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diff --git a/doc/intro.cli b/doc/intro.cli index fad756c..4be46dd 100644 --- a/doc/intro.cli +++ b/doc/intro.cli @@ -221,15 +221,17 @@ exe{hello}: {hxx ixx txx cxx}{**} $libs testscript As the name suggests, this file describes how to build things. While its content might look a bit cryptic, let's try to infer a couple of points -without going into too much detail (the details are discussed in the following -sections). That \c{exe{hello\}} on the left of \c{:} is a \i{target} -(executable named \c{hello}) and what we have on the right are -\i{prerequisites} (C++ source files, libraries, etc). This \c{buildfile} uses -\l{b#name-patterns wildcard patterns} (that \c{**}) to automatically locate -all the C++ source files. This means we don't have to edit our \c{buildfile} -every time we add, remove, or rename a source file in our project. There also -appears to be some (commented out) infrastructure for importing and linking -libraries (that \c{libs} variable). We will see how to use it in a moment. +without going into too much detail (for details see the build system +\l{b#intro Introduction}). + +That \c{exe{hello\}} on the left of \c{:} is a \i{target} (executable named +\c{hello}) and what we have on the right are \i{prerequisites} (C++ source +files, libraries, etc). This \c{buildfile} uses wildcard patterns (that +\c{**}) to automatically locate all the C++ source files. This means we don't +have to edit our \c{buildfile} every time we add, remove, or rename a source +file in our project. There also appears to be some (commented out) +infrastructure for importing and linking libraries (that \c{libs} +variable). We will see how to use it in a moment. \N|In simple projects that follow the canonical structure we can often completely ignore the presence of the build definition files thus approaching |