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diff --git a/docs/markdown/FAQ.md b/docs/markdown/FAQ.md index 139e192..e5b7a9c 100644 --- a/docs/markdown/FAQ.md +++ b/docs/markdown/FAQ.md @@ -99,7 +99,8 @@ for i in *.c; do done ``` -Then you need to run this script in your Meson file, convert the output into a string array and use the result in a target. +Then you need to run this script in your Meson file, convert the +output into a string array and use the result in a target. ```meson c = run_command('grabber.sh') @@ -368,15 +369,17 @@ compiler. ## Why does building my project with MSVC output static libraries called `libfoo.a`? -The naming convention for static libraries on Windows is usually `foo.lib`. -Unfortunately, import libraries are also called `foo.lib`. +The naming convention for static libraries on Windows is usually +`foo.lib`. Unfortunately, import libraries are also called `foo.lib`. -This causes filename collisions with the default library type where we build -both shared and static libraries, and also causes collisions during -installation since all libraries are installed to the same directory by default. +This causes filename collisions with the default library type where we +build both shared and static libraries, and also causes collisions +during installation since all libraries are installed to the same +directory by default. -To resolve this, we decided to default to creating static libraries of the form -`libfoo.a` when building with MSVC. This has the following advantages: +To resolve this, we decided to default to creating static libraries of +the form `libfoo.a` when building with MSVC. This has the following +advantages: 1. Filename collisions are completely avoided. 1. The format for MSVC static libraries is `ar`, which is the same as the GNU |