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diff --git a/docs/markdown/Builtin-options.md b/docs/markdown/Builtin-options.md index c714dc7..fed893e 100644 --- a/docs/markdown/Builtin-options.md +++ b/docs/markdown/Builtin-options.md @@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ machine](#specifying-options-per-machine) section for details. | -------------------------------------- | ------------- | ----------- | -------------- | ----------------- | | auto_features {enabled, disabled, auto} | auto | Override value of all 'auto' features | no | no | | backend {ninja, vs,<br>vs2010, vs2012, vs2013, vs2015, vs2017, vs2019, vs2022, xcode, none} | ninja | Backend to use | no | no | +| genvslite {vs2022} | vs2022 | Setup multi-builtype ninja build directories and Visual Studio solution | no | no | | buildtype {plain, debug,<br>debugoptimized, release, minsize, custom} | debug | Build type to use | no | no | | debug | true | Enable debug symbols and other information | no | no | | default_library {shared, static, both} | shared | Default library type | no | yes | @@ -106,6 +107,26 @@ configure with no backend at all, which is an error if you have targets to build, but for projects that need configuration + testing + installation allows for a lighter automated build pipeline. +#### Details for `genvslite` + +Setup multiple buildtype-suffixed, ninja-backend build directories (e.g. +[builddir]_[debug/release/etc.]) and generate [builddir]_vs containing a Visual +Studio solution with multiple configurations that invoke a meson compile of the +setup build directories, as appropriate for the current configuration (builtype). + +This has the effect of a simple setup macro of multiple 'meson setup ...' +invocations with a set of different buildtype values. E.g. +`meson setup ... --genvslite vs2022 somebuilddir` does the following - +``` +meson setup ... --backend ninja --buildtype debug somebuilddir_debug +meson setup ... --backend ninja --buildtype debugoptimized somebuilddir_debugoptimized +meson setup ... --backend ninja --buildtype release somebuilddir_release +``` +and additionally creates another 'somebuilddir_vs' directory that contains +a generated multi-configuration visual studio solution and project(s) that are +set to build/compile with the somebuilddir_[...] that's appropriate for the +solution's selected buildtype configuration. + #### Details for `buildtype` <a name="build-type-options"></a> For setting optimization levels and |