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diff --git a/doc/manual.cli b/doc/manual.cli index 73025c2..04db55c 100644 --- a/doc/manual.cli +++ b/doc/manual.cli @@ -75,14 +75,16 @@ inclusion or exclusion if it starts with a literal, unquoted plus (\c{+}) or minus (\c{-}) sign, respectively. In this case the remaining group values, if any, must all be inclusions or exclusions. If the second value doesn't start with a plus or minus, then all the group values are considered independent -with leading pluses and minuses not having any special meaning. For example: +with leading pluses and minuses not having any special meaning. For +regularity, the first pattern can also start with the plus sign. For example: \ -exe{hello}: cxx{f* -foo} # Exclude foo if present. -exe{hello}: cxx{f* +foo} # Include foo if not present. -exe{hello}: cxx{f* -fo?} # Exclude foo and fox if present. -exe{hello}: cxx{f* +b* -foo -bar} # Exclude foo and bar if present. -exe{hello}: cxx{f* b* -z*} # Names matching three patterns. +exe{hello}: cxx{f* -foo} # Exclude foo if present. +exe{hello}: cxx{f* +foo} # Include foo if not present. +exe{hello}: cxx{f* -fo?} # Exclude foo and fox if present. +exe{hello}: cxx{f* +b* -foo -bar} # Exclude foo and bar if present. +exe{hello}: cxx{+f* +b* -foo -bar} # Same as above. +exe{hello}: cxx{f* b* -z*} # Names matching three patterns. \ Inclusions and exclusions are applied in the order specified and only to the @@ -99,8 +101,8 @@ exe{hello}: cxx{f* +*oo} # Ok, no duplicates. \ As a more realistic example, let's say we want to exclude source files that -reside in the \c{test/} directories (and their subdirectories) anywhere in -the tree. This can be achieved with the following pattern: +reside in the \c{test/} directories (and their subdirectories) anywhere in the +tree. This can be achieved with the following pattern: \ exe{hello}: cxx{** -***/test/**} @@ -124,17 +126,34 @@ If many inclusions or exclusions need to be specified, then an inclusion/exclusion group can be used. For example: \ -exe{hello}: cxx{f* -{foo bar}} # Exclude foo and bar if present. +exe{hello}: cxx{f* -{foo bar}} +exe{hello}: cxx{+{f* b*} -{foo bar}} \ -This is particularly useful if you would like to list the names to exclude -in a variable. For example, this is how we can exclude certain files from -compilation but still include them as ordinary file prerequisites (so that -they are still included into the distribution): +This is particularly useful if you would like to list the names to include or +exclude in a variable. For example, this is how we can exclude certain files +from compilation but still include them as ordinary file prerequisites (so +that they are still included into the distribution): \ exc = foo.cxx bar.cxx -exe{hello}: cxx{f* -{$exc}} file{$exc} +exe{hello}: cxx{+{f* b*} -{$exc}} file{$exc} +\ + +If we want to specify our pattern in a variable, then we have to use the +explicit inclusion syntax, for example: + +\ +pat = 'f*' +exe{hello}: cxx{+$pat} # Pattern match. +exe{hello}: cxx{$pat} # Literal 'f*'. + +pat = '+f*' +exe{hello}: cxx{$pat} # Literal '+f*'. + +inc = 'f*' 'b*' +exc = 'f*o' 'b*r' +exe{hello}: cxx{+{$inc} -{$exc}} \ One common situation that calls for exclusions is auto-generated source |