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diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/Cross_compilation_with_C2000_toolchain_supports_CLA_files.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/Cross_compilation_with_C2000_toolchain_supports_CLA_files.md
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-## Added support for CLA sources when cross-compiling with the C2000 toolchain
-
-Support for CLA sources has been added for cross-compilation with the C2000 toolchain.
diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/comp_error.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/comp_error.md
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-## Comparing two objects with different types is now an error
-
-Using the `==` and `!=` operators to compare objects of different (for instance
-`[1] == 1`) types was deprecated and undefined behavior since 0.45.0 and is
-now a hard error.
diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/custom_target_name.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/custom_target_name.md
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-## Optional `custom_target()` name
-
-The name argument is now optional and defaults to the basename of the first
-output.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/cython-c++-intermediate.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/cython-c++-intermediate.md
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-## Cython can now transpile to C++ as an intermediate language
-
-Built-in cython support currently only allows C as an intermediate language, now
-C++ is also allowed. This can be set via the `cython_language` option, either on
-the command line, or in the meson.build files.
-
-```meson
-project(
-  'myproject',
-  'cython',
-  default_options : ['cython_language=cpp'],
-)
-```
-
-or on a per target basis with:
-```meson
-python.extension_module(
-  'mod',
-  'mod.pyx',
-  override_options : ['cython_language=cpp'],
-)
-```
diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/dependency_names.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/dependency_names.md
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-## Dependencies with multiple names
-
-More than one name can now be passed to `dependency()`, they will be tried in order
-and the first name to be found will be used. The fallback subproject will be
-used only if none of the names are found on the system. Once one of the name has
-been found, all other names are added into the cache so subsequent calls for any
-of those name will return the same value. This is useful in case a dependency
-could have different names, such as `png` and `libpng`.
diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/deprecated_option.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/deprecated_option.md
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@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-## Deprecated project options
-
-Project options declared in `meson_options.txt` can now be marked as deprecated
-and Meson will warn when user sets a value to it. It is also possible to deprecate
-only some of the choices, and map deprecated values to a new value.
-
-```meson
-# Option fully deprecated, it warns when any value is set.
-option('o1', type: 'boolean', deprecated: true)
-
-# One of the choices is deprecated, it warns only when 'a' is in the list of values.
-option('o2', type: 'array', choices: ['a', 'b'], deprecated: ['a'])
-
-# One of the choices is deprecated, it warns only when 'a' is in the list of values
-# and replace it by 'c'.
-option('o3', type: 'array', choices: ['a', 'b', 'c'], deprecated: {'a': 'c'})
-
-# A boolean option has been replaced by a feature, old true/false values are remapped.
-option('o4', type: 'feature', deprecated: {'true': 'enabled', 'false': 'disabled'})
-
-# A feature option has been replaced by a boolean, enabled/disabled/auto values are remapped.
-option('o5', type: 'boolean', deprecated: {'enabled': 'true', 'disabled': 'false', 'auto': 'false'})
-```
diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/gnome_yelp_sources.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/gnome_yelp_sources.md
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-## gnome.yelp variadic argument deprecation
-
-`gnome.yelp` previously allowed sources to be passed either as variadic
-arguments or as a keyword argument. If the keyword argument was given the
-variadic arguments would be silently ignored. This has changed in 0.60.0, the
-variadic form has been deprecated, and a warning is printed if both are given.
diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/i18n-return.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/i18n-return.md
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@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-## i18n module now returns gettext targets
-
-`r = i18n.gettext('mydomain')` will now provide access to:
-- a list of built .mo files
-- the mydomain-pot maintainer target which updates .pot files
-- the mydomain-update-po maintainer target which updates .po files
diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/iconv-dependency.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/iconv-dependency.md
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@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-## New custom dependency for iconv
-
-```
-dependency('iconv')
-```
-
-will now check for the functionality of libiconv.so, but first check if it is
-provided in the libc (for example in glibc or musl libc on Linux).
diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/install_emptydir.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/install_emptydir.md
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index baedf58..0000000
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@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-## install_emptydir function
-
-It is now possible to define a directory which will be created during
-installation, without creating it as a side effect of installing files into it.
