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diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/build-target-found.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/build-target-found.md
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-## New `build target` methods
-
-The [`build target` object](Reference-manual.md#build-target-object) now supports
-the following two functions, to ensure feature compatebility with
-[`external program` objects](Reference-manual.html#external-program-object):
-
-- `found()`: Always returns `true`. This function is meant
-  to make executables objects feature compatible with
-  `external program` objects. This simplifies
-  use-cases where an executable is used instead of an external program.
-
-- `path()`: **(deprecated)** does the exact same as `full_path()`.
-  **NOTE:** This function is solely kept for compatebility
-  with `external program` objects. It will be
-  removed once the, also deprecated, corresponding `path()` function in the
-  `external program` object is removed.
diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/compiler_argument_checking.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/compiler_argument_checking.md
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-## Compiler argument checking for `get_supported_arguments`
-
-The compiler method `get_supported_arguments` now supports
-a new keyword argument named `checked` that can be set to
-one of `warn`, `require` or `off` (defaults to `off`) to
-enforce argument checks.
diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/custom-target-feed.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/custom-target-feed.md
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-## The custom_target() function now accepts a feed argument
-
-It is now possible to provide a `feed: true` argument to `custom_target()` to
-pipe the target's input file to the program's standard input.
diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/first-class-cython.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/first-class-cython.md
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-## Cython as as first class language
-
-Meson now supports Cython as a first class language. This means you can write:
-
-```meson
-project('my project', 'cython')
-
-py = import('python').find_installation()
-dep_py = py.dependency()
-
-py.extension_module(
-    'foo',
-    'foo.pyx',
-    dependencies : dep_py,
-)
-```
-
-And avoid the step through a generator that was previously required.
diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/fs-module-accepts-files.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/fs-module-accepts-files.md
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-## Fs Module now accepts files objects
-
-It is now possible to define a `files()` object and run most Fs module
-functions on the file, rather than passing a string and hoping it is in the
-same directory.
-
diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/gnome.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/gnome.md
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-## `gnome.compile_schemas()` sets `GSETTINGS_SCHEMA_DIR` into devenv
-
-When using `gnome.compile_schemas()` the location of the compiled schema is
-added to `GSETTINGS_SCHEMA_DIR` environment variable when using
-[`meson devenv`](Commands.md#devenv) command.
-
-## `update_desktop_database` added to `gnome.post_install()`
-
-Applications that install a `.desktop` file containing a `MimeType` need to update
-the cache upon installation. Most applications do that using a custom script,
-but it can now be done by Meson directly.
-
-See [`gnome.post_install()`](Gnome-module.md#gnomepost_install).
diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/intl-dependency.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/intl-dependency.md
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-## New custom dependency for libintl
-
-Meson can now find the library needed for translating messages via gettext.
-This works both on systems where libc provides gettext, such as GNU or musl,
-and on systems where the gettext project's standalone intl support library is
-required, such as macOS.
-
-Rather than doing something such as:
-
-```
-intl_dep = dependency('', required: false)
-
-if cc.has_function('ngettext')
-  intl_found = true
-else
-  intl_dep = cc.find_library('intl', required: false)
-  intl_found = intl_dep.found()
-endif
-
-if intl_found
-  # build options that need gettext
-  conf.set('ENABLE_NLS', 1)
-endif
-```
-  
-one may simply use:
-
-```
-intl_dep = dependency('intl')
-
-if intl_dep.found()
-  # build options that need gettext
-  conf.set('ENABLE_NLS', 1)
-endif
-```
diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/newvsbackends.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/newvsbackends.md
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-## New `vs2012` and `vs2013` backend options
-
-Adds the ability to generate Visual Studio 2012 and 2013 projects.  This is an
-extension to the existing Visual Studio 2010 projects so that it is no longer
-required to manually upgrade the generated Visual Studio 2010 projects.
-
-Generating Visual Studio 2010 projects has also been fixed since its developer
-command prompt does not provide a `%VisualStudioVersion%` envvar.
