[glib/issue-1783: 2/3] docs: Mention Meson's gnome.mkenums_simple()
- From: Emmanuele Bassi <ebassi src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [glib/issue-1783: 2/3] docs: Mention Meson's gnome.mkenums_simple()
- Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2020 16:15:17 +0000 (UTC)
commit 83c13e52d5df4d5a1853ee4c2e8f26b30a9b8c2e
Author: Emmanuele Bassi <ebassi gnome org>
Date: Tue May 21 18:25:34 2019 +0100
docs: Mention Meson's gnome.mkenums_simple()
The mkenums_simple() function generates idiomatic GObject code, and
avoids templates and custom command line arguments.
docs/reference/gobject/glib-mkenums.xml | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/docs/reference/gobject/glib-mkenums.xml b/docs/reference/gobject/glib-mkenums.xml
index 216b71749..adee4ecbe 100644
--- a/docs/reference/gobject/glib-mkenums.xml
+++ b/docs/reference/gobject/glib-mkenums.xml
@@ -484,8 +484,8 @@ out of the box in its "gnome" module.
<para>
In your <filename>meson.build</filename> file you will typically call the
-<literal>gnome.mkenums()</literal> method with a list of headers to inspect
-and the template files to use:
+<literal>gnome.mkenums_simple()</literal> method to generate idiomatic enumeration
+types from a list of headers to inspect:
</para>
<informalexample><programlisting>
project_headers = [
@@ -495,10 +495,8 @@ project_headers = [
]
gnome = import('gnome')
-enum_files = gnome.mkenums('enum-types',
+enum_files = gnome.mkenums_simple('enum-types',
sources: project_headers,
- c_template: 'enum-types.c.in',
- h_template: 'enum-types.h.in',
)
</programlisting></informalexample>
@@ -530,9 +528,24 @@ internal dependency includes the generated header as a required source file:
mainlib_dep = declare_dependency(sources: enum_files[1], link_with: mainlib)
</programlisting></informalexample>
<para>
-You should not include the generates source file, otherwise it will be built
-twice.
+You should not include the generated source file as well, otherwise it will
+be built separately for every target that depends on it, causing build
+failures.
</para>
+
+<para>
+If you are generating C header and source files that require special
+templates, you can use <literal>gnome.mkenums()</literal> to provide those
+headers, for instance:
+</para>
+<informalexample><programlisting>
+enum_files = gnome.mkenums('enum-types',
+ sources: project_headers,
+ h_template: 'enum-types.h.in',
+ c_template: 'enum-types.c.in',
+ install_header: true,
+)
+</programlisting></informalexample>
</refsect1>
<refsect1><title>Using glib-mkenums with Autotools</title>
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