-This replaces custom `meson.add_install_script()` routines. For example:
-
-```meson
-meson.add_install_script('sh', '-c', 'mkdir -p "$DESTDIR/@0@"'.format(path))
-```
-
-can be replaced by:
-
-```meson
-install_emptydir(path)
-```
-
-and as a bonus this works reliably on Windows, prints a sensible progress
-message, will be uninstalled by `ninja uninstall`, etc.
diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/install_tag.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/install_tag.md
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-## Installation tags
-
-It is now possible to install only a subset of the installable files using
-`meson install --tags tag1,tag2` command line.
-
-See [documentation](Installing.md#installation-tags) for more details.
diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/java_module.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/java_module.md
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-## Java Module
-
-The Java module has been added to Meson. The Java module allows users to
-generate native header files without needing to use a `custom_target()`.
-
-```meson
-jmod = import('java')
-
-native_header = jmod.generate_native_header('File.java', package: 'com.mesonbuild')
-native_header_includes = include_directories('.')
-
-jdkjava = shared_module(
-  'jdkjava',
-  [native_header_includes, other_sources],
-  dependencies : [jdk],
-  include_directories : [native_header_includes]
-)
-```
diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/mixed_language_linker_tests.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/mixed_language_linker_tests.md
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index 8b94edb..0000000
--- a/docs/markdown/snippets/mixed_language_linker_tests.md
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-== Link tests can use sources for a different compiler ==
-
-Usually, the `links` method of the compiler object uses a single program
-invocation to do both compilation and linking.  Starting with this version,
-whenever the argument to `links` is a file, Meson will check if the file
-suffix matches the compiler object's language.  If they do not match,
-as in the following case:
-
-```
-cxx = meson.get_compiler('cpp')
-cxx.links(files('test.c'))
-```
-
-then Meson will separate compilation and linking.  In the above example
-`test.c` will be compiled with a C compiler and the resulting object file
-will be linked with a C++ compiler.  This makes it possible to detect
-misconfigurations of the compilation environment, for example when the
-C++ runtime is not compatible with the one expected by the C compiler.
-
-For this reason, passing file arguments with an unrecognized suffix to
-`links` will cause a warning.
diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/msvc_utf8.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/msvc_utf8.md
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@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-## MSVC compiler now assumes UTF-8 source code by default
-
-Every project that uses UTF-8 source files had to add manually `/utf-8` C/C++
-compiler argument for MSVC otherwise they wouldn't work on non-English locale.
-Meson now switched the default to UTF-8 to be more consistent with all other
-compilers.
-
-This can be overridden but using `/source-charset`:
-```meson
-if cc.get_id() == 'msvc'
-  add_project_arguments('/source-charset:.XYZ', language: ['c', 'cpp'])
-endif
-```
-
-See Microsoft documentation for details:
-https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/build/reference/source-charset-set-source-character-set.
diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/python_dependency_args_removed.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/python_dependency_args_removed.md
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index 7258083..0000000
--- a/docs/markdown/snippets/python_dependency_args_removed.md
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@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-## The Python Modules dependency method no longer accepts positional arguments
-
-Previously these were igrnoed with a warning, now they're a hard error.
diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/python_install_path.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/python_install_path.md
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--- a/docs/markdown/snippets/python_install_path.md
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@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-## Override python installation paths
-
-The `python` module now has options to control where modules are installed:
-- python.platlibdir: Directory for site-specific, platform-specific files.
-- python.purelibdir: Directory for site-specific, non-platform-specific files.
-
-Those options are used by python module methods `python.install_sources()` and
-`python.get_install_dir()`. By default Meson tries to detect the correct installation
-path, but make them relative to the installation `prefix`, which will often result
-in installed python modules to not be found by the interpreter unless `prefix`
-is `/usr` on Linux, or for example `C:\Python39` on Windows. These new options
-can be absolute paths outside of `prefix`.
diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/qt_module_generated_inputs.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/qt_module_generated_inputs.md
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-## The qt modules now accept generated outputs as inputs for qt.compile_*
-
-This means you can uset `custom_target`, custom_target indices
-(`custom_target[0]`, for example), or the output of `generator.process` as
-inputs to the various `qt.compile_*` methods.
