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diff --git a/Help/prop_tgt/AUTOMOC_MACRO_NAMES.rst b/Help/prop_tgt/AUTOMOC_MACRO_NAMES.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..5329bbac9 --- /dev/null +++ b/Help/prop_tgt/AUTOMOC_MACRO_NAMES.rst @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@ +AUTOMOC_MACRO_NAMES +------------------- + +A :ref:`semicolon-separated list <CMake Language Lists>` list of macro names used by +:prop_tgt:`AUTOMOC` to determine if a C++ file needs to be processed by ``moc``. + +This property is only used if the :prop_tgt:`AUTOMOC` property is ``ON`` +for this target. + +When running :prop_tgt:`AUTOMOC`, CMake searches for the strings listed in +:prop_tgt:`AUTOMOC_MACRO_NAMES` in C++ source and header files. +If any of the strings is found + +- as the first non space string on a new line or +- as the first non space string after a ``{`` on a new line, + +then the file will be processed by ``moc``. + +By default :prop_tgt:`AUTOMOC_MACRO_NAMES` is initialized from +:variable:`CMAKE_AUTOMOC_MACRO_NAMES`. + +See the :manual:`cmake-qt(7)` manual for more information on using CMake +with Qt. + +Example +^^^^^^^ + +In this case the ``Q_OBJECT`` macro is hidden inside another macro +called ``CUSTOM_MACRO``. To let CMake know that source files that contain +``CUSTOM_MACRO`` need to be ``moc`` processed, we call:: + + set_property(TARGET tgt APPEND PROPERTY AUTOMOC_MACRO_NAMES "CUSTOM_MACRO") |