-
-## Developer environment
-
-Expand the support for the `link_whole:` project option for pre-Visual Studio 2015
-Update 2, where previously Visual Studio 2015 Update 2 or later was required for
-this, for the Ninja backend as well as the vs2010 (as well as the newly-added
-vs2012 and vs2013 backends).
diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/objcversion.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/objcversion.md
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-## Objective C/C++ standard versions
-
-Objective C and C++ compilations will from now on use the language
-versions set in `c_std` and `cpp_std`, respectively. It is not
-possible to set the language version separately for Objective C and
-plain C.
diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/pkgconfig_var_escaping.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/pkgconfig_var_escaping.md
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-## Unescaped variables in pkgconfig files
-
-Spaces in variable values are escaped with `\`, this is required in the case the
-value is a path that and is used in `cflags` or `libs` arguments. This was an
-undocumented behaviour that caused issues in the case the variable is a space
-separated list of items.
-
-For backward compatibility reasons this behaviour could not be changed, new
-keyword arguments have thus been added: `unescaped_variables` and
-`unescaped_uninstalled_variables`.
-
-```meson
-pkg = import('pkgconfig')
-...
-pkg.generate(lib,
-  variables: {
-    'mypath': '/path/with spaces/are/escaped',
-  },
-  unescaped_variables: {
-    'mylist': 'Hello World Is Not Escaped',
-  },
-)
-```
diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/qt_preprocess_separate.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/qt_preprocess_separate.md
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-## Separate functions for qt preprocess
-
-`qt.preprocess` is a large, complicated function that does a lot of things,
-a new set of `compile_*` functions have been provided as well. These are
-conceptually simpler, as they do a single thing.
diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/qt_preprocessed_varargs_deprecated.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/qt_preprocessed_varargs_deprecated.md
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-## Qt.preprocess source arguments deprecated
-
-The `qt.preprocess` method currently has this signature:
-`qt.preprocess(name: str | None, *srcs: str)`, this is not a nice signature
-because it's confusing, and there's a `sources` keyword argument as well.
-Both of these pass sources through unmodified, this is a bit of a historical
-accident, and not the way that any other module works. These have been
-deprecated, so instead of:
-```meson
-sources = qt.preprocess(
-    name,
-    list, of, sources,
-    sources : [more, sources],
-    ... # things to process,
-)
-
-executable(
-    'foo',
-    sources,
-)
-```
-use
-```meson
-processed = qt.preprocess(
-    name,
-    ... # thins to process
-)
-
-executable(
-    'foo',
-    'list', 'of', 'sources', 'more', 'sources', processed,
-)
-```
diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/required_and_disabled_import.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/required_and_disabled_import.md
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-## The `import()` function gains `required` and `disabler` arguments
-
-In addition, modules now have a `found()` method, like programs and
-dependencies. This allows them to be conditionally required, and used in most
-places that an object with a `found()` method can be.
diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/subprojects_command_parallel.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/subprojects_command_parallel.md
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-## Parallelized `meson subprojects` commands
-
-All `meson subprojects` commands are now run on each subproject in parallel by
-default. The number of processes can be controlled with `--num-processes`
-argument.
-
-This speeds up considerably IO-bound operations such as downloads and git fetch.
diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/vala-no-longer-requires-c.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/vala-no-longer-requires-c.md
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-## Using Vala no longer requires C in the project languages
-
-Meson will now add C automatically. Since the use of C is an implementation
-detail of Vala, Meson shouldn't require users to add it.
diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/vsenv.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/vsenv.md
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-## Automatically set up Visual Studio environment
-
-When Meson is run on Windows it will automatically set up the
-environment to use Visual Studio if no other compiler toolchain
-can be detected. This means that you can run Meson commands from
-any command prompt or directly from any IDE. This sets up the
-64 bit native environment. If you need any other, then you
-need to set it up manually as before.
diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/wrc.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/wrc.md
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-## Support for the Wine Resource Compiler
-
-Users can now choose `wrc` as the `windres` binary in their cross files and
-`windows.compile_resources` will handle it correctly. Together with `winegcc`
-patches in Wine 6.12 this enables basic support for compiling projects as a
-winelib by specifying `winegcc`/`wineg++` as the compiler and `wrc` as the
-resource compiler in a cross file.