-
-```meson
-qt = import('qt5')
-
-ct = custom_target(...)
-
-out = qt.compile_ui(sources : ct)
-```
diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/relative_destdir.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/relative_destdir.md
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--- a/docs/markdown/snippets/relative_destdir.md
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@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-## Install DESTDIR relative to build directory
-
-When `DESTDIR` environment or `meson install --destdir` option is a relative path,
-it is now assumed to be relative to the build directory. An absolute path will be
-set into environment when executing scripts. It was undefined behavior in prior
-Meson versions but was working as relative to build directory most of the time.
diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/remove_unittest_args_method.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/remove_unittest_args_method.md
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index 4373332..0000000
--- a/docs/markdown/snippets/remove_unittest_args_method.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-## Compiler.unittest_args has been removed
-
-It's never been documented, and it's been marked deprecated for a long time, so
-let's remove it.
diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/run_target-depends.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/run_target-depends.md
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index 11a459c..0000000
--- a/docs/markdown/snippets/run_target-depends.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-## `run_target` can now be used as a dependency
-
-A `run_target()` can now be saved in a variable and reused as a dependency in
-an `alias_target()`. This can be used to create custom alias rules that ensure
-multiple other targets are run, even if those targets don't produce output
-files.
-
-For example:
-
-```
-i18n = import('i18n')
-
-all_pot_targets = []
-
-foo_i18n = i18n.gettext('foo')
-
-all_pot_targets += foo_i18n[1]
-
-alias_target('all-pot', all_pot_targets)
-```
diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/rust-clippy-driver-support.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/rust-clippy-driver-support.md
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index c486473..0000000
--- a/docs/markdown/snippets/rust-clippy-driver-support.md
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-## Support for clippy-driver as a rustc wrapper
-
-Clippy is a popular linting tool for Rust, and is invoked in place of rustc as a
-wrapper. Unfortunately it doesn't proxy rustc's output, so we need to have a
-small wrapper around it so that Meson can correctly detect the underlying rustc,
-but still display clippy
diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/rustc-improvements.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/rustc-improvements.md
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--- a/docs/markdown/snippets/rustc-improvements.md
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@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-## Improvements for the Rustc compiler
-
-- Werror now works, this set's `-D warnings`, which will cause rustc to error
-  for every warning not explicitly disabled
-- warning levels have been implemented
-- support for meson's pic has been enabled
diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/static_fallback_override.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/static_fallback_override.md
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-## `static` keyword argument to `meson.override_dependency()`
-
-It is now possible to override shared and/or static dependencies separately.
-When the `static` keyword argument is not specified in `dependency()`, the first
-override will be used (`static_dep` in the example below).
-```meson
-static_lib = static_library()
-static_dep = declare_dependency(link_with: static_lib)
-meson.override_dependency('foo', static_dep, static: true)
-
-shared_lib = shared_library()
-shared_dep = declare_dependency(link_with: shared_lib)
-meson.override_dependency('foo', shared_dep, static: false)
-
-# Returns static_dep
-dependency('foo')
-
-# Returns static_dep
-dependency('foo', static: true)
-
-# Returns shared_dep
-dependency('foo', static: false)
-```
-
-When the `static` keyword argument is not specified in `meson.override_dependency()`,
-the dependency is assumed to follow the value of `default_library` option.
-```meson
-dep = declare_dependency(...)
-meson.override_dependency('foo', dep)
-
-# Always works
-dependency('foo')
-
-# Works only if default_library is 'static' or 'both'
-dependency('foo', static: true)
-
-# Works only if default_library is 'shared' or 'both'
-dependency('foo', static: false)
-```
-
-## `dependency()` sets `default_library` on fallback subproject
-
-When the `static` keyword argument is set but `default_library` is missing in
-`default_options`, `dependency()` will set it when configuring fallback
-subproject. `dependency('foo', static: true)` is now equivalent to
-`dependency('foo', static: true, default_options: ['default_library=static'])`.
diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/str_join.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/str_join.md
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index b430d66..0000000
--- a/docs/markdown/snippets/str_join.md
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@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-## Relax restrictions of `str.join()`
-
-Since 0.60.0, the [[str.join]] method can take an arbitrary number of arguments
-instead of just one list. Additionally, all lists past to [[str.join]] will now
-be flattened.
diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/subprojects_packagefiles.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/subprojects_packagefiles.md
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index 7628f54..0000000
--- a/docs/markdown/snippets/subprojects_packagefiles.md
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@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-## New `subprojects packagefiles` subcommand
-
-It is now possible to re-apply `meson.build` overlays (`patch_filename` or
-`patch_directory` in the wrap ini file) after a subproject was downloaded and
-set up, via `meson subprojects packagefiles --apply <wrap-name>`.
-
-It is also possible for `patch_directory` overlays in a `[wrap-file]`, to copy
-the packagefiles out of the subproject and back into `packagefiles/<patch_directory>/`
-via `meson subprojects packagefiles --save <wrap-name>`. This is useful for
-testing an edit in the subproject and then saving it back to the overlay which
-is checked into git.
diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/uninstalled_static_linker.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/uninstalled_static_linker.md
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--- a/docs/markdown/snippets/uninstalled_static_linker.md
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-## More efficient static linking of uninstalled libraries
-
-A somewhat common use case of [[static_library]] is to create uninstalled
-internal convenience libraries which are solely meant to be linked to other
-targets. Some build systems call these "object libraries". Meson's
-implementation does always create a static archive.
-
-This will now check to see if the static linker supports "thin archives"
-(archives which do not contain the actual object code, only references to their
-location on disk) and if so, use them to minimize space usage and speed up
-linking.
diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/unknown-options-always-fatal.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/unknown-options-always-fatal.md
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--- a/docs/markdown/snippets/unknown-options-always-fatal.md
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-## Unknown options are now always fatal
-
-Passing unknown options to "meson setup" or "meson configure" is now
-always fatal. That is, Meson will exit with an error code if this
-happens. Previous Meson versions only showed a warning message.
diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/unset_variable.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/unset_variable.md
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index 7b2bcdb..0000000
--- a/docs/markdown/snippets/unset_variable.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-## `unset_variable()`
-
-`unset_variable()` can be used to unset a variable. Reading a variable after
-calling `unset_variable()` will raise an exception unless the variable is set
-again.
-
-```meson
-# tests/meson.build
-tests = ['test1', 'test2']
-
-# ...
-
-unset_variable('tests')
-
-# tests is no longer usable until it is set again
-```
diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/vsenv.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/vsenv.md
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--- a/docs/markdown/snippets/vsenv.md
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-## Force Visual Studio environment activation
-
-Since `0.59.0`, meson automatically activates Visual Studio environment on Windows
-for all its subcommands, but only if no other compilers (e.g. `gcc` or `clang`)
-are found, and silently continue if Visual Studio activation fails.
-
-`meson setup --vsenv` command line argument can now be used to force Visual Studio
-activation even when other compilers are found. It also make Meson abort with an
-error message when activation fails. This is especially useful for Github Action
-because their Windows images have gcc in their PATH by default.
-
-`--vsenv` is set by default when using `vs` backend.
-
-Only `setup`, `compile`, `dist` and `devenv` subcommands now activate Visual Studio.
diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/waf.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/waf.md
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--- a/docs/markdown/snippets/waf.md
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-## Waf support in external-project module
-
-If the first argument is `'waf'`, special treatment is done for the
-[waf](https://waf.io/) build system. The waf executable must be
-found either in the current directory, or in system `PATH`.
diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/wasmlibs.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/wasmlibs.md
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--- a/docs/markdown/snippets/wasmlibs.md
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-## Add support for `find_library` in Emscripten
-
-The `find_library` method can be used to find your own JavaScript
-libraries. The limitation is that they must have the file extension
-`.js`. Other library lookups will look up "native" libraries from the
-system like currently. A typical usage would look like this:
-
-```meson
-glue_lib = cc.find_library('gluefuncs.js',
-                           dirs: meson.current_source_dir())
-executable('prog', 'prog.c',
-           dependencies: glue_lib)
-```