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-rw-r--r--docs/yaml/objects/external_program.yaml14
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/docs/yaml/objects/external_program.yaml b/docs/yaml/objects/external_program.yaml
index 923cb54..f0a5ac0 100644
--- a/docs/yaml/objects/external_program.yaml
+++ b/docs/yaml/objects/external_program.yaml
@@ -17,9 +17,10 @@ methods:
**NOTE:** You should not usually need to use this method. Passing the
object itself should work in most contexts where a program can appear,
- and allows Meson to setup inter-target dependencies correctly. Only
- use this if you specifically need a string, such as when embedding a
- program path into a header file.
+ and allows Meson to setup inter-target dependencies correctly (for
+ example in cases where a program might be overridden by a [[build_tgt]]).
+ Only use this if you specifically need a string, such as when embedding
+ a program path into a header file.
For example:
@@ -43,9 +44,10 @@ methods:
**NOTE:** You should not usually need to use this method. Passing the
object itself should work in most contexts where a program can appear,
- and allows Meson to setup inter-target dependencies correctly. Only
- use this if you specifically need a string, such as when embedding a
- program path into a header file.
+ and allows Meson to setup inter-target dependencies correctly (for
+ example in cases where a program might be overridden by a [[build_tgt]]).
+ Only use this if you specifically need a string, such as when embedding
+ a program path into a header file.
For example: