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diff --git a/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md b/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md index 03660f5..7e8f7ee 100644 --- a/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md +++ b/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md @@ -1688,11 +1688,18 @@ This object is returned by [`generator()`](#generator) and contains a generator that is used to transform files from one type to another by an executable (e.g. `idl` files into source code and headers). -* `process(list_of_files)` takes a list of files, causes them to be - processed and returns an object containing the result which can +* `process(list_of_files, ...)` takes a list of files, causes them to + be processed and returns an object containing the result which can then, for example, be passed into a build target definition. The keyword argument `extra_args`, if specified, will be used to replace - an entry `@EXTRA_ARGS@` in the argument list. + an entry `@EXTRA_ARGS@` in the argument list. The keyword argument + `preserve_path_from`, if given, specifies that the output files need + to maintain their directory structure inside the target temporary + directory. The most common value for this is + `meson.current_source_dir()`. With this value when a file called + `subdir/one.input` is processed it generates a file `<target private + directory>/subdir/one.out` as opposed to `<target private + directory>/one.out`. ### `subproject` object |