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diff --git a/Source/cmTarget.cxx b/Source/cmTarget.cxx
index 6a937b8..1a68cee 100644
--- a/Source/cmTarget.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmTarget.cxx
@@ -323,7 +323,8 @@ void cmTarget::DefineProperties(cmake *cm)
cm->DefineProperty
("IMPORTED_CONFIGURATIONS", cmProperty::TARGET,
"Configurations provided for an IMPORTED target.",
- "Lists configuration names available for an IMPORTED target. "
+ "Set this to the list of configuration names available for an "
+ "IMPORTED target. "
"The names correspond to configurations defined in the project from "
"which the target is imported. "
"If the importing project uses a different set of configurations "
@@ -334,14 +335,12 @@ void cmTarget::DefineProperties(cmake *cm)
cm->DefineProperty
("IMPORTED_IMPLIB", cmProperty::TARGET,
"Full path to the import library for an IMPORTED target.",
- "Specifies the location of the \".lib\" part of a windows DLL. "
+ "Set this to the location of the \".lib\" part of a windows DLL. "
"Ignored for non-imported targets.");
cm->DefineProperty
("IMPORTED_IMPLIB_<CONFIG>", cmProperty::TARGET,
- "Per-configuration version of IMPORTED_IMPLIB property.",
- "This property is used when loading settings for the <CONFIG> "
- "configuration of an imported target. "
+ "<CONFIG>-specific version of IMPORTED_IMPLIB property.",
"Configuration names correspond to those provided by the project "
"from which the target is imported.");
@@ -351,8 +350,10 @@ void cmTarget::DefineProperties(cmake *cm)
"Shared libraries may be linked to other shared libraries as part "
"of their implementation. On some platforms the linker searches "
"for the dependent libraries of shared libraries they are including "
- "in the link. This property lists "
- "the dependent shared libraries of an imported library. The list "
+ "in the link. "
+ "Set this property to the list of dependent shared libraries of an "
+ "imported library. "
+ "The list "
"should be disjoint from the list of interface libraries in the "
"IMPORTED_LINK_INTERFACE_LIBRARIES property. On platforms requiring "
"dependent shared libraries to be found at link time CMake uses this "
@@ -361,9 +362,7 @@ void cmTarget::DefineProperties(cmake *cm)
cm->DefineProperty
("IMPORTED_LINK_DEPENDENT_LIBRARIES_<CONFIG>", cmProperty::TARGET,
- "Per-configuration version of IMPORTED_LINK_DEPENDENT_LIBRARIES.",
- "This property is used when loading settings for the <CONFIG> "
- "configuration of an imported target. "
+ "<CONFIG>-specific version of IMPORTED_LINK_DEPENDENT_LIBRARIES.",
"Configuration names correspond to those provided by the project "
"from which the target is imported. "
"If set, this property completely overrides the generic property "
@@ -372,8 +371,8 @@ void cmTarget::DefineProperties(cmake *cm)
cm->DefineProperty
("IMPORTED_LINK_INTERFACE_LIBRARIES", cmProperty::TARGET,
"Transitive link interface of an IMPORTED target.",
- "Lists libraries whose interface is included when an IMPORTED library "
- "target is linked to another target. "
+ "Set this to the list of libraries whose interface is included when "
+ "an IMPORTED library target is linked to another target. "
"The libraries will be included on the link line for the target. "
"Unlike the LINK_INTERFACE_LIBRARIES property, this property applies "
"to all imported target types, including STATIC libraries. "
@@ -381,9 +380,7 @@ void cmTarget::DefineProperties(cmake *cm)
cm->DefineProperty
("IMPORTED_LINK_INTERFACE_LIBRARIES_<CONFIG>", cmProperty::TARGET,
- "Per-configuration version of IMPORTED_LINK_INTERFACE_LIBRARIES.",
- "This property is used when loading settings for the <CONFIG> "
- "configuration of an imported target. "
+ "<CONFIG>-specific version of IMPORTED_LINK_INTERFACE_LIBRARIES.",
"Configuration names correspond to those provided by the project "
"from which the target is imported. "
"If set, this property completely overrides the generic property "
@@ -392,8 +389,8 @@ void cmTarget::DefineProperties(cmake *cm)
cm->DefineProperty
("IMPORTED_LINK_INTERFACE_LANGUAGES", cmProperty::TARGET,
"Languages compiled into an IMPORTED static library.",
- "Lists languages of soure files compiled to produce a STATIC IMPORTED "
- "library (such as \"C\" or \"CXX\"). "
+ "Set this to the list of languages of source files compiled to "
+ "produce a STATIC IMPORTED library (such as \"C\" or \"CXX\"). "
"CMake accounts for these languages when computing how to link a "
"target to the imported library. "
