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diff --git a/docs/markdown/Builtin-options.md b/docs/markdown/Builtin-options.md index 7461fa6..095dc84 100644 --- a/docs/markdown/Builtin-options.md +++ b/docs/markdown/Builtin-options.md @@ -11,9 +11,10 @@ universal options, base options, compiler options. ## Universal options A list of these options can be found by running `meson --help`. All -these can be set by passing to `meson` (aka `meson setup`) in any of -these ways: `--option=value`, `--option value`, `-Doption=value`, or +these can be set by passing `-Doption=value` to `meson` (aka `meson setup`), or by setting them inside `default_options` of `project()` in your `meson.build`. +Some options can also be set by `--option=value`, or `--option value`--- a list +is shown by running `meson setup --help`. For legacy reasons `--warnlevel` is the cli argument for the `warning_level` option. @@ -101,7 +102,9 @@ All other combinations of `debug` and `optimization` set `buildtype` to `'custom ## Base options -These are set in the same way as universal options, but cannot be shown in the +These are set in the same way as universal options, either by `-Doption=value`, +or by setting them inside `default_options` of `project()` in your `meson.build`. +However, they cannot be shown in the output of `meson --help` because they depend on both the current platform and the compiler that will be selected. The only way to see them is to setup a builddir and then run `meson configure` on it with no options. @@ -155,7 +158,8 @@ embedded because `-Wl,-bitcode_bundle` is incompatible with both `-bundle` and Same caveats as base options above. -The following options are available. Note that both the options themselves and +The following options are available. They can be set by passing `-Doption=value` +to `meson`. Note that both the options themselves and the possible values they can take will depend on the target platform or compiler being used: |