, + +then the file will be processed by ``moc``. By default :prop_tgt:`AUTOMOC_MACRO_NAMES` is initialized from -:variable:`CMAKE_AUTOMOC_MACRO_NAMES`, which is empty by default. +:variable:`CMAKE_AUTOMOC_MACRO_NAMES`. See the :manual:`cmake-qt(7)` manual for more information on using CMake with Qt. @@ -25,4 +28,4 @@ In this case the the ``Q_OBJECT`` macro is hidden inside an other macro called ``CUSTOM_MACRO``. To let CMake know that source files, that contain ``CUSTOM_MACRO``, need to be ``moc`` processed, we call:: - set_property(TARGET tgt PROPERTY AUTOMOC_MACRO_NAMES "CUSTOM_MACRO") + set_property(TARGET tgt APPEND PROPERTY AUTOMOC_MACRO_NAMES "CUSTOM_MACRO") |