"For example, when a C executable links to an imported C++ static "
@@ -405,9 +402,7 @@ void cmTarget::DefineProperties(cmake *cm)
cm->DefineProperty
("IMPORTED_LINK_INTERFACE_LANGUAGES_<CONFIG>", cmProperty::TARGET,
- "Per-configuration version of IMPORTED_LINK_INTERFACE_LANGUAGES.",
- "This property is used when loading settings for the <CONFIG> "
- "configuration of an imported target. "
+ "<CONFIG>-specific version of IMPORTED_LINK_INTERFACE_LANGUAGES.",
"Configuration names correspond to those provided by the project "
"from which the target is imported. "
"If set, this property completely overrides the generic property "
@@ -419,16 +414,14 @@ void cmTarget::DefineProperties(cmake *cm)
"This is LINK_INTERFACE_MULTIPLICITY for IMPORTED targets.");
cm->DefineProperty
("IMPORTED_LINK_INTERFACE_MULTIPLICITY_<CONFIG>", cmProperty::TARGET,
- "Per-configuration repetition count for cycles of IMPORTED archives.",
- "This is the configuration-specific version of "
- "IMPORTED_LINK_INTERFACE_MULTIPLICITY. "
+ "<CONFIG>-specific version of IMPORTED_LINK_INTERFACE_MULTIPLICITY.",
"If set, this property completely overrides the generic property "
"for the named configuration.");
cm->DefineProperty
("IMPORTED_LOCATION", cmProperty::TARGET,
"Full path to the main file on disk for an IMPORTED target.",
- "Specifies the location of an IMPORTED target file on disk. "
+ "Set this to the location of an IMPORTED target file on disk. "
"For executables this is the location of the executable file. "
"For bundles on OS X this is the location of the executable file "
"inside Contents/MacOS under the application bundle folder. "
@@ -440,28 +433,29 @@ void cmTarget::DefineProperties(cmake *cm)
"symlink just inside the framework folder. "
"For DLLs this is the location of the \".dll\" part of the library. "
"For UNKNOWN libraries this is the location of the file to be linked. "
- "Ignored for non-imported targets.");
+ "Ignored for non-imported targets."
+ "\n"
+ "Projects may skip IMPORTED_LOCATION if the configuration-specific "
+ "property IMPORTED_LOCATION_<CONFIG> is set. "
+ "To get the location of an imported target read one of the "
+ "LOCATION or LOCATION_<CONFIG> properties.");
cm->DefineProperty
("IMPORTED_LOCATION_<CONFIG>", cmProperty::TARGET,
- "Per-configuration version of IMPORTED_LOCATION property.",
- "This property is used when loading settings for the <CONFIG> "
- "configuration of an imported target. "
+ "<CONFIG>-specific version of IMPORTED_LOCATION property.",
"Configuration names correspond to those provided by the project "
"from which the target is imported.");
cm->DefineProperty
("IMPORTED_SONAME", cmProperty::TARGET,
"The \"soname\" of an IMPORTED target of shared library type.",
- "Specifies the \"soname\" embedded in an imported shared library. "
+ "Set this to the \"soname\" embedded in an imported shared library. "
"This is meaningful only on platforms supporting the feature. "
"Ignored for non-imported targets.");
cm->DefineProperty
("IMPORTED_SONAME_<CONFIG>", cmProperty::TARGET,
- "Per-configuration version of IMPORTED_SONAME property.",
- "This property is used when loading settings for the <CONFIG> "
- "configuration of an imported target. "
+ "<CONFIG>-specific version of IMPORTED_SONAME property.",
"Configuration names correspond to those provided by the project "
"from which the target is imported.");
@@ -477,9 +471,7 @@ void cmTarget::DefineProperties(cmake *cm)
cm->DefineProperty
("IMPORTED_NO_SONAME_<CONFIG>", cmProperty::TARGET,
- "Per-configuration version of IMPORTED_NO_SONAME property.",
- "This property is used when loading settings for the <CONFIG> "
- "configuration of an imported target. "
+ "<CONFIG>-specific version of IMPORTED_NO_SONAME property.",
"Configuration names correspond to those provided by the project "
"from which the target is imported.");
@@ -685,8 +677,8 @@ void cmTarget::DefineProperties(cmake *cm)
cm->DefineProperty
("MAP_IMPORTED_CONFIG_<CONFIG>", cmProperty::TARGET,
"Map from project configuration to IMPORTED target's configuration.",
- "List configurations of an imported target that may be used for "
- "the current project's <CONFIG> configuration. "
+ "Set this to the list of configurations of an imported target that "
+ "may be used for the current project's <CONFIG> configuration. "
"Targets imported from another project may not provide the same set "
"of configuration names available in the current project. "
"Setting this property tells CMake what imported configurations are "